Philip K. Crove
United States Ambassador to Ceylon
In office
September 19, 1953 – September 27, 1956
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byMaxwell Henry Gluck
Succeeded byLampton Berry
United States Ambassador to South Africa
In office
April 22, 1959 – April 6, 1961
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byHenry A. Byroade
Succeeded byJoseph C. Satterthwaite
United States Ambassador to Norway
In office
June 23, 1969 – August 31, 1973
PresidentRichard Nixon
Preceded byMargaret Joy Tibbetts
Succeeded byThomas Ryan Byrne
United States Ambassador to Denmark
In office
September 13, 1973 – September 27, 1975
PresidentRichard Nixon
Preceded byFred J. Russell
Succeeded byJohn Gunther Dean
Personal details
Born
Philip Kingsland Crowe

(1908-01-07)January 7, 1908
New York City, U.S.
DiedNovember 16, 1976(1976-11-16) (aged 68)
SpouseSuzanne Noregaard
Children1 daughter

Philip Kingsland Crowe (January 7, 1908 – November 16, 1976) was an American journalist, writer, intelligence officer and career diplomat.

Career

Crowe was a journalist at the New York Evening Post, traveled in French Indochina and ran big game hunt before working on ads in the magazines Life and Fortune. During World War II, he worked in the Office of Strategic Services where he was the secret intelligence officer in charge of an area, covering China, Burma and India.[1]

Diplomat

He joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1948. Crowe was U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon from 1953 to 1958 and in South Africa from 1959 to 1961. In 1969 he was appointed Ambassador to Norway and served until August 31, 1973. Following the ambassador period in Norway, Crowe was ambassador in Denmark from 1973 to 1975.[2]

Author

He published several books on outdoor recreation, ethic conservation and his time as a diplomat.[3]

Awards

References

  1. ^ Philip K. Crowe Archive, Embassy of the United States, Oslo
  2. ^ Philip Kingsland Crowe (1908–1976) Office of the Historian
  3. ^ Crowe, Pilip Kingsland Author, overlook. abebooks.com
Diplomatic posts Preceded byMaxwell Henry Gluck U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon 1953–1956 Succeeded byLampton Berry Preceded byHenry A. Byroade U.S. Ambassador to South Africa 1959-1961 Succeeded byJoseph C. Satterthwaite Preceded byMargaret Joy Tibbetts U.S. Ambassador to Norway 1969–1973 Succeeded byThomas Ryan Byrne Preceded byFred J. Russell U.S. Ambassador to Denmark 1973–1975 Succeeded byJohn Gunther Dean
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