Joseph Grew
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| 13th United States Ambassador to Japan | |
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In office June 14, 1932 – December 8, 1941 |
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| President | Herbert Hoover (appointed by) Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | W. Cameron Forbes |
| Succeeded by | William J. Sebald (ad interim) |
| 6th United States Ambassador to Turkey | |
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In office 1927–1932 |
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| President | Calvin Coolidge |
| Preceded by | Abram I. Elkus |
| Succeeded by | Charles H. Sherrill |
| 26th United States Ambassador to Switzerland | |
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In office September 24, 1921 – March 22, 1924 |
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| President | Warren Harding |
| Preceded by | Hampson Gary |
| Succeeded by | Hugh S. Gibson |
| 32nd United States Ambassador to Denmark | |
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In office April 7, 1920 – October 14, 1921 |
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| President | Woodrow Wilson |
| Preceded by | Norman Hapgood |
| Succeeded by | John Dyneley Prince |
| 5th and 13th Under Secretary of State | |
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In office April 16, 1924 – June 30, 1927 |
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| President | Calvin Coolidge |
| Preceded by | William Phillips |
| Succeeded by | Robert E. Olds |
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In office December 20, 1944 – August 15, 1945 |
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| President | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Dean G. Acheson |
| Personal details | |
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Joseph Clark Grew May 27, 1880 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | May 25, 1965 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Alice (Perry) Grew |
| Children | Lila Cabot Grew |
| Profession | Diplomat |
| Religion | Episcopal |
Joseph Clark Grew (May 27, 1880 – May 25, 1965) was an American career diplomat and Foreign Service officer. Early in his career, he was the chargé d'affaires at the American Embassy in Vienna when the Austro-Hungarian Empire severed diplomatic relations with the United States on April 9, 1917.
Later, Grew was the Ambassador to Denmark (1920–1921) and Ambassador to Switzerland (1921-1924). In 1924, Grew became the Under Secretary of State, and in this position he oversaw the establishment of the U.S. Foreign Service. Grew was the Ambassador to Turkey (1927–1932) and the Ambassador to Japan beginning in 1932. He was the American ambassador in Tokyo at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941) and the opening of war between the United States and the Japanese Empire.
Ambassador Grew was interned for nine months by the Japanese government, but he was released to return to the United States in July 1942.
Grew was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in May 1880, and starting in his early years, he was groomed for public service. At the age of 12 he was sent to the Groton School, a boys' preparatory school whose purpose was to "cultivate manly Christian character". Grew was there just two grades ahead of Franklin D. Roosevelt. During his youth, Grew enjoyed the outdoors, sailing, camping, and hunting during his summers away from school. After graduating from Groton, one of only four men in his class to do so, Grew attended Harvard University, graduating in 1902. Following graduation, Grew made a tour of the Far East, and nearly died after being stricken with malaria. While recovering in India, he became friends with an American consul there. This inspired him to abandon his plan of following in his father's career as a banker, and he decided to go into diplomatic service
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