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'''Foss Shanahan''' (June 1910 – 13 September 1964) was a [[New Zealand]] diplomat and public servant. He started in the Customs Department in 1928, then in 1939 joined the Prime Minister’s Department, in the section that became the [[New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade]]. |
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[[File:Foss Shanahan.jpg|thumb|Shanahan in 1955]] |
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'''Foss Shanahan''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CMG|size=85%}} (10 June 1910 – 13 September 1964) was a New Zealand diplomat and public servant. |
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==Biography== |
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He was Assistant Secretary of the War Cabinet 1940-45, Deputy Secretary of the External Affairs Department 1943-55, Secretary of Cabinet 1948-55, and Head of Defence Secretariat 1949-55. He set up the Cabinet Secretariat, and was known as "Foss the Boss." |
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⚫ | Shanahan was born on 10 June 1910 at [[Alexandra, New Zealand|Alexandra]]. He was educated at the [[Kavanagh College|Christian Brothers' Boys' School]] in [[Dunedin]] and [[Waitaki Boys' High School]], passing the public service entrance examination in 1926. He joined the public service in 1928 and studied part-time at the [[University of Otago]] and [[Victoria University of Wellington]], graduating from Victoria with a Master of Laws (LLM) in 1936.<ref name="DNZB Shanahan">{{DNZB|McGibbon|Ian|5s11|Shanahan, Foss|16 August 2012|}}</ref> |
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He started in the Customs Department, then in 1939 joined the Prime Minister’s Department, in the section that became the [[New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade]]. He was Assistant Secretary of the War Cabinet 1940-45, Deputy Secretary of the External Affairs Department 1943-55, [[Secretary of the Cabinet (New Zealand)|Secretary of Cabinet]] 1946-55,<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=19 December 1945 |title=Personal Items |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19451219.2.90?items_per_page=10&page=7&phrase=2&query=%22secretary+to+cabinet%22&snippet=true |work=Evening Post Volume CXL Issue 147 Page 8 |location=Wellington |access-date=11 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=13 June 1955 |title=N.Z. Mission in Singapore |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19451219.2.90?items_per_page=10&page=7&phrase=2&query=%22secretary+to+cabinet%22&snippet=true |work=Press Volume XCI Issue 27683 Page 10 |location=Christchurch |access-date=11 October 2021}}</ref> and Head of Defence Secretariat 1949-55. He set up the Cabinet Secretariat, and was known as "Foss the Boss." |
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⚫ | He served as Commissioner then High Commissioner to Singapore (also to Malaya and Ambassador to Thailand) 1955-58, then as High Commissioner to Canada 1958-61 and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York 1958-62. |
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⚫ | He served as Commissioner then High Commissioner to Singapore (also to Malaya and Ambassador to Thailand) 1955-58, then as High Commissioner to Canada 1958-61 and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York 1958-62. In the [[1962 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|1962 Queen's Birthday Honours]], Shanahan was appointed a [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=42685 |date=10 June 1961 |page=4347 |supp=3}}</ref> |
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He died (of a brain tumour) on 13 September 1964 in [[Wellington]].<ref name="DNZB Shanahan"/> |
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He married Joan Mason in 1938; they had 4 sons and 1 daughter. |
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==Personal life== |
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He married Joan Katherine McCormick <ref>{{cite web|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19380528.2.196.1?end_date=01-06-1938&items_per_page=10&page=3&query=Shanahan&snippet=true&start_date=01-04-1938 |title= Weddings (page down) |publisher= Evening Post in Papers Past |date=28 May 1938 }}</ref> (or Joan Mason) on 18 April 1938; they had four sons and one daughter.<ref name="DNZB Shanahan"/> |
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==External links== |
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* [http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Salient24131961-t1-body-d11.html 1961 letter to ''Salient'' "The Challenge of Change" by Foss Shanahan] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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*''Unofficial Channels: Letters between Alister McIntosh and Foss Shanahan, George Laking and Frank Corner 1946-1966'' edited by Ian McGibbon (1999, Victoria University Press, WellingtonNZ) {{ISBN|0-86473-365-8}} |
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⚫ | *''Undiplomatic Dialogue: Letters between Carl Berendsen and Alister McIntosh 1943-1952'' edited by Ian McGibbon (1993, Auckland University Press, AucklandNZ) {{ISBN|1-86940-095-X}} |
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{{s-aft|after = [[Frank Corner]]}} |
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Foss Shanahan CMG (10 June 1910 – 13 September 1964) was a New Zealand diplomat and public servant.
Shanahan was born on 10 June 1910 at Alexandra. He was educated at the Christian Brothers' Boys' SchoolinDunedin and Waitaki Boys' High School, passing the public service entrance examination in 1926. He joined the public service in 1928 and studied part-time at the University of Otago and Victoria University of Wellington, graduating from Victoria with a Master of Laws (LLM) in 1936.[1]
He started in the Customs Department, then in 1939 joined the Prime Minister’s Department, in the section that became the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He was Assistant Secretary of the War Cabinet 1940-45, Deputy Secretary of the External Affairs Department 1943-55, Secretary of Cabinet 1946-55,[2][3] and Head of Defence Secretariat 1949-55. He set up the Cabinet Secretariat, and was known as "Foss the Boss."
He served as Commissioner then High Commissioner to Singapore (also to Malaya and Ambassador to Thailand) 1955-58, then as High Commissioner to Canada 1958-61 and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York 1958-62. In the 1962 Queen's Birthday Honours, Shanahan was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.[4]
He died (of a brain tumour) on 13 September 1964 in Wellington.[1]
He married Joan Katherine McCormick [5] (or Joan Mason) on 18 April 1938; they had four sons and one daughter.[1]
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