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Biographical Notes
Edward S. Crocker II
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1895, Dec. 20 | Born, Fitchburg, Mass. |
| 1914-1920 | Student, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., with leave of absence for military service in World War I. Received a B.A. |
| 1917-1919 | Served in the United States Navy; commissioned an ensign in June 1918; stationed in France and Holland |
| 1921 | Worked in the family paper mill, Fitchburg, Mass. |
| 1922 | Student, Columbia Law School, New York, N.Y. Entered Diplomatic Service |
| 1923 | Married Lispenard Seabury |
| 1923-1924 | Diplomatic secretary, United States Legation, San Salvador, El Salvador |
| 1924 | Birth of daughter, Lispenard ("Lisa"), March 25 |
| 1924-1925 | Diplomatic secretary, United States Legation, Warsaw, Poland |
| 1925-1926 | Diplomatic secretary, United States Embassy, Rome, Italy |
| 1925 | Birth of daughter, Katharine ("Kay"), born April 22, died October 16 |
| 1927-1929 | Diplomatic secretary, United States Embassy, Budapest, Hungary |
| 1929-1933 | Chargé d'affaires, United States Embassy, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1934-1941 | First secretary, United States Embassy, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1941-1942 | Received official declaration of war from the government of Japan; along with other embassy officials, held captive on embassy grounds until prisoner exchange in August 1942 |
| 1942-1944 | Deputy chief of mission, United States Legation, Portugal |
| 1945-1947 | Deputy chief of mission, United States Embassy, Warsaw, Poland |
| 1948-1952 | United States ambassador, Baghdad, Iraq |
| 1953 | Deputy commandant, Air War College, Montgomery, Ala. |
| 1954 | Deputy commandant, Naval War College, Newport, R.I.; retired after suffering a stroke; moved to New York, N.Y |
| 1968, Apr. 6 | Died, New York, N.Y. |
Lispenard Seabury Crocker
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1902, Apr. 1 | Born, White Plains, N.Y. |
| 1923 | Married Edward S. Crocker II (died 1968) |
| 1923-1924 | Stationed with her husband at their first overseas post, San Salvador, El Salvador |
| 1924 | Returned to New York, N.Y., for the birth of her daughter, Lispenard ("Lisa"), born March 25; rejoined her husband in May at his new post, Warsaw, Poland |
| 1925 | In anticipation of the birth of her second child, moved to Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, in March to a pension near the American Hospital; Katharine ("Kay") born April 22; after a difficult delivery affecting the health of both mother and baby, moved to Switzerland with the two children, a nurse, and her sister, rather than join Edward at his new post, thus avoiding the summer heat of Rome Moved to Italy in September Death of daughter Katharine ("Kay"), Oct. 16 |
| 1926 | Due to personal health problems, spent time in both the United States and at a sanitorium in Valmont, Switzerland; returned to Rome, Italy, in November |
| 1927-1929 | Stationed in Budapest, Hungary |
| 1929-1933 | Stationed in Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1934-1941 | Stationed in Tokyo, Japan; returned to the United States in spring 1941 |
| 1943-1954 | Accompanied her husband on his assignments to Lisbon, Warsaw, Baghdad, the Air War College, Montgomery, Ala., and the Naval War College, Newport, R.I. |
| 1954-1984 | Lived in New York, N.Y., and Kittery Point, Maine |
| 1984, Apr. 19 | Died, New York, N.Y. |