Born in
San Francisco, California, Drew was a graduate of the
University of California, Berkeley where he was a member of
Phi Kappa Tau. He served as U.S. Vice Consul in
Pará, 1929;
Envoy to Jordan, 1950–52;
Ambassador to Bolivia, 1954–57;
Ambassador to Haiti, 1957–60. He was assigned to Haiti by the
Dwight D. Eisenhower administration at the beginning of the regime of
François Duvalier. He criticized the Duvalier government, and Duvalier requested his removal, but this was rejected by
Christian Herter. He died at
Lewes, Delaware, and is buried at
Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. ==References==