![]() Then, he entered the foreign service and left his position as vice president of the Delaware State Board of Education to become US consul in Fort Erie, Ontario. ![]() Messersmith, a graduate of Keystone State Normal School, was a teacher and then school administrator from 1900 to 1914. He is also known today for his diplomatic handling of King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, later Duke and Duchess of Windsor, in the era before World War II. He was best known in his day for his controversial decision to issue a visa to Albert Einstein to travel to the United States. Messersmith also served as head of the US Consulate in Germany from 1930 to 1934, during the rise of the Nazi Party. George Strausser Messersmith (Octo– January 29, 1960) was a United States ambassador to Austria, Cuba, Mexico, and Argentina. ![]()
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