Armstrong, Hamilton Fish, 1893-1973

Hamilton Fish Armstrong was born April 8, 1893, in the house on West 10th Street in New York City where he lived all his life. Following his Princeton graudation in 1916, he worked for the New Republic until he entered the army during World War I. At war's end, he served as a military attache to Serbia which kindled his lifelong interest in foreign affairs. After leaving the army, Armstrong became a foreign correspondence for the New York Evening Post.

In 1922 Armstrong returned to New York as executive director of the newly-formed Council on Foreign Relations and as managing editor of the Council's journal, Foreign Affairs. Upon the death of its first editor, Archibald Cary Coolidge, in 1928, Armstrong narrowed the scope of his labors, but broadened his influence, by assuming the single role of editor, a position he held until his retirement in 1972. Armstrong died on April 24, 1973. A frequent world traveller, Armstrong knew a broad spectrum of the world's leaders and sought to bring their opinions before the readers of Foreign Affairs. During World War II Armstrong held a seat on the State Department's Advisory Committee on Post-War Foreign Policies and served as special adviser to Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius on questions relating to the United Nations Charter.

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