Background
Petrow, Chris George was born on December 14, 1919 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States. Son of George Chris and Johanna Wilhelmina (Breitenkamp) Petrow.
Petrow, Chris George was born on December 14, 1919 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States. Son of George Chris and Johanna Wilhelmina (Breitenkamp) Petrow.
AB magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1941. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1942. Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1941.
With foreign service Department State, 1948, international economist Washington, 1960—1964, director, Office of Mexico Affairs, 1969—1971. 3rd secretary United States Legation, Budapest, 1948—1950, 2nd secretary Vienna, 1950, American Embassy, Luxembourg, 1955—1957, economic counselor Brussels, 1964—1969, economic minister Paris, 1971—1975. Consul United States Consulate, Palermo, 1950—1952, Munich, 1953—1954, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, 1958—1960.
Vice president, director TRW Europe Inc., Paris, 1975—1985, consultant, 1985—1989. Captain United States Army, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations.
Board governors American Hospital Paris, since 1975, vice president, 1981—1985. Member of American Chamber of Commerce France (board directors since 1973), Society Ornithologique France (president 1982-1985), British Ornithologists Union, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Nadine Genevieve Ubelacker, October 22, 1948. Children: Anne, Diana.