Sayre, Francis Bowes, 1885-1972

Diplomat.

From the description of Reminiscences of Francis Bowes Sayre : oral history, 1952. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309725093

Diplomat and statesman.

From the description of Papers of Francis Bowes Sayre, 1861-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71060652

Biographical Note

• 1885, Apr. 30: Born, South Bethlehem, Pa.
• 1909: A.B., Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.
• 1912: LL.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1913: Married Jessie Woodrow Wilson, daughter of President Woodrow Wilson
• 1913: Deputy Assistant District Attorney, New York County, N.Y.
• 1914 - 1917 : Assistant to the president and instructor in government, Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.
• 1918: S.J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge Mass.
• 1919 - 1924 : Assistant professor of law, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1924: Professor of law, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1925: Adviser on foreign affairs to Siamese government
• 1925: Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from Siam
• 1929: Director, Harvard Institute of Criminal Law, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1933: State commissioner of correction, Massachusetts
• 1933 - 1939 : Assistant secretary of state
• 1939 - 1942 : U. S. high commissioner to the Philippines
• 1943: Special assistant to the secretary of state
• 1944 - 1947 : Diplomatic Adviser, United National Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
• 1947 - 1952 : U. S. representative on Trusteeship Council of the United Nations

From the guide to the Francis Bowes Sayre Papers, 1861-1967, (bulk 1915-1961), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)