H. Freeman Matthews | |
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![]() Matthews in the Netherlands in 1956 | |
United States Ambassador to Austria | |
In office September 4, 1957 – May 25, 1962 | |
President | Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy |
Preceded by | Llewellyn Thompson |
Succeeded by | James Williams Riddleberger |
United States Ambassador to the Netherlands | |
In office November 25, 1953 – June 11, 1957 | |
President | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Preceded by | Selden Chapin |
Succeeded by | Philip Young |
United States Ambassador to Sweden | |
In office December 5, 1947 – May 24, 1950 | |
President | Harry Truman |
Preceded by | Louis G. Dreyfus |
Succeeded by | W. Walton Butterworth |
Acting United States Ambassador to Spain | |
In office 1939 | |
President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Preceded by | Claude G. Bowers |
Succeeded by | Alexander W. Weddell |
Personal details | |
Born | Harrison Freeman Matthews May 26, 1899 Baltimore, Maryland |
Died | October 19, 1986 Washington, D.C. | (aged 87)
Spouses | Elizabeth Rodgers Luke
(m. 1925; died 1955)Helen Lewis Skouland
(m. 1957; died 1966)Elizabeth Bluntschli
(m. 1967) |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Harrison Freeman Matthews (May 26, 1899 – October 19, 1986) was an American career diplomat who served as Ambassador to three European countries. He was born on May 26th, 1899, and served in the United States Navy during World War I, and became a career employee of the United States Department of State in 1924. He died on October 19, 1986, at 87 years old.