he became the author of the "Dávila plan", which created the Inter-American Development Commission, which became the Inter-American Council for Integral Development within the Organization of American States, when that body was created in 1948. In 1946, he served as a member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Having contributed to the founding of the OAS, Dávila was chosen, in August 1954, as its secretary general. Personal life Dávila's first wife, Herminia Arrate de Dávila, died in Chile in 1941, and Dávila returned to the United States with their two daughters, Luz and Paz. In 1950, he remarried, this time to Frances Adams Moore of Massachusetts, a widow with a daughter, Dolly, by her first husband. Dávila died on 19 October 1955, 14 months into his service as secretary general of the Organization of American States. References OAS children's site "Carlos Dávila Espinoza: 1887-1944". Enciclopedia Escolar Icarito. "'Progressive Socialism'". Time. 20 June 1932. 1887 births 1955 deaths People from Los Ángeles, Chile Socialist Party of Chile politicians Chilean people of Spanish descent Presidents of Chile Heads of state of Chile Ambassadors of Chile to the United States Secretaries General of the Organization of American States Chilean diplomats Chilean journalists Male journalists Leaders who took power by coup 20th-century journalists University of Chile alumni University of Santiago, Chile alumni Maria Moors Cabot Prize winners