Charles Swindells

Charles Joseph "Butch" Swindells (born 1942)[1] is a former United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. He was appointed to the position by U.S. President George W. Bush on June 5 2001 with the strong support of his home state of Oregon's two U.S. Senators.[2] He served from 2001 to 2005.

Early Life and Career

Swindells earned a B.S. from Lewis & Clark College in 1964, and served as a trustee there from 1998 to 2001.[2] He also attended Willamette University College of Law. After law school, he went into finance and investing.[2] In 1968, he and law school roommate Jeffrey Grayson founded Capital Consultants together; Swindells left that company in 1985 (and was not involved in the company's financial scandal of the late 1990s).[3][4] He later co-founded Capital Trust Co., which became one of the largest trust companies in the Northwest, in 1981.[5]

Swindells has served on the board of directors of Swift Energy Company and The Greenbrier Companies.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Charles J. Swindells (1942–)
  2. ^ a b c "Charles Swindells '64 named ambassador". The Lewis & Clark Chronicle. 2002. Archived from the original on January 26, 2009.
  3. ^ "Jeffrey Grayson's checkered career". The Oregonian. April 17, 2002.
  4. ^ "CLARIFICATION * A PAGE ONE TUESDAY PROFILE OF FORMER CAPITAL CONSULTANTS". The Oregonian. April 24, 2002.
  5. ^ SORENSEN, DONALD J. (April 21, 1988). "CAPITAL TRUST SLATES MERGER WITH LEXINGTON". The Oregonian.
  6. ^ "Charles J. Swindells Profile - Forbes.com". Forbes. Archived from the original on February 26, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2017.


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