title: Wilhelm Haas
text: # Wilhelm Haas
  
  Wilhelm Haas (4 September 1896 – 11 January 1981) was a German Ambassador to Israel, Turkey, Japan, the Soviet Union, and the Netherlands.
  
  ## Career
  
  Before becoming an ambassador, Haas, a 1953 graduate of Bowdoin College served as head of the West German Law of the Sea Delegation at the United Nations, as head of the African Bureau in your country's Foreign Office, and as Assistant Secretary of State dealing with Latin, African, and Asian Affairs. In 1988, Bowdoin awarded him an honorary doctor of laws degree.
  
  