Galen L. Stone (diplomat)
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Galen L. Stone | |
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| US Ambassador to Cyprus | |
| In office March 2, 1978 – September 30, 1981 | |
| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | William R. Crawford, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Raymond Charles Ewing |
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| Born | July 4, 1921 |
| Died | January 23, 2018 (aged 96) |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
Galen Luther Stone (July 4, 1921 – January 23, 2018) was an American diplomat for the United States Department of State. He served as United States ambassador to Cyprus from 1978 to 1981.[1]
Biography
[edit]Stone was born on July 4, 1921, in Brookline, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1946 with a bachelor's degree.[2] He served in the United States Army during World War II.
In 1947, he joined the United States Foreign Service. He started in Munich as an economic officer in the US embassy. He then served a tour in Kiel in the same position from 1950 to 1954. From 1954 to 1958, Stone was a political officer in Paris at the Supreme Headquarters of Allied Powers in Europe. Stone was the designated officer in charge of Swiss–Benelux affairs in 1961. Then in 1963, he was made deputy director of the Office of West European Affairs and studied at the Imperial Defence College in London.[2] He also held a position in Saigon as chief of the US embassy's political section. In 1966, Stone was presented the Department's Meritorious Honor Award.
From 1969 to 1973, Stone was the Deputy Chief of Mission in New Delhi.[2] In 1975, Stone was appointed as the ambassador to Laos, but he didn't serve in this position.[3][2] In 1978, he was selected to be the United States Ambassador to Cyprus.[4] At the time of his appointment, Stone was the deputy US representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency.[2]
His grandfather, also Galen Luther Stone (1862–1926) was a financier and philanthropist, and a major benefactor of Wellesley College.[5] Stone died in January 2018 at the age of 96.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR GALEN L. STONE" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 15 April 1988. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Stone is appointed envoy to Cyprus". State Department Newsletter: 15. March 1978 – via Hathitrust.
- ^ "Galen Luther Stone (1921–)". Office of the Historian.
- ^ "Galen Luther Stone - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "Grandson of Tower Donor Commemorates Iconic Campus Feature, Meets Carillonneurs". News. Wellesley College. May 28, 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ "Galen L. Stone, 96, former US ambassador to Cyprus - The Boston Globe". bostonglobe.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
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