Frank Snowden Hopkins was born 8 Narch 1908 in Gloucester County, Va., the son of Nicholas Snowden Hopkins and Selina Lloyd (Hepburn) Hopkins. He graduated with an B. A. from the College of William and Mary and received his M. A. from Columbia University. Hopkins worked for newspapers as a reporter, personnel and labor relations director and for the Maryland Drydock Company. Hopkins entered the U. S. State Department in 1945.
From the description of Papers, 1951-1983. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 23665937
Frank Snowden Hopkins was born 8 March 1908 in Gloucester County, Virginia, the son of Nicholas Snowden Hopkins and Selina Lloyd (Hepburn) Hopkins. He graduated with an B. A. from the College of William and Mary and received his M. A. from Columbia University. Hopkins worked for newspapers as a reporter, personnel and labor relations director and for the Maryland Drydock Company. Hopkins entered the U. S. State Department in 1945.
-
1908:
Born to
Nicholas Snowden and Selina Lloyd
(Hepburn)in
Gloucester County,
Virginia
-
1927:
Graduated (B. A.) from
College of William and Mary;Phi
Beta Kappa
-
1928:
Received M. A. from
Columbia University
-
1929:
Editorial Assistant for
D. Appleton and Company
-
1930 -
31
:
Reporter for
Minneapolis
Star
-
1933 -
36
:
Reporter for
Richmond
Times-Dispatch
-
1934:
20 October, Married
Ruth Hazen
-
1936 -
38
:
Reporter for the
Baltimore Sun
-
1939:
Nieman Fellowship to
Harvard
-
1941 -
45
:
Personnel and Labor Relations Director,
Maryland Drydock Company
-
1945:
Enters
State Department
-
1946:
Moved to
Washington, D. C.
-
1947 -
51
:
Assistant Director,
Foreign Service
Institute
-
1951:
Faculty member,
Army War College
-
1952 -
55
:
Public Relations Officer,
Stuttgart, West Germany
-
1956 -
58
:
Deputy Director,
UNESCO Relations Staff
-
1958 -
60
:
Consul,
Martinique, French West
Indies
-
1960 -
63
:
U. S. Consul General,
Melbourne, Australia
-
1963 -
64
:
Speech Writer,
State Department-Board of Examiners for
Foreign Service
-
1964 -
67
:
Director of Fulbright Exchange Program,
State Department Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs
-
1967 -
68
:
Consultant on long- range foreign policy,
Policy Planning Council
-
1968:
Retired from
Government Service
-
1968 -
70
:
Joined
World Future Society
-
1970 -
78
:
Coordinator of Chapter Affairs,
World Future Society
-
1975 -
84
:
Vice President of
World Future Society
-
1995:
Died
From the guide to the Frank Snowden Hopkins Papers, 1951-1993., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary)
