Charles Merville Spofford CBE (November 17, 1902 – March 23, 1991) was an American lawyer who held posts in NATO and on the boards of numerous arts organizations.
9-882: [REDACTED] Look up Spofford in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Spofford may refer to: Spofford, New Hampshire Spofford Lake Spofford Juvenile Center , New York City Spofford, Texas Spofford (play) , a 1967 play People with the surname [ edit ] Ainsworth Rand Spofford (1825–1908), Librarian of Congress, 1864–1897 Charles Spofford (1902–1991), lawyer Edward Spofford , American professor of literature Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835–1921), American writer Henry M. Spofford (1821–1880), 19th-century Louisiana politician Sally Hoyt Spofford (1914–2002), American ornithologist William B. Spofford (1921–2013), Episcopal bishop See also [ edit ] Otis Spofford ,
18-542: A 1967 play People with the surname [ edit ] Ainsworth Rand Spofford (1825–1908), Librarian of Congress, 1864–1897 Charles Spofford (1902–1991), lawyer Edward Spofford , American professor of literature Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835–1921), American writer Henry M. Spofford (1821–1880), 19th-century Louisiana politician Sally Hoyt Spofford (1914–2002), American ornithologist William B. Spofford (1921–2013), Episcopal bishop See also [ edit ] Otis Spofford ,
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45-520: A lawyer, along with his ability to speak French, he was assigned to Allied Force Headquarters in Algiers as an advisor on economic and supply issues. In 1943, he became Chief of Staff of the Allied Military Government and Deputy Chief of Civil Affairs for Sicily and Italy. In 1944, he was named Assistant Chief of Staff for Military Government for the whole Mediterranean theater. Wallace Deuel,
54-546: A reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch , remarked that he had to deal with "some of the most flamboyantly temperamental men of a dozen nationalities the world has ever seen; General George Patton , Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery and General Charles de Gaulle , just to name a few examples, and he got excellent results". He earned the Purple Heart , Distinguished Service Medal , Legion of Honor , Croix de Guerre and Order of
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72-631: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Charles Spofford Charles Merville Spofford was born November 17, 1902, in St. Louis , the son of Charles W. Spofford and the former Beulah Merville, and grew up in Evanston, Illinois . He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University in 1924, where he was a member of Skull and Bones , and Harvard Law School in 1928. He married Margaret Mercer Walker on March 22, 1930, with whom he had four children. He joined
81-746: The New York law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell in 1930 and became a partner in 1940, retiring in 1973 after 33 years. He proposed to John D. Rockefeller III what would become the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in 1956 and served as president of the Metropolitan Opera Association from 1946 to 1950. He served in the US Army during World War II , rising to the rank of brigadier general . With his financial background and experience as
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