Gibson, Hugh, 1883-1954

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Gibson, Hugh S. (Hugh Simons), 1883-1954

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1883-08-16

1883-08-16

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American diplomat; ambassador to Poland, 1919-1924; ambassador to Switzerland, 1924-1927; ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg, 1927-1933 and 1937-1938; ambassador to Brazil, 1933-1937.

From the description of Hugh Gibson papers, 1900-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868920

Hugh Gibson (1883-1954), career diplomat, was Ambassador to Belgium and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Luxemburg from 1927 to 1933, and observer on Herbert Hoover's Famine Emergency Trips in 1946 and 1947.

From the description of Gibson, Hugh S. (Hugh Simons), 1883-1954 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10568970

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1883 August 16 Born, Los Angeles, California Attended Los Angeles Military Academy Attended Pomona College 1907 Graduated, Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, Paris 1908 Took the Diplomatic Service Examination 1908 1909 Secretary, American Legation, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 1909 1910 Second Secretary, American Embassy, London 1910 Private secretary to the Assistant Secretary of State, Washington 1911 Clerk, Department of State, Washington 1911 1913 Secretary, American Legation, Havana, Cuba 1913 Observer, elections for Constituent Assembly of Santo Domingo 1914 1916 Secretary, American Legation, Brussels Liaison between Herbert Hoover and the Belgian Government for the Commission for Relief in Belgium 1916 First Secretary, American Embassy, London 1917 Assigned to State Department -War Missions Author, A Journal from Our Legation in BelgiumAide to Lord Balfour, British Minister of Foreign Affairs, during visit to the U.S Attached to Belgian War Mission during visit to the U.S. 1918 First Secretary, American Embassy, Paris Advisor to General Pershing 1918 1919 Member, Interallied Mission to Countries of former Austro-Hungarian Empire 1919 1924 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Poland (Warsaw) 1922 Married Ynes Reyntiens, Brussels 1924 Attended Temporary Mixed Commission for the Reduction of Armaments, League of Nations, Geneva Maintained as Ambassador-at-Large, League of Nations 1924 1927 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Switzerland (Bern) 1925 Vice-Chairman, American Delegation, Arms Traffic Conference, Geneva 1926 1930 Chairman, American Delegation, Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference, Geneva 1927 Delegate, Conference on Private Manufacture of Arms, Geneva Chairman of American delegation and conference, Conference for the Further Limitation of Naval Armaments (also called Tripartite Naval Conference or the Three Power Conference), Geneva 1927 1933 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Belgium and Envoy Extraordinary Minister Plenipotentiary to Luxemburg (Brussels) 1928 Doctor of Diplomacy and Political Science, Universite Catholique de Louvain 1929 Birth of son Michael Francis, Brussels 1930 Delegate, London Naval Conference Doctor of Law, Universite Libre de Bruxelles 1931 Doctor of Law, Yale University Observer, Conference of Experts for a Moratorium on Intergovernmental Debts (also called the London Conference or the International Conference of Ministers), London 1932 1933 Acting Chairman, American Delegation, General Disarmament Conference, Geneva 1933 1937 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) 1935 American Representative, Mediatory Group to end the Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay Delegate, Chaco Peace Conference, Buenos Aires 1937 Author, Rio 1937 1938 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Belgium and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Luxemburg (Brussels) 1938 Retired from foreign service 1939 Author, Belgium: The Country and Its PeopleVice-President, Belgian American Educational Foundation Chairman, A.R.A. Association 1940 Escaped from France during German occupation European representative for the National Committee on Food for Small Democracies 1940 1941 Director General for Europe of the Commission for Polish Relief and the Commission for Relief in Belgium 1942 Author, The Problems of Lasting Peace (with Herbert Hoover) 1944 Author, The Road to Foreign Policy 1945 Author, The Basis of Lasting Peace (with Herbert Hoover) 1946 1947 Member, Herbert Hoover Food Mission (Herbert Hoover, Chairman) 1947 Member, Investigatory Committee for postwar German economic policies 1950 Death of Ynes R. Gibson 1952 Director, Provisional Intergovernmental Commission on Movements of Migrants from Europe (ICEM) 1954 December 12 Death of Hugh Simons Gibson, Geneva From the guide to the Hugh Gibson Papers, 1900-1957, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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World War, 1914-1918


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Switzerland.

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