Dooman, Eugene H., 1890-1969

Diplomat.

From the description of Reminiscences of Eugene Hoffman Dooman : oral history, 1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122362022

American diplomat; counsellor of embassy to Japan, 1937-1941; special assistant to the assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern affairs, 1944-1945.

From the description of Eugene H. Dooman papers, 1918-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870737

Biographical Note

• 1890, March 25: Born, Osaka, Japan
• 1911: B.A., Trinity College
• 1912: Appointed student interpreter in Japan
• 1915: Vice-Consul, Kobe, Japan
• 1921: Assistant Japanese secretary, Tokyo
• 1924: Foreign Service officer
• 1926: Japanese Secretary and Second Secretary, Tokyo
• 1931: First Secretary, London
• 1936: Consul-General, London
• 1937 - 1941 : Counsellor of Embassy, Tokyo
• 1942: Returned to State Department, Washington, D.C. American Minister and Charge d'Affaires, Moscow
• 1943: Returned to United States to help organize the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA)
• 1944: Appointed Special Assistant to Former Ambassador Joseph C. Grew Chairman of the Far East Sub-Committee of the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee
• 1945: Advisor on Far East Affiars, Potsdam Conference
• 1944 - 1945 : Advisor on Japanese affairs to Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C.
• 1969: Died

From the guide to the Eugene H. (Hoffman) Dooman Papers, 1918-1973., (Hoover Institution Archives)