Charles Spofford

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.

Biography 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 earned the Purple Heart, Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Honor, Croix de Guerre and Order of the British Empire.

From 1950 to 1952 he served in NATO as a deputy US representative to the North Atlantic Council and later he was chair of the Council of Deputies and chair of the European Coordinating Committee.