Background
Nichols, Spencer Van Bokkelen was born on July 30, 1882 in New York City. Son of Allan and Elizabeth Morris (Van Bokkelen) Nichols.
Nichols, Spencer Van Bokkelen was born on July 30, 1882 in New York City. Son of Allan and Elizabeth Morris (Van Bokkelen) Nichols.
Law, University of North Carolina. Special courses in international law, Columbia and Yale.
Appointed assistant secretary of State by President Wilson, 1913. Associated with Schermerhorn Estate. Vice president Hamilton & Wade, insurance advisors.
Trustee of estates.
Long active as layman Protestant Episcopal Church and in boys’ work, prison reform, rescue missions. forwarding Boy Scout and Big Brother movements. Former traveling secretary Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Served as officer United States Navy, 1917-1920, duty United States Naval Academy. Member of staff of Admiral Caperton. Member mission to South. American Republics, 1918.
Trustee, director
Member numerous societies, among them, League of Nations Association (chairman of board and chairman of Executive Committee), Woodrow Wilson Foundation, National Peace Conference, American Colony Charities Association of Jerusalem (secretary), Naval History Society (secretary), New York History Society, American Geography Society, Naval Institute, American Bookplate Society, American Merchant Marine library association, Society for Nautical Research (London), Naval Records Society (London), Delta Kappa Epsilon, et cetera Member Permanent Committee on Archives, Diocese of Connecticut. Clubs: Century, Doctorate.K.E., Groller (governor), Church (New York).
Married Virginia Center Ward, July 30, 1918. Children: Spencer Van Bokkelen, Virginia Center.