Stanley Woodward (political aide)

Stanley Woodward
Stanley Woodward
Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee
	In office; December 13, 1953 – January 7, 1955
Preceded by	Dwight R. G. Palmer
Succeeded by	Matthew H. McCloskey
3rd United States Ambassador to Canada
	In office; June 22, 1950 – January 14, 1953
President	Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	Laurence Steinhardt
Succeeded by	R. Douglas Stuart
7th Chief of Protocol of the United States
	In office; January 15, 1944 – May 22, 1950
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt; Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	George T. Summerlin
Succeeded by	John F. Simmons
Personal details
Born	Stanley Woodward; March 12, 1899; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	August 17, 1992 (aged 93); Washington, D.C.
Education	Yale University

Stanley Woodward Sr. (March 12, 1899^[3] – August 17, 1992^[4]) was the White House Chief of Protocol under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and United States Ambassador to Canada under President Harry S. Truman.

Biography

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania^[5] Woodward studied at Yale University, graduated in 1922 and was a 1922 initiate into the Skull and Bones Society.^[6] He later was a teacher for a year at Ya-Li. After teaching in China he took an extended tour through Malaya and India. On October 20, 1923 Woodward married Shirley Rutherfoord, whom he had met when she visited Yale while a student at Vassar College and become more acquainted with while they were both teachers in China. Woodward then studied at the Ecole des Science Politiques in Paris.^[7]

He was a Foreign Service officer in Europe and Haiti from the mid-1920s to the mid-1930s before returning to Philadelphia as commissioner of Fairmount Park. He returned to the Foreign Service in 1937, serving first as assistant chief of protocol and then as chief of protocol at the State Department until his appointment as ambassador in 1950.^{[citation needed]}

He was a favorite social companion of FDR. Notable for his cautiousness in protecting Axis diplomats at the onset of World War II, he was also largely responsible for the introduction of black tie attire as acceptable formalwear.^{[citation needed]}

He served as the United States Ambassador to Canada (1950–53).^[6]

References

^ "Democrats Name Ex-Diplomat As Party Treasurer". Springfield News-Sun. Vol. 26, no. 30. Associated Press. December 13, 1953. p. 12-A – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Contractor Proposed as Demo Treasurer". The Spokesman-Review. Vol. 72, no. 239. January 18, 1955. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Current Biography Yearbook". Current Biography Yearbook: Annual Cumulation. New York: H.W. Wilson: 647. 1992. ISSN 0084-9499.
^ "Stanley Woodward Sr., Former U.S. Envoy, 93". New York Times. August 20, 1992.
^ "Stanley Woodward Dies". The Washington Post. August 19, 1992. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "TAP DAY EXERCISES ARE HELD AT YALE: Ward Cheney of South Manchester, Conn., Is Last Slapped for Skull and Bones.ALDRICH IS FIRST PICKED Elections Are Also Held for Scroll and Key, Wolf's Head and the Eilhu Club". New York Times. May 20, 1921. p. 10.
^ Contosta, David R. (March 10, 1992). A Philadelphia Family: The Houstons and Woodwards of Chestnut Hill. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0812214064 – via Google Books.