Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1904, Aug. 30 | Born, Clayton, N.Y. |
| 1927 | A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1929 | Entered the Foreign Service, Washington, D.C. |
| 1929-1931 | Vice consul, Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| 1934 | Third secretary, Department of State, Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 1935 | Married Avis Thayer (died 1981) |
| 1935-1938 | Assigned to Division of Eastern European Affairs, Department of State |
| 1938-1939 | Consul, Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 1940-1941 | Second secretary, Department of State, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1943 | Attended Moscow Conference, Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 1943-1944 | First secretary, Department of State, Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 1944 | Interpreter for Franklin D. Roosevelt, Tehran Conference, Tehran, Iran |
| 1945 | Interpreter for Franklin D. Roosevelt, Yalta Conference, Yalta, Crimea Interpreter for Harry S. Truman, Potsdam Conference, Potsdam, Germany Political and liaison officer, United Nations Delegation, San Francisco, Calif. |
| 1946 | Special assistant to secretary of state |
| 1947 | Counselor, Department of State |
| 1948 | Minister, Paris, France |
| 1953-1957 | Ambassador to the Soviet Union |
| 1957-1959 | Ambassador to the Philippines |
| 1959-1961 | Special assistant to secretary of state for Soviet affairs |
| 1961 | Published The Foreign Service and the Panorama of Change. Washington, D.C.: Department of State |
| 1962-1969 | Ambassador to France |
| 1969 | President, Italamerica, S.A. Published The Transformation of American Foreign Policy. New York: Norton |
| 1969-1973 | Member of international council, Morgan Guaranty & Trust Co. |
| 1973 | Published Witness to History, 1929-1969. New York: Norton |
| 1974, Jan. 1 | Died, Washington, D.C. |