Stuart W. Rockwell
American diplomat
Stuart Wesson Rockwell (January 15, 1917 – March 12, 2011) was an American diplomat who served as the American Ambassador to Morocco between 1970 and 1974.
Biography
Rockwelll was born in New York City, New York on January 15, 1917. He was the son of Colonel Charles Kellogg Rockwell. Despite being born in New York, he was raised in Paoli, Pennsylvania. He would go on to receive a bachelor's degree in Romance languages from Harvard in 1939. Shortly after, Rockwell achieved the rank of Career Minister in foreign service on August 12, 1939.
During World War II Rockwell joined the U.S. Army, serving in London and France under the Office of Strategic Services.
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.
In June 1956 Rockwell would marry fellow U.S. State Department employee Rosalind Hollow Morgan at St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square.
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