Dunn, James Clement (1890-1979)

American career diplomat and ambassador whose career began in 1917. In the later part of the 1920s, Dunn served as First Secretary at the U.S. Embassy in London. From  1928 to 1930 and 1933 to 1935, he was U.S. Chief of Protocol. He then served as U.S. Department of State Counselor for Political Affairs and Special Assistant to Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Dunn was chief political adviser to the Berlin Conference in 1945 and to the Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers in 1947. From 1946 to 1956, he served as U.S. ambassador to Italy, France, Spain and Brazil, respectively. In 1956, he was appointed to the newly established class of Career Ambassador in recognition of his distinguished service. The State Department’s James Clement Dunn Award for Excellence in Diplomacy is named for him.