Christian A. Herter, Jr.

Christian Archibald Herter Jr. (January 29, 1919 – September 16, 2007) was an American politician, diplomat, academic, and vice president of Mobile Oil Corporation.

In 1953 he became an aide to Vice President Richard Nixon and traveled with Nixon on his first tour of Asia that same year. After working with Nixon, Herter became the general counsel to the Foreign Operations Administration, an overseas aid program then led by former Minnesota Governor Harold E. Stassen. Herter returned to Massachusetts in the mid-1950s and served one term on the Governor's Council.

Believing the Democratic leadership at the State House had ignored development and turned the state into an economic shell, he decided to run against Governor Foster Furcolo, a Democrat. He failed to win the support of the Republican Party of Massachusetts convention in the summer, however, and withdrew to support the nominee, Massachusetts Attorney General George Fingold.

The party backed Herter to run for attorney general. He lost the general election to Democrat Edward J. McCormack.

In 1961 Herter joined the Mobil Oil Corporation, becoming its vice president by 1967. Herter later served as chairman of the U.S. Section of the International Joint Commission of the United States and Canada.

Personal life Herter first married Suzanne Clery (later Treadway).