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

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)

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)

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.)