Simpson, Smith

Biographical Note

1906, Nov. 9 Born, Arlington County, Va. 1927 B.S., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. 1928 M.S., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. 1931 LL.B., Cornell University Law School, Ithaca, N.Y. 1931 1932 Postgraduate work, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1933 1934 Special labor advisor, National Recovery Administration 1934 Married Henriette Lanniée 1934 1935 Administrator, Asphalt, Shingle, and Roofing Code Authority, National Recovery Administration 1935 1943 Instructor and assistant professor, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 1943 1944 Assistant director, Foreign Division, Recruitment and Manning Organization, War Shipping Administration 1944 1945 Department of State; worked on United Nations charter and the establishment of a labor attaché program 1945 1948 First secretary and labor attaché, American embassy, Brussels, Belgium 1947 1949 First secretary and labor attaché, American embassy, Athens, Greece 1949 52 First secretary and labor attaché, American embassy, Mexico City, Mexico 1952 1954 Deputy consul general, Bombay, India 1954 1957 Consul general, Lourenco Marques, Mozambique. 1958 1960 Advisor on African affairs, Department of Labor 1960 1962 Member, Board of Examiners, Foreign Service, Department of State 1967 Published Anatomy of the State Department. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1970 1978 Founder and chairman, Georgetown University Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Washington, D.C. 1974 1977 Research professor of diplomacy, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, Washington, D.C. 1978 1992 Cofounder and board member, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy 1980 Published The Crisis in American Diplomacy. North Quincy, Mass.: Christopher Publishing House 1986 Published Perspectives on the Study of Diplomacy. Washington, D.C.: Institute for the Study of Diplomacy 1987 Published Education in Diplomacy: An Instructional Guide. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America 2010, Sept. 5 Died, Charlottesville, Va.

From the guide to the Smith Simpson Papers, 1833-1991, (bulk 1925-1979), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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