Donelan was educated at City College of New York and Georgetown University.
He served in the United States Army during World War II.
He held multiple appointments in the state department in Washington and also for several years at various times in France, Japan, India and Belgium.
[2] Donelan was a graduate of Newtown High School in Queens, New York.
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