William True Davis (December 23, 1919 – February 26, 2003) was president and chairman of the National Bank of Washington and Ambassador to Switzerland.
Under President Lyndon B. Johnson, Davis was assistant secretary of the treasury and then executive director of the Inter-American Development Bank.
[1] Davis was a civilian flying instructor with the Army Air Corps during World War II and was a test pilot at the Naval Air Station at Pearl Harbor and a senior lieutenant who was honorably discharged in 1945.
[2] In an interview with The Washington Post in 1972, Davis said "Kennedy felt that economic intelligence flowed more freely between companies than between countries, and he wanted me for my international connections.
"[1] He served as Ambassador until 1965, when Johnson named him assistant secretary of the treasury.