Background
STERLING, Frederick Augustine was born on August 13, 1876 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
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Frederick Augustine STERLING
Edit ProfileEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Education
Switzerland; Smith Academy, St. Louis. Harvard University, Bachelor of Arts, 1898. Law Department, Washington University, St. Louis, 1 year.
Career
Owner and mgr. of cattle ranch, 8 years. Mfr. of woolen goods, 2 years Appointed after exam. January 1911, third Secy, of Embassy at Petrograd, March 1911.
Second Secy, of Embassy at Petrograd, 1912. Detailed to observe the elections for Constituent Assembly of Santo Domingo, 1913. Appointed second Secy, of Legation at Peking, 1914.
Secy, of Embassy or Legation of class three, February 1915. Assigned to Peking, March 1915, to Petrograd, July 1915. To Department of State as Acting Chief of Division. of Western European Affairs, 1916.
Assigned to Paris, January 1918. Appointed Secy, of Embassy or Legation of class two, August 1918. Class one 1919; designated Junior.
Counselor of Embassy at Paris, 1920. Designated and assigned as Counselor of Embassy at Lima, 1921. Of Embassy at London, Appointed Foreign Service Officer of class one, 1924.
