Son of Eugene & Sarah (Read) Ives.
His parents were descendants of Virginia's earliest settlers. Family farms in Norfolk and Princess Anne counties date back to land grants made to Mr. Ives ancestors in 1637.
He was a long time member of the U.S. Foreign Service. He was vice-consul at Frankfort-on-the-Main when World War I began in 1914. He remained in Germany through 1915-1916 and was in Budapest in 1917, the year the United States entered the war against Germany and Austria-Hungary. Mr. Ives was then sent to Paris France and was there most of the time until 1923.
His 30-year career took him to cities in four continents for a total of 21 assignments. He was in Germany, Hungary, France, Egypt, Turkey, Denmark, the Union of South Africa, Algeria, Sweden, and Nothern Ireland.
Mr. Ives was the first secretary at the American Embassy in Constantinople, Turkey when he and Elizabeth Stevenson were married February 4, 1927. The wedding was in Naples, Italy. Lewis G. Stevenson, the former Illinois secretary of state, gave his daughter away.
One of Mr. Ives interests during his diplomatic career was archeology. He searched in ruins in Pretoria and Stockholm. He dug up a second century Mosaic in Algeria. While in Sweden he received permission to open several Viking mounds. Objects he found there were placed in the Stockholm Museum
His parents were descendants of Virginia's earliest settlers. Family farms in Norfolk and Princess Anne counties date back to land grants made to Mr. Ives ancestors in 1637.
He was a long time member of the U.S. Foreign Service. He was vice-consul at Frankfort-on-the-Main when World War I began in 1914. He remained in Germany through 1915-1916 and was in Budapest in 1917, the year the United States entered the war against Germany and Austria-Hungary. Mr. Ives was then sent to Paris France and was there most of the time until 1923.
His 30-year career took him to cities in four continents for a total of 21 assignments. He was in Germany, Hungary, France, Egypt, Turkey, Denmark, the Union of South Africa, Algeria, Sweden, and Nothern Ireland.
Mr. Ives was the first secretary at the American Embassy in Constantinople, Turkey when he and Elizabeth Stevenson were married February 4, 1927. The wedding was in Naples, Italy. Lewis G. Stevenson, the former Illinois secretary of state, gave his daughter away.
One of Mr. Ives interests during his diplomatic career was archeology. He searched in ruins in Pretoria and Stockholm. He dug up a second century Mosaic in Algeria. While in Sweden he received permission to open several Viking mounds. Objects he found there were placed in the Stockholm Museum
Son of Eugene & Sarah (Read) Ives.
His parents were descendants of Virginia's earliest settlers. Family farms in Norfolk and Princess Anne counties date back to land grants made to Mr. Ives ancestors in 1637.
He was a long time member of the U.S. Foreign Service. He was vice-consul at Frankfort-on-the-Main when World War I began in 1914. He remained in Germany through 1915-1916 and was in Budapest in 1917, the year the United States entered the war against Germany and Austria-Hungary. Mr. Ives was then sent to Paris France and was there most of the time until 1923.
His 30-year career took him to cities in four continents for a total of 21 assignments. He was in Germany, Hungary, France, Egypt, Turkey, Denmark, the Union of South Africa, Algeria, Sweden, and Nothern Ireland.
Mr. Ives was the first secretary at the American Embassy in Constantinople, Turkey when he and Elizabeth Stevenson were married February 4, 1927. The wedding was in Naples, Italy. Lewis G. Stevenson, the former Illinois secretary of state, gave his daughter away.
One of Mr. Ives interests during his diplomatic career was archeology. He searched in ruins in Pretoria and Stockholm. He dug up a second century Mosaic in Algeria. While in Sweden he received permission to open several Viking mounds. Objects he found there were placed in the Stockholm Museum
His parents were descendants of Virginia's earliest settlers. Family farms in Norfolk and Princess Anne counties date back to land grants made to Mr. Ives ancestors in 1637.
He was a long time member of the U.S. Foreign Service. He was vice-consul at Frankfort-on-the-Main when World War I began in 1914. He remained in Germany through 1915-1916 and was in Budapest in 1917, the year the United States entered the war against Germany and Austria-Hungary. Mr. Ives was then sent to Paris France and was there most of the time until 1923.
His 30-year career took him to cities in four continents for a total of 21 assignments. He was in Germany, Hungary, France, Egypt, Turkey, Denmark, the Union of South Africa, Algeria, Sweden, and Nothern Ireland.
Mr. Ives was the first secretary at the American Embassy in Constantinople, Turkey when he and Elizabeth Stevenson were married February 4, 1927. The wedding was in Naples, Italy. Lewis G. Stevenson, the former Illinois secretary of state, gave his daughter away.
One of Mr. Ives interests during his diplomatic career was archeology. He searched in ruins in Pretoria and Stockholm. He dug up a second century Mosaic in Algeria. While in Sweden he received permission to open several Viking mounds. Objects he found there were placed in the Stockholm Museum
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