Moncrieff J. Spear Explained

Moncrieff J. Spear
Office:United States Consul General to the Bahamas
Term Start:1970
Term End:1973
Predecessor:Turner B. Shelton
Successor:Ronald I. Spiers
President:Richard Nixon
Birth Date:24 September 1921
Birth Place:New York, U.S.
Spouse:Lois Stamey
Profession:diplomat
Residence:Indianapolis, Indiana

Moncrieff Johnston Spear (September 24, 1921 – October 22, 2016) was an American diplomat.

Spear was born in New York and attended Cornell University (B.A. 1946) and George Washington University (M.A. 1952). He was a veteran, served with the United States Navy in World War II. After the war, in 1946, Spear joined the United States Foreign Service.[1] He had assignments in Germany, the Philippines, Yugoslavia, Thailand and Vietnam. He was the United States Chargé d'Affaires ad interim in the Bahamas at the opening of the U.S. Embassy in 1973.[2] He married Lois Stamey and had three children.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.adst.org/Readers/Bahamas.pdf Bahamas 2011
  2. Web site: Moncrieff Johnston Spear - People - Department History - Office of the Historian .
  3. Web site: Personalities Caribbean. 1973.