Sumner Gerard Jr. (Father,Sumner Gerard S&B 1897)
Republican. Politician. Businessman. Groton School*. Trinity College Cambridge. MBE.
A cattle rancher as well as a mining executive for Newmont Resources and a director of Cardinal Petroleum, both of Billings.[6]
He was active in underwater expeditions and became an adjunct professor of maritime archaeology at the University of Miami.[6]
4 Jun 1974 to 15 Apr 1977 - United States Ambassador to Jamaica by President Gerald Ford (Freemson / VP Nelson Rockefeller)[6]
Preceded by Vincent de Roulet (see below). Succeeded by Frederic Irving (AAF. 32yrs United States Foreign Office)
1970 to 1974 - Mission Director for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Tunisia.
1969, Delegate to Rome, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization by President Richard Nixon (Bohemian).
Late 1960s to 2004 (Div) - Teresa Dabrowska.
1965 to 1966 - Montana Senate Minority Leader
Preceded by J.S. Brenner. Succeeded by Jean Turnage.
1962 to 1966 - Member of the Montana Senate from Madison County.
1959 to 1961 - Montana House Minority Leader.
1955 to 1961 - Member of the Montana House of Representatives from Madison County.
1944 to 1966 (Div) - Married Louise Taft Grosvenor.
WW2 - Captain, Intelligence, Marines. In 1942, he flew Winston Churchill to Moscow, Soviet Union, to meet Joseph Stalin.
Note: Vincent de Roulet was married to Lorinda de Roulet, granddaughter of William Payne Whitney (S&B1898). Appointed as Ambassader by Richard Nixon (Bohemian). Alledgedly sought political contributions from American corporations for foreign elections; Alcoa (Search mind map) gave these contributions to Jamaican officials.[5] de Roulet died 11 Aug 1975, from Heart Attack. Aged 49.
Died 24 Feb 2005, from Natural Causes. Age 88.[6]
Father, Sumner Gerard (S&B 1897) Yale University. Skull and Bones. President, Aeon Realty Corp, GBW Construction Co, Aeonitt Realty Corp.[2]
WW1 - Major Field Artillery[2]
Spanish American War - Sgt US Vol Cavalary (Rough Riders).[2]
? to 1926 - Married Helen Coster.
1897 - Graduated Yale, Skull and Bones Patriarch.[1]
Died 10 Mar 1966, from Not Known. Age 91. Episcopal Church
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