Gerald A. Drew Explained

Gerald Drew
Office:2nd Inspector General of the Department of State
President:Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Term Start:November 13, 1960
Term End:May 31, 1962
Predecessor:Raymond Miller
Successor:Norris Haselton
Office1:United States Ambassador to Haiti
President1:Dwight D. Eisenhower
Term Start1:May 15, 1957
Term End1:July 16, 1960
Predecessor1:Roy Davis
Successor1:Robert Newbegin
Office2:United States Ambassador to Bolivia
President2:Dwight D. Eisenhower
Term Start2:December 8, 1954
Term End2:April 6, 1957
Predecessor2:Edward Sparks
Successor2:Philip Bonsal
Office3:4th Director General of the Foreign Service
President3:Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Term Start3:March 30, 1952
Term End3:October 18, 1954
Predecessor3:Richard P. Butrick
Successor3:Raymond A. Hare
Office4:United States Envoy to Jordan
President4:Harry S. Truman
Term Start4:February 24, 1950
Term End4:February 25, 1952
Predecessor4:Wells Stabler (Acting)
Successor4:Joseph Green
Birth Date:20 June 1903
Birth Place:San Francisco, California, U.S.
Death Place:Lewes, Delaware, U.S.
Resting Place:Rock Creek Cemetery
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Education:University of California, Berkeley (BA)

Gerald Augustin Drew (June 20, 1903 - September 27, 1970) was a career Foreign Service Officer for the United States.

Biography

Born in San Francisco, California, Drew was a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley where he was a member of Phi Kappa Tau. He served as U.S. Vice Consul in Pará, 1929; Envoy to Jordan, 1950–52; Ambassador to Bolivia, 1954–57; Ambassador to Haiti, 1957–60.[1] He was assigned to Haiti by the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration at the beginning of the regime of François Duvalier. He criticized the Duvalier government, and Duvalier requested his removal, but this was rejected by Christian Herter.[2]

He died at Lewes, Delaware and is buried at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gerald A. Drew . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training: Foreign Affairs Oral History Project . 2001.
  2. Book: Smith, Gaddis . The Last Years of the Monroe Doctrine: 1945 - 1993. 1 December 2015. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 978-1-4668-9520-1. 232-.