Wymberley D. Coerr

Wymberley deRenne Coerr (October 2, 1913 - October 5, 1996) was an American diplomat and politician who served as the Ambassador to Uruguay from 1962 to 1965 and as the Ambassador to Ecuador from 1965 to 1967. Additionally, he was the acting Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs for about three months in 1961.

Early life Wymberley deRenne Coerr was born in New York City on October 2, 1913. He was a graduate of The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and in 1936, he graduated from Yale University. For his post-graduate studies, Coerr studied at the University of Paris, with his first foreign service post that year, sending him to the consulate general in Montreal. In 1959, he served as the chargé d'affaires of the embassy in La Paz, Bolivia, where he was awarded by the State Department for supervising the destruction of confidential files while anti-American forces attacked the mission on March 4, 1959.

Acting Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs (1961) Prior to becoming acting assistant secretary, Coerr as the Western United States office affairs director and principal deputy assistant secretary for the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs. His mission was terminated on January 22, 1965.

Ambassador to Ecuador (1965-1967) On January 1, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson named Coerr to the Ambassador to Ecuador position, and on February 4 of that year, Coerr was officially appointed ambassador. These accusation were further denied by Coerr, journalists, and other government officials. however post-retirement, he resided in McLean, Virginia, up until the three months prior to his death.

Death Coerr died on October 5, 1996, at a hospital in Ajijic, Mexico, where he and his wife had lived for the past three months, due to complications of Parkinson's disease. He was 83.