1. Raymond Douglas Muir was an American civil servant who served as Chief Usher in the White House from 1933 to 1938, and Deputy Chief of Protocol for the United States Department of State from 1951 until his death in 1954.
20 Facts About Raymond Muir
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Raymond Douglas Muir was born on June 5,1897, in Somerville, Massachusetts.
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In 1920, Raymond Muir left the Navy and joined the United States Army, where he served as a port officer in France until 1922.
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Raymond Muir returned to the United States in 1922, and joined the Veterans' Bureau as a liaison officer.
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Raymond Muir joined the United States Army Reserve, where he rose to the rank of captain.
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Raymond Muir's appointment came about after the White House asked for someone with military experience to work as an assistant to Hoover.
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Raymond Muir enrolled at the Washington College of Law in 1930, and graduated with a JD degree in the summer of 1933.
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Raymond Muir's death was reported on the front page of the next day's The Washington Post.
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Raymond Muir had intimate daily contact with the President and First Family, oversaw all White House social affairs, and oversaw the reception and housing of heads of state, heads of government, diplomats, and other guests, important and not, at the White House.
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Raymond Muir left the White House in April 1938 to join the State Department.
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In spring 1938, George T Summerlin, the Chief of Protocol at the State Department, asked Muir to become his assistant.
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Raymond Muir joined the State Department on April 16,1938, as an assistant to Richard Southgate, chief of the International Conference Division.
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In July 1941, Raymond Muir was appointed the State Department's representative aboard the USS West Point.
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Raymond Muir was named Acting Ceremonial Officer in the State Department's Division of Protocol on July 27,1943, and was promoted permanently into the position on March 20,1944.
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On December 1,1946, Raymond Muir was appointed Chief Ceremonial Officer and Assistant Chief of the Division of Protocol.
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Raymond Muir was promoted to Deputy Chief of Protocol on April 29,1951.
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Raymond Muir accompanied Paul I, King of Greece, during his trip across the United States in the fall of 1953.
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Raymond Muir entered Georgetown University Hospital on November 26,1953, and underwent surgery to remove the cancer.
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The surgery was not successful, and in March 1954 Raymond Muir returned to Georgetown and had a lung removed.
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Raymond Muir died of lung cancer at Georgetown University Hospital on June 23,1954.