Philip K. Crowe

Philip K. Crove
United States Ambassador to Ceylon
In office September 19, 1953 – September 27, 1956
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	Maxwell Henry Gluck
Succeeded by	Lampton Berry
United States Ambassador to South Africa
In office April 22, 1959 – April 6, 1961
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	Henry A. Byroade
Succeeded by	Joseph C. Satterthwaite
United States Ambassador to Norway
In office June 23, 1969 – August 31, 1973
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Margaret Joy Tibbetts
Succeeded by	Thomas Ryan Byrne
United States Ambassador to Denmark
In office September 13, 1973 – September 27, 1975
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Fred J. Russell
Succeeded by	John Gunther Dean
Personal details
Born	Philip Kingsland Crowe (1908-01-07)January 7, 1908 New York City, U.S.
Died	November 16, 1976(1976-11-16) (aged 68)
Spouse	Suzanne Noregaard
Children	1 daughter

Philip Kingsland Crowe (January 7, 1908 – November 16, 1976) was an American journalist, writer, intelligence officer and career diplomat.

Career

Crowe was a journalist at the New York Evening Post, traveled in French Indochina and ran big game hunt before working on ads in the magazines Life and Fortune. During World War II, he worked in the Office of Strategic Services where he was the secret intelligence officer in charge of an area, covering China, Burma and India.

Diplomat

He joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1948. Crowe was U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon from 1953 to 1958 and in South Africa from 1959 to 1961. In 1969 he was appointed Ambassador to Norway and served until August 31, 1973. Following the ambassador period in Norway, Crowe was ambassador in Denmark from 1973 to 1975.

Author

He published several books on outdoor recreation, ethic conservation and his time as a diplomat.

Awards

• Bronze star, the Order of Yun-Hui from the Republic of China
• Grand Cross, Order of St. Olav from Norway
• Officer in the French Legion of Honor from France