Patterson, Jefferson, 1891-1977

Diplomat.

From the description of Papers of Jefferson Patterson, 1824-1978 (bulk 1921-1977). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71072752

Biographical Note

• 1891, May 14: Born, Dayton, Ohio
• 1913: A.B., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
• 1916: LL.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1916 - 1917 : Attended Harvard University School of Business Administration, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1917 - 1919 : Second lieutenant, United States Army
• 1919 - 1920 : Dayton, Ohio Dayton Law clerk, Dayton, Ohio Admitted to Ohio bar
• 1921: Secretary of legation, State Department, Washington, D.C.
• 1921 - 1922 : Assistant secretary, Conference on Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C.
• 1922 - 1930 : Peking, China Beijing Beijing Shi Bogota, Colombia Bogotá Distrito Capital de Bogotá Bogotá Ankara, Turkey Ankara Ankara Secretary of embassy or legation in Peking, China, 1922-1924; Bogota, Colombia, 1924-1926; and Ankara, Turkey, 1926-1930
• 1931 - 1934 : Assistant chief, Division of Protocol and Conferences, State Department, Washington, D.C.
• 1934 - 1936 : Consul, Breslau, Poland
• 1936 - 1938 : First secretary, American embassy, Oslo, Norway
• 1939 - 1941 : Berlin, Germany Berlin Land Berlin Berlin In charge of Prisoner of War Section, American embassy, Berlin, Germany Germany Federal Republic of Germany Entrusted with protection of Belgian, British, and French interests in Germany
• 1940: Married Mary Marvin Breckinridge
• 1941 - 1945 : Deputy chief of mission, American embassy, Lima, Peru
• 1944: Published Outside and In, 1939-1941 (Lima: n.p. 66 pp.)
• 1945 - 1946 : Counselor, American embassy, Brussels, Belgium
• 1946 - 1949 : Counselor, American embassy, Cairo, Egypt
• 1950 - 1952 : United States representative, United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans
• 1956 - 1958 : Ambassador, Uruguay
• 1958: Retired from diplomatic service
• 1962: Published Diplomatic Terminus, An Experience in Uruguay (Cambridge: Riverside Press. 113 pp.)
• 1966: Published Capitals and Captives (Cambridge: Riverside Press. 314 pp.)
• 1967: Published Family Portraits (Nashville: Baird-Ward Printing Co. 63 pp.)
• 1977, Nov. 12: Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the Jefferson Patterson Papers, 1824-1978, (bulk 1921-1977), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)