Durbrow, Elbridge, 1903-1997

Foreign Service officer.

From the description of Reminiscences of Elbridge Durbrow : oral history, 1981. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309722854

American diplomat; chief, Eastern European Division, United States Department of State, 1944-1946; deputy chief of mission, Soviet Union, 1946-1948; ambassador to South Vietnam, 1957-1961.

From the description of Elbridge Durbrow papers, 1938-1996. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872177

Biographical Note

• September 21, 1903: Born, San Francisco, California
• 1926: Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, Yale University
• 1927 - 1929 : Graduate studies at Stanford University and L'Académie de Droit International de la Haye; diploma in Sciences Politiques, École Libre des Sciences and Politiques
• 1930 - 1934 : U.S. Vice-Consul, Warsaw, Poland and Bucharest, Romania
• 1934 - 1937 : U.S. Vice-Consul, Moscow, U.S.S.R., The United States' first mission to the U.S.S.R.
• 1937 - 1939 : U.S. Consul in Naples, Italy
• 1939 - 1940 : Postgraduate work, University of Chicago
• 1940 - 1944 : U.S. Consul, Rome, Italy, and Lisbon, Portugal
• 1944: Member of the U.S. delegation at the Bretton Wood Conference
• 1944 - 1946 : Chief of the Eastern European Division, State Department
• 1946 - 1948 : U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
• 1948 - 1950 : U.S. Deputy for Foreign Affairs and instructor, National War College
• 1950 - 1952 : Division of Foreign Service Personnel, U.S. State Department
• 1952 - 1954 : U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission, Rome, Italy
• 1955 - 1957 : U.S. Minister and Consul General, Singapore
• 1957 - 1961 : U.S. Minister and Consul General, Singapore
• 1961 - 1965 : Alternate permanent representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council in Paris, France
• 1965 - 1968 : Advisor to the commander of the Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
• 1968: Retired from the State Department
• 1971: Director, Center for International Strategic Studies and the Freedom Studies
• 1976: Chairman, American Foreign Policy Institute
• 1977: President, Security and Intelligence Fund
• May 16, 1997: Died, Walnut Creek, California

From the guide to the Elbridge Durbrow papers, 1926-1996, (Hoover Institution Archives)