Background
Sears was born on December 29, 1899 to Philip Shelton Sears, a sculptor, and Mary Cabot (Higginson) Sears.
Sears was born on December 29, 1899 to Philip Shelton Sears, a sculptor, and Mary Cabot (Higginson) Sears.
He attended Saint Mark"s School and Harvard University.
Sears served in the United States Navy, where he was an attaché to the United States State Department delegation in Peking, China. Sears also served in the Navy during World World War World War II
Sears was Massachusetts Republican State Chair from 1949 to 1950 and was delegate to 1948 and 1952 Republican National Conventions from Massachusetts. From 1953 to 1960 he was the United States" Representative to United Nations Trusteeship Council.
Sears was a Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1935 to 1937 and the Massachusetts Senate from 1939 to 1943 and again from 1947 to 1949.