Naon
ROMULO S., Argentine Ambassador to the United States. Born in Buenos Aires 1875; graduated from the University of Buenos Aires and later was a member of the faculty of that institution. In 1902 he was elected a representative to the Congress of Argentina and in 1908 accepted the post of Minister of Justice and Public Instruction.
In 1911 he was sent as envoy to the United States, and when the legation became an embassy in 1914 he was the first ambassador. In 1914, when the difficulties between Mexico and the United States seemed likely to produce war between the two countries, Naon along with the Brazilian and Chilean NAPHTHALENE ambassadors offered their mediation which was accepted and the Niagara Falls Conference resulted. The Congress of the United States passed a vote mediator. He has been prominent in of thanks to Naon for his services as mediator.
He has been prominent in the work of the Pan-American Union and is the author of works on political science and constitutional law.