Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1883 | Born, Santa Cruz, California |
| 1908 | Graduated Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. |
| 1917 | Enlisted with American Red Cross; attached to the 2nd Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France |
| 1920 | Deputy commissioner, American Red Cross, Montenegro |
| 1920-1923 | Business manager, and assistant to the European commissioner of the American Red Cross, Paris, France |
| 1923-1931 | Assistant to Colonel Ernest P. Bicknell, former Vice Chairman in Charge of Insular and Foreign Operations, American Red Cross |
| 1927 | Married Helen Griffin Swift |
| 1929 | Member, Red Cross China Famine Investigation Commission; visit to China |
| 1930 | Director, Red Cross hurricane relief, Dominican Republic |
| 1931 | Director, Red Cross earthquake relief, Nicaragua |
| 1932-1936 | Representative, League of Red Cross Societies on the International Relief Union’s Executive Committee Member, governing body, Nansen International Office for Refugees, League of Nations Secretary general, League of Red Cross Societies |
| 1934 | Vice president, International Red Cross Conference, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1935 | Chairman, American delegation to the International Air Ambulance Congress, Brussels, Belgium Secretary general, Third Pan-American Red Cross Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Vice Chairman in Charge of Insular and Foreign Operations, American Red Cross |
| 1938 | United States delegate, International Red Cross Conference, London, England |
| 1941 | Died, Washington, D. C. |