Irwin B. Laughlin
| Irwin B. Laughlin | |
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| United States Ambassador to Greece | |
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In office 1924–1926 |
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| President | Calvin Coolidge |
| Preceded by | Edward Capps |
| Succeeded by | Robert P. Skinner |
| United States Ambassador to Spain | |
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In office December 24, 1929 – April 12, 1933 |
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| President | Herbert Hoover |
| Preceded by | Ogden H. Hammond |
| Succeeded by | Claude Bowers |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 26, 1871 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Died | April 18, 1941 (aged 69) Washington, D.C. |
| Spouse(s) | Therese E. Iselin |
Irwin Boyle Laughlin (April 26, 1871 – April 18, 1941) was an American diplomat. He served as Minister to Greece from 1924 to 1926 and Ambassador to Spain from 1929 to 1933.
Laughlin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1871 to George McCully Laughlin (1842–1908) and Isabel McKennan Laughlin. His father served in the Union Army during the Civil War, participating in the campaigns of the Fifth Corps of the Army of the Potomac from Antietam to Appomattox. His paternal grandfather was James H. Laughlin, a pioneer in Pittsburgh's iron and steel industries, and his maternal grandfather was William McKennan (1816–1893), a federal judge for the Third Circuit court of appeals.
Laughlin attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, and Yale University, where he graduated in 1893. After graduation he entered the office of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company, established by Benjamin Franklin Jones and his grandfather, James H. Laughlin. He was the treasurer of the company from 1900 to 1903.
Laughlin left the steel industry in 1903 to pursue a career in the Foreign Service. In 1904 he became private secretary to Lloyd Carpenter Griscom, then serving as Minister to Japan. He was appointed second secretary to the American legation in Tokyo in 1905, during the Russo-Japanese War.
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