Glenn A. Abbey

Glenn A. Abbey (June 11, 1898 – January 28, 1962) was an American diplomat.

Glenn Allan Abbey
Born(1898-06-11)June 11, 1898
Dodgeville, Wisconsin
DiedJanuary 28, 1962(1962-01-28) (aged 63)
San Antonio, Texas
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPolitician

Biography

Abbey was born Glenn Allan Abbey on June 11, 1898, to William Searle and Ida Elmira Abbey in Dodgeville, Wisconsin.[1][2] He attended Georgetown University.[1] He died on January 28, 1962, in San Antonio, Texas.[3]

Military service

Abbey served in the United States Army during World War I. He joined the army on 23 February 1918 and became a sergeant.[4]

Career

After serving in Haiti,[1] Abbey served as U.S. vice consul in Johannesburg, South Africa from 1928 to 1931.[5][6] This was followed by positions in Nicaragua, Venezuela, Argentina, Paraguay, and Washington, D.C.[1] He was appointed consul at Bombay in 1946.[7] Later he served as U.S. consul in Salonika, Greece from 1950 to 1951.[8] He was the last to serve in the U.S. consulate in Salonika before the rank was changed to Consul General. Abbey was also Counselor of the Legation in Saudi Arabia until June 5, 1953, after which he was transferred to Barcelona, where he was Consul General.[9]

He is buried at Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Texas.

References
  1. "Foreign Service Lions Club Topic". The Post-Crescent. April 19, 1938. p. 4. Retrieved May 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: A to Abbot".
  3. "Service for Abbey". Longview News-Journal. January 30, 1962. p. 6. Retrieved May 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  4. Form 7202 Index Card, United States Veterans Bureau, Mail and Records Division.
  5. "Ex-Dodgville Man Made Vice-Consul". Wisconsin State Journal. May 16, 1928. p. 18. Retrieved May 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  6. "Emilia Sophia Larson".
  7. "Glen Abbey Is Named U. S. Consul at Bombay". The Post-Crescent. February 1, 1946. p. 12. Retrieved May 9, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  8. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-06-12. Retrieved 2010-06-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, the Near and Middle East, Volume IX, Part 1 - Office of the Historian".
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