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- John_J._Louis,_Jr. abstract "John Jeffry Louis, Jr. (June 10, 1925 – February 15, 1995) was an American businessman and United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom.Born in Evanston, Illinois to Chicago advertiser John Jeffry Louis and Johnson Wax heiress Henriette Johnson Louis, John J. Louis, Jr. grew up in the Chicago area.During the Second World War, he served in the United States Army Air Forces (1943–1945), where he was a second lieutenant and pilot. After the war, he attended Williams College (B.A., 1949), then continued his studies at Dartmouth College (M.B.A., 1949). Entering business in 1951, John J. Louis, Jr. started in his father's advertising firm, Needham, Louis, and Brorby. In 1953, he married Josephine Louis (née Peters), with whom he had three children. He then joined S.C. Johnson and Son in 1958. S.C. Johnson was the successor company of his great-grandfather's company, Johnson Wax. At S.C. Johnson, John J. Louis, Jr. was director of international marketing until 1961.From 1961 to 1968, he was chairman of KTAR Broadcasting in Phoenix, Arizona, until it merged with a local billboard company to form Combined Communications Corporation. He then served as chair of the merged company. In 1979, Combined Communications merged with Gannett, and John J. Louis, Jr. joined Gannett.His first diplomatic work was in the ceremonial role of Special Ambassador in 1972 at an independence celebration in Gabon, during the presidency of Richard Nixon. More substantially, he was nominated to the post of United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom by President Ronald Reagan on March 27, 1981. He served in that post until his resignation on September 19, 1983. In his resignation, Ambassador Louis expressed optimism about the quality of relations with the United Kingdom and the government of Margaret Thatcher, yet stated his desire to return to corporate and philanthropic pursuits.John J. Louis, Jr. served as a trustee of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and he had the journalism and speech building named for his father, John J. Louis, who had also been a trustee of the university.On February 15, 1995, former Ambassador Louis died in his home in Winnetka, Illinois, at age 69. His son John Jeffry Louis, III has continued the family legacy, serving on the boards of directors of S.C. Johnson and Gannett, as well as the Northwestern University board of trustees.".
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- John_J._Louis,_Jr. comment "John Jeffry Louis, Jr. (June 10, 1925 – February 15, 1995) was an American businessman and United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom.Born in Evanston, Illinois to Chicago advertiser John Jeffry Louis and Johnson Wax heiress Henriette Johnson Louis, John J. Louis, Jr. grew up in the Chicago area.During the Second World War, he served in the United States Army Air Forces (1943–1945), where he was a second lieutenant and pilot.".
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