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Ambassador
Stuart W. Rockwell
United States Ambassador to Morocco
In office
March 17, 1970 – October 1, 1973
Preceded byHenry J. Tasca
Succeeded byRobert G. Neumann
Personal details
Born
Stuart Wesson Rockwell

(1917-01-15)January 15, 1917
New York City, New York
DiedMarch 12, 2011(2011-03-12) (aged 94)
Washington, D.C., United States
NationalityAmerican
SpouseRosalind Hollow Morgan
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/serviceU.S. Army
Battles/warsWorld War II

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.[1]

Biography

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Rockwelll was born in New York City, New York on January 15, 1917. He was the son of Colonel Charles Kellogg Rockwell.[2][3][4] 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.[5][6] Shortly after, Rockwell achieved the rank of Career Minister in foreign service on August 12, 1939.[7]

During World War II Rockwell joined the U.S. Army, serving in London and France under the Office of Strategic Services.[5][8]

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.[5][6]

In June 1956 Rockwell would marry fellow U.S. State Department employee Rosalind Hollow Morgan at St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square.[2][4][9][8]

Rockwell would quickly find himself working for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs.[10][11][12] He would take on such roles as the Chairman of the Cyprus Task Force and the Deputy Chief of the Iran Mission.[13][14]

Rockwell was appointed by President Nixon on March 17, 1970, as Ambassador to Morocco, a position he would hold until October 1, 1973.[15][16][17] In 1971 he would be present at the birthday party of King Hassan II at his summer palace during the 1971 Moroccan coup attempt.[5][8]

Rockwell would ultimately retire in 1979 from government work, at that point serving as the State Department’s Deputy Chief of Protocol.[8][18]

Rockwell died on March 12, 2011, in Sibley Memorial Hospital from congestive heart failure. His obituary would note, along with the aforementioned, that he was an "avid birdwatcher and skilled fisherman."[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR STUART W. ROCKWELL" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 5 October 1988. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Stuart Rockwell Obituary (2011) - Washington, DC - The Washington Post". www.legacy.com. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  3. ^ Bachrach, Bradford (1956-03-25). "Rosalind Hollow Morgan to Be Married To S.W. Rockwell, Foreign Service Aide". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  4. ^ a b Humanities, National Endowment for the (1956-06-20). "Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, June 20, 1956, Image 49". Evening Star. pp. B. ISSN 2331-9968. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  5. ^ a b c d Brown, Emma (2011-03-23). "Stuart W. Rockwell, former U.S. ambassador to Morocco, dies at 94". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  6. ^ a b McKinzie, Richard D (July 8, 1976). "Stuart W. Rockwell Oral History Interview". www.trumanlibrary.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  7. ^ Harvard Bulletin. Harvard Bulletin, Incorporated. 1969.
  8. ^ a b c d STANLEY, TIM (Apr 21, 2011). "Foreign service offered front seat for history". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  9. ^ Bachrach, Bradford (1956-06-20). "ROSALIND MORGAN BRIDE IN CAPITAL; Wellesley Alumna Married to Stuart W. Rockwell of the Foreign Service". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  10. ^ Nations, United (1962). The Dag Hammarskjold Library. UN.
  11. ^ Miller, Richard I.; Miller, Richard Isaac (1961). Dag Hammarskjold and Crisis Diplomacy. Oceana Publications.
  12. ^ Assembly, United Nations General (1950). Documents Officiels de la ... Session de L'Assemblée Générale. UN.
  13. ^ State, United States Department of (1969). Department of State News Letter. Bureau of Administration.
  14. ^ Barrett, Roby C. (2007-05-25). The Greater Middle East and the Cold War: US Foreign Policy Under Eisenhower and Kennedy. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-84511-393-3.
  15. ^ "Stuart Wesson Rockwell - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  16. ^ State, United States Department of (1970). Department of State News Letter. Bureau of Administration.
  17. ^ Office, United States Dept of State Historical (1973). United States Chiefs of Mission: Supplement.
  18. ^ American Maritime Cases. The Editors. 1980.
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1970–1973 		Succeeded by


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