Biographical data William Dawson served as the United States Ambassador to Uruguay from 1941-1946. Born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., August 11, 1885. Died in 1972. A career Foreign Service officer; served as U.S. Consul in Argentina, 1914-17; Uruguay, 1919; Poland, 1921; as U.S. Consul General in Mexico City, 1929; as U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1930-35; Colombia, 1934-37; Uruguay, 1937-39; and as U.S. Ambassador to Panama, 1939-41; Uruguay, 1941-46. Served as representative of the United States on the Council of the Organization of American States, with the rank of Ambassador from 1947 to 1948.