Garrett Droppers | |
Ambassador From: | United States |
Country: | Greece |
Predecessor: | George F. Williams |
Successor: | Edward Capps |
Ambassador From2: | United States |
Country2: | Montenegro |
Term End2: | [1] |
Predecessor2: | George F. Williams |
Successor2: | Roderick W. Moore |
Birth Date: | 12 April 1860 |
Birth Place: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Death Place: | Williamstown, Massachusetts |
Party: | Democratic Party |
Alma Mater: | Harvard University |
Profession: | Academic, diplomat |
Signature: | Signature of Garrett Droppers (1860–1927).png |
Garrett Droppers (April 12, 1860 – July 7, 1927) was an academic and diplomat from the United States.
Droppers was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to John and Gertrude Droppers on April 12, 1860.[2] He graduated from Harvard University.[3] He first married Cora Rand, who died in 1896, and later married Jean Tewkesbury Rand in 1897.
From 1898 to 1906, he served as president of the University of South Dakota. In 1912, he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Droppers was appointed by Woodrow Wilson as U.S. Ambassador to Greece and Montenegro from 1914 to 1920.
Garrett Droppers died on July 7, 1927, in Williamstown, Massachusetts.[4]