Background
He was born in Belvedere, California. Attended elementary and secondary schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the Taft School, Watertown, Connecticut, 1933–1935.
Diplomat politician representative
He was born in Belvedere, California. Attended elementary and secondary schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the Taft School, Watertown, Connecticut, 1933–1935.
He graduated from Yale University in 1939. Engaged in the banking business with American Trust Company, San Francisco, California, in 1940 and 1941;
Served as assistant naval attaché in the United States Embassy in London in 1939 and 1940. With Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington, District of Columbia, in 1941 and 1942.
Attended the Naval War College in 1942.
Was assigned to duty on staff of Seventh Amphibious Force as flag lieutenant and aide to Vice Admiral.
Doctorate.E. He resumed his banking career in 1946 and 1947 and was assistant to the director of the California Youth Authority in 1947 and 1948. An unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1948 to the 81st Congress and secretary to Government. Earl Warren 1948–1951.
Executive assistant to the director of the California Academy of Sciences in 1951 and 1952 and elected as a Republican to the 83rd and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1953, until his resignation March 5, 1974.
He was a permanent Representative of the United States to the Organization of American States with the rank of Ambassador, March 7, 1974, to February 1, 1977 and nominated by President Gerald R. Ford and confirmed by the United States Senate on December 10, 1975, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation and was a resident of San Francisco, California, until his death.