Francis Briggs Tenny

Background

Tenny, Francis Briggs was born on December 22, 1920 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Charles Buckley and Elizabeth Wilson (Pettee) Tenny.

Education

Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, U. Rochester, 1942; postgraduate, Columbia, summer 1942; Master of Arts in Chinese and Japanese Langs. and Lit, Harvard, 1950.

Career

News reporter, copy editor, assistant state editor, Watertown (New York) Daily Times, 1946-1948; with, State Department/United States Information Agency, since 1951; assigned, Surabaya, Indonesia, 1951-1953; assigned, Kobe, Japan, 1953-1954; assigned, Washington, 1954-1958; cultural affairs officer, attache educational exchange, Tokyo, Japan, 1958-1965; cultural attache embassy, Bangkok, Thailand, 1965-1968; member, (11th Senior Seminar Foreign Policy), 1968-1969; director, Office E. Asia/Pacific Programs, Bureau Ednl. and Cultural Affairs, State Department, 1969-1974; counselor for public affairs, American embassy, Tokyo, Japan, 1974-1976; executive director, Japan-United States Friendship Commission, 1976-1982; chairman, Japan Society Vermont, since 1982. Member of the United States Ednl. Commission Japan, 1961-1965, United States Ednl.

Foundation, Thailand, 1963-1968. Consultant, writer-translations on Japanese cultural affairs.

Achievements

• Francis Briggs Tenny has been listed as a notable government official, consultant, translator, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors, corporation secretary Craftsbury Chamber Players, Vermont, 1985-1988. Trustee Orleans County History Society, since 1987. First lieutenant Army of the United States, 1942-1946, China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations.

Member Phi Beta Kappa, Theta Delta Chi.

Connections

Married Nancy Robbins Naramore, June 26, 1948. Children– Carol Lee, Charles Wilson, Laura Loveland.

Father:

Charles Buckley Tenny

Mother:

Elizabeth Wilson (Pettee) Tenny

Spouse:

Nancy Robbins Naramore

child:

Laura Loveland Tenny

child:

Charles Wilson Tenny

child:

Carol Lee Tenny