William L Stearman
William Lloyd Stearman (June 22, 1922) was an American government official, aviator and author.
Biography
Stearman was born on June 22, 1922 in Wichita, Kansas. After graduating high school in 1940, he went in the Navy's V-12 program. Then in 1944 he was commissioned as an ensign and attended midshipman's school. After training Stearman left to go to the Pacific. He was in the 7th Amphibious Fleet and was involved in the Philippines Campaign (1944-1945) and in the Borneo campaign (1945). After World War II he entered the foreign service. He was a councilor in Vienna, Berlin, Bonn and Saigon. He then became an advisor to the White House and to United States Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger. He also served as the assistant director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
In 2012, Stearman write a memoir entitled: An American Adventure: From Early Aviation Through Three Wars, to the White House (Naval Press Institute, Annapolis, MD, 2012).