Background
Griffis, Stanton was born on May 2, 1887 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Elliot and Katharine Lyra (Stanton) Griffis.
Griffis, Stanton was born on May 2, 1887 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Elliot and Katharine Lyra (Stanton) Griffis.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1910. Doctor of Laws, Union College, 1944.
Fruit grower, Medford, Oregon, 1910-1914. Partner Hornblower & Weeks-Hemphill, Noyes, investment bankers, New York City, 1914-1974. On government business England, Sweden, Finland, Spain and Portugal, 1942-1943.
Chief Motion Picture Bureau (domestic branch) O.W.I., 1943-1944. Special representative United States Government to Sweden, April 1944. Ambassador to Poland, 1947, Egypt, 1948, Argentine, 1949, Spain, 1951-1952.
Commissioner American Red Cross, Pacific Ocean Areas, 1944-1945. Trustee Cornell Univercity, American History Society. Board directors Memorial Hospital, National Hospital for Speech Disorders.
Served to captain United States Army, World War I. Clubs: Cornell, Links Golf, Recess, Racquet and Tennis, Links (New York).
Married Dorothy Nixon, June 19, 1912. Children: Theodora, Nixon.