Calder, Alonzo Bland, 1892-

American consular official stationed in China, 1920-1941 and 1945-1948.

From the description of Alonzo Bland Calder papers, 1911-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870115

Biographical Note

• 1892: Born, Iowa
• 1915: Secretary to Jeremiah Smith, Jr. on relief mission to Turkey, Rockefeller Foundation
• 1916: Clerk, American Legation, Berne, and American Embassy, Petrograd
• 1917 - 1920 : Petrograd, New York City and Shanghai in various capacities for W.R. Grace & Co.
• 1920 - 1922 : Department of Commerce clerk, Peking; later, Trade Commissioner and Assistant Commercial Attache under Julean Arnold
• 1923 - 1926 : Assistant Trade Commissioner, Tokyo
• 1926 - 1928 : Trade Commissioner, Shanghai
• 1928 - 1930 : Assistant Commercial Attache, Peking
• 1930 - 1939 : Assistant Commercial Attache, Shanghai
• 1939 - 1941 : Consul, Shanghai
• 1940 (?): Held in diplomatic custody by the Japanese until June 1942
• 1942: Repatriated and assigned to Moscow as First Secretary in charge of economic studies
• 1942 - 1943 : Second Secretary and Consul, American Embassy, Moscow
• 1943 - 1945 : First Secretary and Consul, Moscow
• 1945: First Secretary, American Embassy, Cairo
• 1945: First Secretary, American Embassy, Chungking
• 1945 - 1949 : Commercial Attache, Shanghai
• 1952: Retired

From the guide to the Alonzo Bland Calder Papers, 1911-1956., (Hoover Institution Archives)