Snyder, Harry Roscoe, 1906-1988
Biographical Note
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January 18, 1906:
Born, Chicago, Illinois -
September 1925 -June 1927 :Minister, First Methodist Church, Bear Creek, Wisconsin -
1927:
Bachelor of arts in economics and geology, Lawrence University, Wisconsin -
1927 -1929 :Adjunct professor of commerce, American University of Beirut -
1930 -1942 :Assistant manager and editor, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., San Francisco and New York -
1939 -1942 :Master of arts in geography, Teacher's College, Columbia University -
1942 -1946 :Military service (Intelligence Officer, Section Chief, Persian Gulf Area, Islamic Specialist; Military Intelligence Service, War Department, General Staff) -
October 1942:
Lecturer on Iran, School of Military Government, University of Virginia -
April/May 1945:
Negotiates an agreement with King 'Abd al-'Aziz Ibn Saud for U.S. airfield in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia -
Feberuary 1946-September 1947:
Associate Director of Near East College Association, New York -
1947 -1949 :U.S. Air Force, Chief, Saudi Arabian Training Mission and Commanding Officer, 1414th Training Squadron (Dhahran) -
1949 -1952 :Director of Education and Arab training, Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco) -
1952 -1955 :Coordinator of general and industrial education, Aramco -
June 1955 -June 1956 :Takes leave of absence to pursue EdD at Teacher's College, Columbia University -
1956 June -October 1956 :Acting coordinator, general and industrial education, Aramco -
October 1956 -May 1957 :Education liaison for Saudi Arabian government, Aramco -
May 1957 -February 1965 :Coordinator, Saudi Arabia government/Aramco Education Services -
1963:
EdD in college administration and educational foundations, Columbia University Author, Community College Education for Saudi Arabia, Ann Arbor, Michigan, University Microfilms, Inc., (Ed.D. dissertation) -
1965 -1966 :Professional consultant service of the Saudi Arab government to the College of Petroleum and Minerals, Aramco -
1966 -1972 :Professional consultant service of the Saudi Arab government to the College of Petroleum and Minerals, Aramco -
1972:
Educational consultant and lecturer on Middle Eastern affairs -
April 6, 1988:
Died, Tucson, Arizona
From the guide to the Harry Roscoe Snyder papers, 1927-1998, (Hoover Institution Archives)
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