Philip Bracken Fleming

For other people named Philip Fleming, see Philip Fleming (disambiguation).

Philip Bracken Fleming (1887–1955) was a US army General and American ambassador to Costa Rica.

Born in Iowa, October 15, 1887, Fleming was son of John Joseph and Mary Bracken Fleming. He attended Lourdes academy and Burlington high school.

From 1905 to 1907 he attended the University of Wisconsin.[1] He was Cadet at the Military Academy from June 15, 1907, to June 13, 1911, after he was graduated, he was promoted in the Army to Second Lieut., Corps of Engineers.[2]

From 1951 to 1953, he served as ambassador to Costa Rica.[3] He died on October 6, 1955.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Commerce, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foreign (1950). Nominations to United States Maritime Commission and to Federal Maritime Board: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, United States Senate, Eighty-first Congress, First and Second Sessions, on Nomination of Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, United States Army, Retired, of New Hampshire, to be a Member of the United States Maritime Commission...[and] to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Transportation...Albert W. Gatov, of California...[and] Robert W. Williams, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Federal Maritime Board ... [et.al]. May 25, 1949. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 1.
  2. ↑ Cullum, George Washington (1920). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Since Its Establishment in 1802: Supplement. Printed at the Riverside Press. p. 1517.
  3. ↑ http://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/fleming-philip-bracken
  4. ↑ Assembly, Volumes 16-17. 1957. p. 86.
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