Smythe, Mabel M. (Mabel Murphy). Hugh H. Smythe and Mabel M. Smythe papers. circa 1895-1997

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Hugh H. Smythe

1913, Aug. 19 Born, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1936 B.A., Virginia State College,Petersburg, Va. 1937 M.A. in sociology, Atlanta University,Atlanta, Ga. 1939 Married Mabel Hancock Murphy 1943 1944 Research assistant to W. E. B. Du Bois on Negro Land Grant College Cooperative Social Studies Project, Atlanta University,Atlanta, Ga. 1945 Ph.D. in anthropology, Northwestern University,Evanston, Ill. 1945 1946 Professor, Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State University,Nashville, Tenn. 1947 1949 Assistant director, Department of Special Research, NAACP,New York, N.Y. 1951 1953 Visiting professor, Yamaguchi National University,Yamaguchi City, Japan 1953 1977 Professor, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York,New York, N.Y. 1960 Coauthored with Mabel M. Smythe The New Nigerian Elite. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press 1961 1962 Senior advisor, Division of Economic and Social Affairs, United States Mission to the United Nations 1962 1965 Member, United States Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Affairs 1963 1964 Fulbright professor, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand 1965 1967 Ambassador, Syrian Arab Republic 1966 Coauthored with Lester Donald Crow and Walter I. Murray Educating the Culturally Disadvantaged Child. New York, N.Y.: D. McKay Co. 1967 1969 Ambassador, Malta 1977, June 22 Died, New York, N.Y.

Mabel M. Smythe

1918, Apr. 3 Born, Montgomery, Ala. 1933 1936 Attended Spelman College,Atlanta, Ga. 1937 B.A., Mount Holyoke College,South Hadley, Mass. 1939 Married Hugh Heyne Smythe (died June 22, 1977) 1940 M.A. in economics, Northwestern University,Evanston, Ill. 1942 Ph.D. in economics, University of Wisconsin,Madison, Wis. 1942 1945 Assistant professor, Lincoln University,Jefferson City, Mo. 1945 1946 Professor, Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State University,Nashville, Tenn. 1951 1953 Visiting professor, Shiga University,Hikone, Japan 1953 Coauthored with Alan B. Howes Intensive English Conversation. Japan: Kai Ryudo Deputy director for nonlegal research for school desegregation cases, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund 1954 1966 Instructor (1954-1959) and coordinating principal (1959-1966), New Lincoln High School,New York, N.Y. 1960 Coauthored with Hugh H. Smythe The New Nigerian Elite. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press 1961 1962 Member, United States Advisory Committee on Educational Exchange 1962 1965 Member, United States Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Affairs 1962 1969 Member, Advisory Council for African Affairs, State Department 1964 Delegate, thirteenth general conference of UNESCO,Paris, France 1965 1970 Member, United States National Commission for UNESCO 1969 1973 Consultant, Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp.,New York, N.Y. 1970 1977 Director, research and publications (1970-1972), and vice president (1972-1977), Phelps-Stokes Fund,New York, N.Y. 1973 1974 Scholar in residence, United States Commission on Civil Rights 1976 Editor, The Black American Reference Book. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall 1977 1980 Ambassador, United Republic of Cameroon concurrently with Republic of Equatorial Guinea (1979-1980) 1980 1981 Deputy assistant secretary of state for African Affairs, State Department,Washington, D.C. 1981 1985 Melville J. Herskovits Professor (1981-1983) and associate director of African Studies (1983-1985), Northwestern University,Evanston, Ill. 1983 Guest scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 1985, Oct. 18 Married Robert Haith, Jr. From the guide to the Hugh H. Smythe and Mabel M. Smythe Papers, circa 1895-1997, (bulk 1960-1990), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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