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Politicians in Advertising and Public Relations in the District of Columbia

Wilton Wendell Blancké (1908-1971) — also known as W. Wendell Blancké — of California; Washington, D.C. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., June 29, 1908. Advertising executive; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Hanoi, as of 1950; U.S. Consul General in Frankfort, 1957-60; U.S. Ambassador to Congo (Brazzaville), 1960-63; Central African Republic, 1960; Chad, 1960-61; Gabon, 1960-61. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, following a stroke, in Washington, D.C., March 14, 1971 (age 62 years, 258 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Cecil Whittier (Trout) Blancké and Wilton Wallace Blancké; married, February 13, 1952, to Frances Elizabeth Nichol.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   Michael Drake Bradner (b. 1937) — also known as Mike Bradner — of Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska. Born in Washington, D.C., 1937. Democrat. Public relations business; member of Alaska state house of representatives 17th District, 1967-76; Speaker of the Alaska State House of Representatives, 1975-76. Congregationalist. Still living as of 1976.   Einar W. Dieserud (b. 1892) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., October 25, 1892. Stenographer; advertising business; U.S. Vice Consul in Christiania, 1917-18. Burial location unknown.   Harry Alexander McBride (1887-1961) — also known as Harry A. McBride — of Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Flint, Genesee County, Mich., October 14, 1887. Manager of printing and advertising for a hotel, 1905-08; U.S. Consular Agent in Bilbao, 1909-10; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Barcelona, 1910-11; Zurich, 1911-13; Boma, 1913-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Boma, 1915-16; London, 1916-17; Malaga, 1923-29; U.S. Consul in London, 1917-18; Warsaw, 1919-20; Acting General Receiver of Customs and Financial Advisor for Liberia, 1918-19. Died in 1961 (age about 73 years). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Alexander McBride and Frances Ellen (Tyler) McBride; married 1915 to Ruth K. Quine; father of Robert Henry McBride.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Daniel Calhoun Roper (1867-1943) — also known as Daniel C. Roper — of Washington, D.C. Born in Marlboro County, S.C., April 1, 1867. Democrat. Lawyer; publicist; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Marlboro County, 1892-94; U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1917-20; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1924 (member, Credentials Committee), 1932, 1936; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1933-38; U.S. Minister to Canada, 1939. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from leukemia, in Washington, D.C., April 11, 1943 (age 76 years, 10 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of John Wesley Roper and Henrietta V. (McLaurin) Roper; married, December 25, 1889, to Lou McKenzie.   Daniel C. Roper Junior High School (opened 1966; later changed to Roper Middle School; renamed in 1997 as Ron Brown Middle School), in Washington, D.C., was named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier   Leo R. Sack (1889-1956) — of Pennsylvania; Washington, D.C. Born in Tupelo, Lee County, Miss., July 9, 1889. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1933-37; public relations business. Jewish. Member, Freemasons. Died, of a kidney ailment, in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 15, 1956 (age 66 years, 281 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Isaac Sack and Sarah Lee (Romansky) Sack; married, November 12, 1913, to Regina Rogers.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary

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