Smythe, Hugh H. (Hugh Heyne), 1913-1977

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Birth 1913-08-19
Death 1977-06-22

Biographical notes:

Educator, sociologist, diplomat, and public official; married Mabel Hancock Murphy, economist and diplomat; Mabel M. Smythe later married Robert Haith.

From the description of Papers of Hugh H. and Mabel M. Smythe, 1921-1994. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70937856

Anthropologist, sociologist, writer on race relations. He died in 1977.

From the description of Hugh H. Smythe papers, 1942-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455521

Diplomats, educators, and scholars. Mabel Hancock Murphy married Hugh H. Smythe in 1939 and married Robert Haith in 1985.

From the description of Hugh H. Smythe and Mabel M. Smythe papers, circa 1895-1997 (bulk 1960-1990). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982019

Biographical Note

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)

1913, August 19Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: son of William and Mary Barnhardt Smythe. 1936Received A.B. degree from Virginia State College, Petersburg, Virginia. 1937Received M.A. degree from Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia. 1937Assistant Instructor in Anthropology, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia,. 1938Field Research and Administrative Assistant for the American Youth Commission of the American Council of Education, Atlanta, Georgia. 1938-1939Research Assistant and Instructor in the Department of Social Sciences (Sociology) University, Nashville, Tennessee. 1939, July 26Married Mabel Murphy 1942Research Associate, Department of Sociology, Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia 1944Professor of Sociology and Antropology at Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Georgia 1945Received Ph.D. in Antropology African Studies) from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 1945-1946Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, Tennessee State College, Nashville, Tennessee 1947-1949Assistant Director, Department of Special Research, New York City Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1949-1950Research Director for W.B. Graham & Associates, New York, New York 1950-1951Graduate Student, East Asian Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York. 1951-1953Visiting Professor of Sociology-Anthropology at Yamaguchi National University, Yamaguchi City, Japan 1953, March-JuneReturned from Japan to U.S.A. via a trip around the world 1953-Member of Faculty in Department of, Sociology-Anthropology, Brooklyn College, New York, New York. On leave since 1965 1957-1958Recipient of Ford Foundation Grant to do field research in Nigeria. 1959-1960Field Director of Operation Crossroads Africa 1961-1962Member of United States Delegation to the 16th United Nations General Assembly 1961-1963Lecturer at Foreign Service Institute of the United States Department of State 1964-1965Chief Consultant to Youth In Action, Office of Economic Opportunity 1965-1967Appointed Ambassador to Syria by President Lyndon B. Johnson 1967Appointed Ambassador to Malta by President Lyndon B. Johnson 1968Received LL.D, Virginia State College

Co-Author of: The New Nigerian Elite, 1960, Educating the Culturally Dis-Advantaged Child, 1966. Author of numerous articles and chapters in cooperative books; Editorial Consultant for Zenith (Doubleday)

1918, April 3Born in Montgomery, Alabama 1933-1936Attended Spelman College, Atlanta Georgia 1937Received B.A. degree from Mount Holyoke College, Holyoke Massachusetts 1940Received M.A. degree in Economics from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 1942Received Ph.D. in Economics and Law from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 1942-1945Instructor in Economics and Business Administration at Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri 1945-1946Instructor in Economics and Business Administration at Tennessee State College, Nashville, Tennessee 1946-1947Lecturer in Economics, Brooklyn College, New York, New York 1951-1953Visiting Professor of Economics, Shiga University (Japan) 1954-Member of the staff of New Lincoln School, New York, New York 1959-Principal of New Lincoln High School 1961Member of United States Advisory Commission on Educational Exchange 1962-1965Member of United States Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Affairs

Co-Author of: The New Nigerian Elite (1960), Intensive English Conversation (1953/54), Co-Editor of: Curriculum for Understanding, Union Free School District No.13, Valley Stream, New York, September, 1965.

From the guide to the Hugh H. Smythe papers, 1942-1963, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.)

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