Laughter in the Shadows (35 page)

Stuart Methven was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1927. He attended Lenox Preparatory School in Lenox, Massachusetts, and served in the U.S. Army from 1945 to 1947, during the early occupation of Germany. From 1947 to 1951 he attended Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, earning a bachelor’s degree in history in 1951. He later attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning a master’s degree in international affairs. From 1951 to 1978 Methven was an operations officer for the Central Intelligence Agency, serving in a variety of posts, mainly in Asia. From 1982 to 1984 he was the owner, publisher, and editor of the
Martinsburg News
, a weekly newspaper in Martinsburg, West Virginia. From 1985 to 1986 he served as a representative and consultant on matters related to Europe, Africa, and the Middle East for the Hudson Institute. From 1987 to 1988 Methven was assistant to the president of the Center for Naval Analyses. He lives in Brussels, Belgium.

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