Background
Sholes, Walter Henry was born on February 17, 1883 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of John Peter and Agnes Emma (Brebeck) Schulz.
Sholes, Walter Henry was born on February 17, 1883 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of John Peter and Agnes Emma (Brebeck) Schulz.
Educated Emerson Institute (Washington, District of Columbia), Columbian U., and in Berlin (no degrees).
Formerly political writer and editor in Oklahoma, and Washington correspondent. Counsul at Aden, Arabia, 1911-1913, Nantes, France, 1913-1915, St. Michael, Portugal, 1915, Berne, Switzerland, 1915-1917, Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, 1917-1919, Göteborg, Sweden, 1919-1926, Trieste, Italy, 1926-1930, Brussels, 1930-1937. Consul general, Milan, 1937-1940, Lyons, France, 1940-1942, at Basel, Switzerland, 1941-1947, retired 1947.
Official observer, International Maritime Congress, Göteborg, 1923.
Member Pan-American Society. Member Academy of Political Science, American Academy of Political and Social Science.
Married Isabel Nicholas Phillips, October 17, 1911. Children: Agnes Nicholas, Janie Belle Brebeck.