Wesley Frost was born in Oberlin, Ohio in 1884. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1907, receiving the M.A. in Economics in 1910 from George Washington University. From 1907 to 1912, he held a number of posts in Washington, D.C., including literary secretary to Ohio Senator Theodore E. Burton, clerk at the Department of Commerce, and Economic Statistician at the Department of State. In 1912, he was appointed U.S. Consul at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He served from 1914 to 1917 as U.S. Consul at Cork (Queenstown), Ireland, where he coordinated relief operations for victims of German submarine attacks on British shipping off the Irish coast in 1915, including victims of the Lusitania catastrophe. From 1917 to 1921, he resided in the United States, lecturing on the Lusitania disaster and achieving admission to the Kentucky bar. He served as U.S. Consul (1921-24) and U.S. Consul General (1924-28) at Marseilles, France and as U.S. Consul General (1928-35) at Montreal, Canada. He was Charge d'Affaires and Counselor at the American embassies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1935-36) and Santiago, Chile (1936-40). From 1940 to 1941, he served as Minister at Asuncion, Paraguay and was made Ambassador to Paraguay by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942. He retired as Senior Career Ambassador in 1944. In retirement, Frost taught, wrote, and lectured in the fields of German submarine warfare, consular practice, Latin American history and economics, and American history. He died in Winter Park, Florida at age 83 on January 9, 1968.
From the description of Papers, 1884-1944. (Oberlin College Library). WorldCat record id: 26209116
