Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1891, May 14 | Born, Dayton, Ohio |
| 1913 | A.B., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1916 | LL.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1916-1917 | Attended Harvard University School of Business Administration, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1917-1919 | Second lieutenant, United States Army |
| 1919-1920 | Admitted to Ohio bar Law clerk, Dayton, Ohio |
| 1921 | Secretary of legation, State Department, Washington, D.C. |
| 1921-1922 | Assistant secretary, Conference on Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C. |
| 1922-1930 | Secretary of embassy or legation in Peking, China, 1922-1924; Bogota, Colombia, 1924-1926; and Ankara, Turkey, 1926-1930 |
| 1931-1934 | Assistant chief, Division of Protocol and Conferences, State Department, Washington, D.C. |
| 1934-1936 | Consul, Breslau, Poland |
| 1936-1938 | First secretary, American embassy, Oslo, Norway |
| 1939-1941 | In charge of Prisoner of War Section, American embassy, Berlin, Germany Entrusted with protection of Belgian, British, and French interests in Germany |
| 1940 | Married Mary Marvin Breckinridge |
| 1941-1945 | Deputy chief of mission, American embassy, Lima, Peru |
| 1944 | Published Outside and In, 1939-1941 (Lima: n.p. 66 pp.) |
| 1945-1946 | Counselor, American embassy, Brussels, Belgium |
| 1946-1949 | Counselor, American embassy, Cairo, Egypt |
| 1950-1952 | United States representative, United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans |
| 1956-1958 | Ambassador, Uruguay |
| 1958 | Retired from diplomatic service |
| 1962 | Published Diplomatic Terminus, An Experience in Uruguay (Cambridge: Riverside Press. 113 pp.) |
| 1966 | Published Capitals and Captives (Cambridge: Riverside Press. 314 pp.) |
| 1967 | Published Family Portraits (Nashville: Baird-Ward Printing Co. 63 pp.) |
| 1977, Nov. 12 | Died, Washington, D.C. |