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American diplomat
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Male
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Birth:
23 June 1907
Death:
13 June 2002
The details
Biography
Guilford Dudley (June 23, 1907 - 13 June 2002), was the United States ambassador to Denmark under the Nixon and Ford presidential administrations. From 1952 until 1969 Dudley served as president of Life & Casualty Insurance Company. His grandson Chris Dudley was a professional basketball player.
Guilford was the youngest child, and only son, of Guilford Dudley (1854–1945) and Anne Dallas Dudley (1876–1955), a leading activist in the women's suffrage movement in the United States. He was born and died in Nashville, Tennessee. He is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery.