Schulz
Walter Henry Sholes was born in Brooklyn, New York, on February 17, 1883, to John Peter Schulz and Agnes Emma Brebeck Schulz. The family surname was changed from Schulz to Sholes in 1917. Before entering the Foreign Service, he worked in Oklahoma as a political writer and editor and served as a Washington correspondent. He married Isabel Nicholas Phillips on October 17, 1911; their children were Agnes Nicholas Sholes and Janie Belle Brebeck Sholes.
Sholes was educated at the Emerson Institute in Washington, District of Columbia, at Columbian University, and in Berlin. His studies did not result in a documented academic degree, but his education in Washington and Germany preceded a career that combined political writing, international reporting, and long-term diplomatic service.
Before joining the United States Foreign Service, Sholes worked as a political writer and editor in Oklahoma and as a Washington correspondent. He entered the Foreign Service in 1911 and served successively as consul at Aden, Arabia, from 1911 to 1913; Nantes, France, from 1913 to 1915; St. Michael, Portugal, in 1915; Berne, Switzerland, from 1915 to 1917; and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, from 1917 to 1919. He then served at Göteborg, Sweden, from 1919 to 1926, where he also acted as an official observer at the International Maritime Congress in 1923. His subsequent assignments were Trieste, Italy, from 1926 to 1930; Brussels, Belgium, from 1930 to 1937; Milan, Italy, where he became consul general from 1937 to 1940; Lyon, France, from 1940 to 1942; and Basel, Switzerland, where he served as consul general during the final years of his career. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1947 after thirty-six years of service. His reports from Milan and Basel addressed political, commercial, and economic developments affecting American interests in Europe.
Sholes was a member of the Pan-American Society, the Academy of Political Science, and the American Academy of Political and Social Science. These affiliations reflected his continuing engagement with international affairs, public policy, and the study of political and social conditions.
Sholes was the son of John Peter Schulz and Agnes Emma Brebeck Schulz. He was married to Isabel Nicholas Phillips, who chaired the Gustavus III Memorial Association in Göteborg during his consular assignment there. They had two daughters, Agnes Nicholas Sholes and Janie Belle Brebeck Sholes.
Father of Walter Henry Sholes.
Mother of Walter Henry Sholes.
Wife of Walter Henry Sholes; they married on October 17, 1911.
Daughter of Walter Henry and Isabel Nicholas Sholes.
Daughter of Walter Henry and Isabel Nicholas Sholes.
