Background
Stearns, Monteagle was born on December 5, 1924 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William F. and Gwendolyn (Monteagle) Stearns.
educator United States ambassador to Greece
Stearns, Monteagle was born on December 5, 1924 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William F. and Gwendolyn (Monteagle) Stearns.
Bachelor, Columbia University, 1948.
Member editorial board Film Forum Review, Columbia University, New York City, 1948-1949. Motion picture officer State Department, United States Information Service, Istanbul, Turkey, 1949, Ankara, Turkey, 1949-1952. Assigned to State Department, Washington, 1952-1957.
Political officer Athens, Greece, 1958-1962, Kinshasa, Zaire, 1963-1965. Special assistant to ambassador-at-large Washington, 1965-1967. Political officer London, 1967-1969.
Deputy chief mission Vientiane, Laos, 1969-1972. Fellow Center International Affairs, Harvard University, 1972-1973. Deputy assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific affairs Washington, 1973-1974.
Deputy chief mission American Embassy, Athens, 1974-1976. United States ambassador to Ivory Coast, 1976-1979. Vice president National Defense University, 1979-1981.
Ambassador to Greece Athens, 1981-1985. Warburg professor Simmons College, Boston, since 1988.
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he attended Columbia University in 1948 and graduated with his Bachelor of Arts He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and Council on Foreign Relations.
Married Antonia Riddleberger, September 25, 1959. Children: Joanne, Pamela Clark, Christopher Philip, Jonathan, David Foster, Emily.