Shepard Stone

Shepard Stone (March 31, 1908 – May 4, 1990) was an American journalist and foundation administrator.

[1] After graduating from Nashua High School, he followed the example of his older brother and changed his last name from Cohen to Stone.

He served in Military Government in 1945, establishing a press in the American Occupation Zone in Germany.

[3] He rejoined the Times in 1946, but in 1949 returned to Germany, having been recruited as Assistant Director of Public Affairs for Occupied Germany by the newly appointed High Commissioner John J. McCloy.

On McCloy's departure, Stone returned to the States as Director of International Affairs at the Ford Foundation, serving from 1952 to 1967, during which time he worked closely with the CIA in funding cultural projects around the world.

Shepard Stone in Berlin (1988)
Memorial plaque at the Aspen Institute on Schwanenwerder island in Berlin commemorating Stone's work in the city.