Stuart W. Rockwell

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Ambassador
Stuart W. Rockwell
United States Ambassador to Morocco
In office
March 17, 1970 – October 1, 1973
Preceded byHenry J. Tasca
Succeeded byRobert G. Neumann
Personal details
Born
Stuart Wesson Rockwell

(1917-01-15)January 15, 1917
U.S. Army
Battles/warsWorld War II

Stuart Wesson Rockwell (January 15, 1917 – March 12, 2011) was an American diplomat who served as the American Ambassador to Morocco between 1970 and 1973.

Biography

Rockwelll was born in

foreign service on August 12, 1939.[6]

During

U.S. Army, serving in London and France under the Office of Strategic Services.[4][7]

Rockwell would go on to be stationed in Jerusalem from 1948 until 1950; where, two weeks after the state of Israel declared independence, he was shot at by a sniper.[4][5]

In June 1956 Rockwell would marry fellow

U.S. State Department employee Rosalind Hollow Morgan at St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square.[1][3][8][7]

Rockwell would quickly find himself working for the

Iran Mission.[12][13]

Rockwell was appointed by

1971 Moroccan coup attempt.[4][7]

Rockwell would ultimately retire in 1979 from government work, at that point serving as the State Department’s Deputy Chief of Protocol.[7][17]

Rockwell died on March 12, 2011, in

birdwatcher and skilled fisherman."[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Stuart Rockwell Obituary (2011) - Washington, DC - The Washington Post". www.legacy.com. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  2. ISSN 0362-4331
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    ISSN 2331-9968
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  4. ^
    ISSN 0190-8286
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  5. ^ a b McKinzie, Richard D (July 8, 1976). "Stuart W. Rockwell Oral History Interview". www.trumanlibrary.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  6. ^ Harvard Bulletin. Harvard Bulletin, Incorporated. 1969.
  7. ^ a b c d STANLEY, TIM (Apr 21, 2011). "Foreign service offered front seat for history". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  8. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  9. ^ Nations, United (1962). The Dag Hammarskjold Library. UN.
  10. ^ Miller, Richard I.; Miller, Richard Isaac (1961). Dag Hammarskjold and Crisis Diplomacy. Oceana Publications.
  11. ^ Assembly, United Nations General (1950). Documents Officiels de la ... Session de L'Assemblée Générale. UN.
  12. ^ State, United States Department of (1969). Department of State News Letter. Bureau of Administration.
  13. ISBN 978-1-84511-393-3
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  14. ^ "Stuart Wesson Rockwell - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  15. ^ State, United States Department of (1970). Department of State News Letter. Bureau of Administration.
  16. ^ Office, United States Dept of State Historical (1973). United States Chiefs of Mission: Supplement.
  17. ^ American Maritime Cases. The Editors. 1980.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
United States Ambassador to Morocco

1970–1973 		Succeeded by


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