Background
Crowe, Philip Kingsland was born on January 7, 1908 in New York City. Son of Earl and Kathleen McClellan (Higgins) Crowe.
Crowe, Philip Kingsland was born on January 7, 1908 in New York City. Son of Earl and Kathleen McClellan (Higgins) Crowe.
Educated University of Virginia, 1932.
Reporter, New York Evening Post, 1933. Chief customers department Milmine Bodman, broker, New York City, 1934-1935. Explorer, hunter big game, French Indo-China, 1935-1937.
Director travel advertising Life magazine, 1937-1938.
Advertising staff Fortune magazine, 1938-1941, 44-48. Special representative Economic Commission for Africa, China, 1948-1949.
Ambassador to Ceylon, 1953-1956. United States delegate Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East Conference United Nations, 1954.
Special assistant to secretary state, 1957-1959.
United States ambassador to Union of South Africa, 1959-1961, Norway, Oslo, 1969-1973, Denmark, Copenhagen, 1973-1975. Leader, Wildlife Mission to Near East, 1963, South. American, 1964, Far East, 1965, Middle East, 1966, Central American, 1967, South Africa, 1968.
Member of the board advisory School Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins. Trustee Fletcher school law and diplomacy Tufts University, Foreign Service Ednl. Foundation; Served lieutenant colonel United States Army Air Force, 1941-1944, chief intelligence Office of Strategic Services, China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations.
Fellow Royal Asiatic Society, Royal Geography Society.
Member Council Foreign Relations, Society Colonial Wars, Huguenot Society, Saint Nicholas Society, Society Cincinnati, Ex-members Association Squadron A (New York National Guard) American Committee for International Wildlife Protection, Tobique Salmon.
Clubs: Racquet and Tennis, Explorers, Brook, Anglers, Century Association, Bonne and Crocket (New York City).
Married Irene Pettus, June 21, 1937. Married second, Suzanne Norregaard, November 26, 1975. Children: Phillippa, Irene, Mary.