Winthrop G. Brown

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| name = Winthrop G. Brown

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| order = 7th

| ambassador_from = United States

| country = Korea

| term_start = August 14, 1964

| term_end = June 10, 1967

| predecessor = Samuel D. Berger

| successor = William J. Porter

| president = Lyndon Johnson

| order1 = 5th

| ambassador_from1 = United States

| country1 = Laos

| term_start1 = July 25, 1960

| term_end1 = June 28, 1962

| predecessor1 = Horace H. Smith

| successor1 = Leonard S. Unger

| president1 = Dwight D. Eisenhower
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|07|02}}

| birth_place = Seal Harbor, Maine

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|05|25|1907|07|02}}

| death_place = Washington, D.C.

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| father = William Adams Brown

| spouse = Peggy Bell Brown

| children = 3

| education = Yale University (BA, LL.B.)

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| profession = Diplomat

| awards= 24px President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service (1963)

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| relatives = Descendants of Robert Coe

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Winthrop Gilman Brown (July 12, 1907 — May 25, 1987) was an American lawyer and diplomat. He served in posts in Asia, including as United States Ambassador to South Korea from 1964 to 1967.

Biography

Winthop G. Brown was born in Seal Harbor, Maine, on July 12, 1907, and was a son of Rev. William Adams Brown and Helen Gilman Noyes Brown. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree at Yale University in 1927 and earned his Bachelor of Laws degree from Yale Law School. After graduating from Yale, he established a law practice in New York City,{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/27/obituaries/winthrop-g-brown-ex-state-dept-official.html |title=Winthrop G. Brown, Ex-State Dept. Official |date=May 27, 1987 |work=The New York Times |access-date=May 23, 2018 |language=en}} but later became a career diplomat, and the United States Ambassador to Laos from 1960 to 1962. From 1964 to 1967, he was the United States Ambassador to South Korea, during which he was heavily involved in negotiations with the South Korean government under Park Chung Hee to ensure Korean troops would send troops to the Vietnam War.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1987/05/27/winthrop-brown-ex-envoy-to-laos-korea-dies-at-79/7924869a-654e-4133-a8bf-62efbc736924/ |title=WINTHROP BROWN, EX-ENVOY TO LAOS, KOREA, DIES AT 79 |date=May 27, 1987 |work=Washington Post |access-date=June 23, 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}} His last post as diplomat was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, serving from 1968 to 1972. He died on May 25, 1987, in Washington D.C.

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{{cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/brown-winthrop-gilman|title=Winthrop Gilman Brown (1907–1987)|work=Office of the Historian}}

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before=Samuel D. Berger|

title=United States Ambassador to South Korea|

after=William J. Porter|

years=August 14, 1964 – June 10, 1967

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{{succession box|

before=Horace H. Smith|

title=United States Ambassador to Laos|

after=Leonard S. Unger|

years=July 25, 1960 – June 28, 1962

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