Artemus E. Weatherbee (February 9, 1918 - November 19, 1995) was an American

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and director of the

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with the rank of ambassador. Weatherbee was born in

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and attended

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. A Kirstein scholarship enabled him to attend and graduate from the

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at Orono, from where he was recruited into the

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administration of

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as Chief Appointment and Planning Officer of the

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, based in

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. In 1942 he was called to Washington to work as Senior Classification Officer in the Office of Emergency Management. After joining the Navy in World War II, Weatherbee remained in Washington for the next 28 years, becoming Deputy Assistant Postmaster General (Personnel) in 1957 and then

(Administration) in 1959. In 1970, President

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appointed Weatherbee as the American Director of the

, based in Manila, with the rank of ambassador. He served in that post until 1975, when he retired to Maine (first Bangor, and then

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). He subsequently became president of the Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce, and a trustee of the

. The later position often brought him into the newspapers as a lone dissenter or minority vote on board matters. Weatherbee in retirement was an unapologetic conservative. He told the ''Bangor Daily News'' on returning from the Philippines, for example, that

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' declaration of martial law had saved Manila from "really complete chaos" and rendered it "once again a beautiful and livable city". Weatherbee is the recipient of the Alexander Hamilton Award for leadership in the Treasury Dept., as well as the $10,000 Rockefeller Prize.New York Times, Nov. 14, 1968

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Weatherbee, Artemus E. 1918 births American diplomats People from Bangor, Maine University of Maine alumni United States Department of the Treasury officials 1995 deaths People from Kennebunk, Maine Bangor High School (Maine) alumni