Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1892, Oct. 6 | Born, New York, N.Y. |
1913 | A.B., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
1915 | M.A. and LL.B., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. Admitted to New York bar |
1915-1916 | Accountant |
1916 | Counsel to Waslaw Nijinsky |
1920-1933 | Member, Guggenheimer, Untermyer and Marshall law firm |
1933 | Member, Executive Finance Committee, Democratic National Committee and Franklin D. Roosevelt's pre-convention campaign committee |
1933-1937 | Ambassador to Sweden |
1937-1939 | Ambassador to Peru |
1938 | Delegate, Eighth Conference of the Pan-American Union, Lima, Peru |
1939-1941 | Ambassador to USSR |
1942-1945 | Ambassador to Turkey |
1945-1948 | Ambassador to Czechoslovakia |
1948-1950 | Ambassador to Canada |
1950, Mar. 28 | Killed in an airplane accident |