11 Facts About Mason Sears

Mason Sears attended St Mark's School and graduated from Harvard College in 1922.

Mason Sears had a son, Philip Mason Sears, and two grandchildren.

Mason Sears lived in Dedham, Massachusetts and died at the Faulkner Hospital.

Mason Sears served in the United States Navy, where he was an attache to the United States State Department delegation in Peking, China.

Mason Sears was a Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1935 to 1937 and the Massachusetts Senate from 1939 to 1943 and again from 1947 to 1949.

Mason Sears was Massachusetts Republican State Chair from 1949 to 1950 and was delegate to 1948 and 1952 Republican National Conventions from Massachusetts.

Mason Sears stepped down as chairman of the State Committee after his attempt to liberalize the party failed to gain traction with other party leaders.

Mason Sears worked on the United States Senate campaigns of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.

Mason Sears was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower and served from 1953 to 1960 as the United States' Representative to United Nations Trusteeship Council.

Mason Sears was United States' delegate to Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie's silver jubilee in 1955.

Mason Sears wrote a book, Years of High Purpose, about US foreign policy towards Africa under John Foster Dulles.