Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1891, 16 Nov. | Born, Boston, Mass. |
| 1913 | A.B., Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. |
| 1913-1915 | Instructor, first at Anglo-Chinese College, Foochow, China, and then at Peking University, Peking, China |
| 1916 | A.M., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1918 | Ph.D., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1918-1919 | Service in United States Army in Washington, D.C., and in France, primarily with the Statistics Branch of the General Staff |
| 1919-1928 | Member, League of Nations secretariat |
| 1919-1920 | Liaison with American Commission to Negotiate Peace Personal assistant to Raymond B. Fosdick, undersecretary general of the League of Nations |
| 1920 | Married Elizabeth Brace |
| 1920-1925 | Chief, Department on Administrative Commissions, handling work relating to the Saar Basin and Danzig |
| 1925-1928 | Assistant director, Mandates Section, League of Nations |
| 1928-1949 | Executive with American Cyanamid Co. and its foreign subsidiaries |
| 1943 | Executive officer, First Session, UNRRA Council, Atlantic City, N.J. |
| 1944 | Secretary General, Second Session, UNRRA Council, Montreal |
| 1945 | Executive officer, Commission II, United Nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco, Calif. |
| 1945 | Member, United States delegation to United Nations Preparatory Commission, London, England |
| 1945-1946 | Executive secretary, Inspection Group, Interim Committee and Full Committee of General Assembly on Headquarters for the United Nations; chief, Headquarters Planning Section, United Nations Secretariat |
| 1945-1947 | Member, Board of Directors and Executive Committee, American Institute of Pacific Relations |
| 1947 | Consultant on Trusteeship, United Nations |
| 1947-1950 | Chairman of the Pacific Council, the international governing body of the Institute of Pacific Relations |
| 1949-1955 | Vice chairman, Board of Trustees, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. |
| 1949-1950 | Director, Industry Division, Economic Cooperation Administration, Paris, France |
| 1950-1954 | Chief, United States Aid Mission to Belgium and Luxembourg |
| 1955-1957 | Resident representative, United Nations Technical Assistance Board, Karachi, Pakistan |
| 1975, 13 Jan. | Died, Ridgefield, Conn. |