Frances Elizabeth Willis - People - Department History
Frances Elizabeth Willis (1899–1983)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: California
State of Residence: California
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Switzerland)
Appointed: July 20, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: October 9, 1953
Termination of Mission: Left post on May 5, 1957 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Norway)
Appointed: May 20, 1957
Presentation of Credentials: June 19, 1957
Termination of Mission: Left post on May 15, 1961 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Sri Lanka)
Appointed: March 15, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: May 11, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left post on September 20, 1964- Commissioned to Ceylon.
- Career Ambassador
Appointed: March 20, 1962