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Francis Bowes Sayre ( April 30 , 1885 -- March 29 , 1972 ) was a professor at Harvard Law School . He later served as ambassador to Siam , High Commissioner Of The Philippines , U.S. representative to the United Nations Trusteeship Council , and Assistant Secretary of State for President Franklin Roosevelt. Sayre's immediate subordinate in his capacity of Assistant Secretary of State was Alger Hiss , although Sayre declined to testify as a character witness for the defense at Hiss's perjury trials. He married Jessie Wilson, the daughter of President Woodrow Wilson , at the White House. His son, Francis B. Sayre, Jr. was later the dean of the National Cathedral in Washington. EXTERNAL LINKS REFERENCE ''Who Was Who in America'', v. 5 (1969-1973), Chicago:Marquis, 1973, p. 636. ISBN 0-8379-0205-3 |
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