Frank J. Shakespeare

Born in New York City to Francis and Frances () Shakespeare on April 9, 1925, He also served in the U.S. Navy from 1945 to 1946. ==Career==

and Ronald Reagan in 1987 at the Apostolic Palace Shakespeare was vice president of CBS in New York City from 1963 to 1965, then executive vice president from 1965 to 1967, when he was appointed by President Richard Nixon as director of the United States Information Agency. After serving in this capacity from 1969-1973, he returned to the private sector as executive vice president of Westinghouse in New York. In 1975 he became vice chairman of RKO General. the entity which oversaw the operations of Radio Free Europe. He held this position until 1985, when Reagan appointed him United States Ambassador to Portugal. From 1979, Shakespeare was an honorary member of the board of trustees for The Heritage Foundation, a Washington, D.C.–based public policy research institute. He also served as a trustee of the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ==Awards==

Shakespeare was awarded honorary degrees in engineering from the Colorado School of Mines in 1975, in commercial science from Pace University in 1979, and in law from Sacred Heart University in 1985. ==Personal life==

Shakespeare was divorced and had one son and two daughters. He served the Catholic Church as a member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. He died on December 14, 2022, at age 97. ==References==