XVII. FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS RETIRED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACTS OF MAY 24, 1924, AND JULY 3, 1926 XVIII. BIOGRAPHY: PERSONS SERVING UNDER APPOINTMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AT HOME OR ABROAD, AND DIPLOMATIC AND FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS WHO HAVE RETIRED FROM THE SERVICE DURING THE YEAR 1927 [Retired officers indicated by an asterisk] Abbey, Glenn Allan.-Born in Dodgeville, Wis., June 11, 1898; home, Dodgeville; business college graduate; attended Marquette University 1922; George Washington University 1923-24; graduated from Georgetown University (B. S.) 1925; teacher in public schools of North Dakota 1917-18; served in the United States Army 1918-19, retiring with the rank of sergeant; clerk for private firms 1919-20; teacher in Devitt School, Washington, 1924-25; secretary to the American High Commissioner at Port au Prince 1925-26; appointed, after examination (February 28, 1927), Foreign Service Officer, unclassified, also Vice Consul of career, July 5, 1927. Abbott, George Manlove.-Born in Cleveland, Ohio, February 5, 1904; home, Cleveland; graduated from Case School of Applied Science (B. S. C. E.) 1925; attended École de Ponts et Chausses and Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, Paris, 1926; employed by construction companies 1920-21; salesman for a publishing company 1922-24; assistant research associate for a brick manufacturers' association 1926; appointed, after examination (February 28, 1927), Foreign Service Officer, unclassified, also Vice Consul of career July 5, 1927. Abbott, Wainwright.-Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., April 27, 1891; home, Pittsburgh; attended St. Pauls School four years and Yale University two years; employed two years in manufacturing companies; in the French Air Service 1917-18; lieutenant in the United States Air Service August, 1918, to February, 1919; appointed, after examination (January 26, 1920), Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class four April 7, 1920; assigned to Stockholm May 26, 1921; to Athens April 13, 1922; appointed a Secretary of class three September 22, 1922; on detail at Constantinople October 15 to December 1, 1923; returned to Athens; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class six July 1, 1924; assigned as Second Secretary of Legation at Caracas October 2, 1924; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class five April 30, 1925; assigned as Second Secretary at Dublin June 9, 1927; married. Abrams, Belle Jenvy.-Born in Marietta, Ohio; educated in private and public schools; engaged for several years as a designer and painter of gowns; appointed a clerk, temporarily, in the Department of State, February 18, 1915; permanently at $900 under Executive order, June 22, to be effective July 1, 1916; at $1,000, temporarily, October 18, 1916; permanently November 1, 1916; class one, August 1, 1918; at $1,500 July 1, 1924. Ackerman, Ralph Henry.-Born in West Hoboken, N. J., July 23, 1892; educated in the public schools of New Jersey and in business schools; clerk and stenographer in various law offices and business concerns 1907-1913; clerk in the Department of State 1913-14; employed in the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce, 1914-1923; technical adviser to the Delegation of the United States of America to the Fifth International Conference of American States held at Santiago, 1923; appointed Commercial Attaché and designated for duty in the American Embassy at Santiago, October 27, 1923. Ackermann, Marie.-Born in Washington, D. C.; attended high school, Washington; clerk in the Department of Agricul ture one month; appointed a clerk at $900 in the Department of State, under Civil Service rules, February 1, 1921; at $1,000 September 1, 1922; at $1,100 May 31 effective June 1, 1924; at $1,500 July 1, 1924. Adams, Philip.-Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, June 26, 1881; home, Cambridge, Mass.; graduate of Harvard University (A. B.), 1903; instructor in Wisconsin University, 1903-1905; engaged in foreign travel 1905-1908; in artistic and literary work, 1908-1918; employed in Bureau of War Risk Insurance, August 26, 1918, to July 25, 1920; appointed a drafting officer at $2,500, in the Department of State, July 23, 1920; assigned to duty as Chief of the Division of Passport Control, July 26, 1920; resigned August 16, 1922; appointed, after examination (January 16, 1922), a Consul of class seven June 22, 1922; detailed to Paris August 28, 1922; to Malta May 28, 1924; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class eight July 1, 1924; class seven August 8, 1924; assigned to Malta June 22, 1925; Secretary in the Diplomatic Service, March 11, 1926; assigned as Third Secretary at Tirana, March 27, 1926. Adams, Walter A.-Born in Greenville, S. C., December 16, 1888; home, Greenville; attended public schools; spent one year at Clemson College, and graduated from Georgetown University (LL. B.), 1913; employed as stenographer in Greenville, in the civil service at Washington, and in the Philippine civil service; admitted to the practice of law in the United States Court for China; appointed clerk in the Consulate General at Shanghai, April 1, 1914; stenographer of the United States Court for China January 19, 1915; also Vice Consul at Shanghai, February 26, 1916; Vice Consul at Batavia, October 4, 1918; appointed, after examination (May 12, 1919), Vice Consul of career of class three, December 23, 1919; assigned to Canton, April 12, 1920; appointed Vice Consul of career of class two, May 24, 1920; assigned to Swatow, November 15, 1920; to Changsha, February 24, 1921; to Tsingtao, October 1, 1921; appointed Vice Consul of career of class one, November 17, 1921; Consul of class seven June 22, 1922; remained at Tsingtao on detail; appointed Consul of class six March 1, 1923; Foreign Service Officer of class seven July 1, 1924; class six August 8, 1924; assigned to Chungking April 10, 1925; Foreign Service Officer of class five, June 2, 1926. Agostini, Caesar Franklin.-Born in Tarragona, Spain, of American parents, August 8, 1884; studied under private tutors and took electrical engineering course with the National Correspondence Institute of Washington, D. C.; manager of a shipping agency at Tarragona nine years, which business he took over in 1914; appointed Consular Agent at Tarragona October 2, 1914. Aguirre, Stephen Earnest.-Born in Tucson, Ariz., November 11, 1892; attended the grammar schools of El Paso, Tex., 1906-1909; California School of Mechanical Arts, San Francisco, 1911-1913; employed in various capacities by firms in Phila delphia, Pa., and El Paso, Texas, 1911-1915; appointed clerk in the American Consulate at Ciudad Juarez, July 22, 1915; appointed Vice Consul at Ciudad Juarez, June 5, 1917; at Chihuahua April 13, 1920; resigned October 13, 1920; appointed Vice Consul at Manzanillo, May 25, 1921; at Nuevo Laredo September 29, 1925; at Piedras Negras, temporarily, February 7, 1927; at Nuevo Laredo February 18, 1927. Ahearn, Raymond Edward.-Born in Nashville, Tenn., August 17, 1894; graduated from Hume Fogg High School, Nashville, 1912; attended Georgetown University Law School, 1917-1919; Fordham Law School, 1919-20; stenographer, 19121914; secretary, 1914-1917; clerk in War Department, 1917; chief clerk, Committee on Public Information, 1917-18; United States Army, July-December, 1918, commissioned second lieutenant in Reserves; stenographer, Department of Labor, 1918-19; secretary, private firm, 1919-20; conducted legal and stenographic business, 1920-1923; admitted to North Carolina bar, 1924; appointed clerk in Consulate at Toronto, July 28, 1924; Vice Consul at Maracaibo, January 23, 1926; at Charlottetown, temporarily, October 26, 1927. Ahrens, Gladys Charlotte.-Born in Two Rivers, Wis.; highschool education; clerk in a drug store February-June, 1924; in The Adjutant General's Office, War Department, JuneSeptember, 1924; appointed a clerk at $1,140 in the Department of State, under Civil Service rules, September 18, 1924; at $1,320 May 1, 1925; at $1,500, May 1, 1926. Ahrens, Philip Hanford.-Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., January 17, 1890; graduated from high school, 1908; employed by com 98 mercial concern as office assistant and later as office manager, 1908-1918; appointed a clerk of class two in the Passport Bureau of the Department of State in New York City, September 23, 1918; class three, October 16, 1919; at $1,860 July 1, 1924; at $2,040 December 31, 1925, effective January 1, 1926; at $2,140 January 1, 1928. Albrecht, Charles Hahn.-Born in Philadelphia, Pa., Febru ary 22, 1885; home, Philadelphia; graduate of Central High School, Philadelphia, A. B. (1902); University of Pennsylvania, A. B. (1905), LL. B. (1908); M. A. (1911); employed in auditor's office, Pennsylvania Railroad Co., 1906; practiced law in Philadelphia, 1908-1911; appointed, after examination (January 30, 1911), Consular Assistant July 12, 1911; Vice and Deputy Consul General at Barcelona February 21, 1912; detailed for duty in the Department of State March, 1913; appointed Vice and Deputy Consul General at Santo Domingo October 28, 1913; Vice Consul at Santo Domingo February 6, 1915; appointed Consul of class nine July 12, 1916; class eight September 14, 1917; on detail in the Department of State January 1, 1915, to July, 1920; appointed Consul of class six September 5, 1919; class five June 4, 1920; detailed to Reval June 29, 1920; assigned to Reval July 28, 1922; to Danzig October 14, 1922; to Bangkok May 3, 1923; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class six July 1, 1924; assigned to Nairobi, June 24, 1926; class five June 8, 1927. Aldridge, Clayson Wheeler.-Born in Rome, N. Y., October 19, 1899; home, Rome; graduated from Princeton University (A. B.) 1922; Fellow at the University of Copenhagen 1922-23; employed as assistant in chemical laboratory 1917-18; secretary of Young Mens' Christian Association January-June, 1918; served in Students' Army Training Corps at Princeton University September-December, 1918; member Pennsylvania State Police 1923-24; tutor 1923-1925; appointed, after examination (January 12, 1925), Foreign Service Officer, unclassified, March 20, 1925; also Vice Consul of career and assigned to Jerusalem September 2, 1925; appointed secretary in the Diplomatic Service February 17, 1927; assigned as Third Secretary at Athens February 23, 1927; Vice Consul at Aden, temporarily, August 31, 1927. Alexander, Alice Van Arsdel.-Born in Jacksonville, Ill.; attended Routt College Academy 1917-21; Illinois College (A. B.) 1921-1925; instructor in English at Illinois College 1925-26; secretary 1925-26; typist 1926-27; appointed a clerk at $1,320 in the Department of State, under Civil Service rules, July 25, 1927. Alexander, F. Virginia.-Born in Mount Crawford, Va.: has a public and business school education and was tutored for two years; employed in several Government offices, in a law and commercial office, and as a private secretary, 1910-1915; appointed a clerk, temporarily, in the Department of State, December 7, 1915; permanently a clerk of class one, under Executive order, June 22, to be effective July 1, 1916; class two, September 1, 1919; class three, March 1, 1921; class four, February 1, 1924; at $2,100 July 1, 1924; appointed an Assistant Chief of the Division of Passport Control November 4, 1925; at $2,200 December 1, 1925; class seven, $2,400, March 1, 1926; at $2,500 November 1, 1927. Alexander, Grace Eaton.-Born in Jacksonville, Ill.; graduated from Northwestern University (A. B.) 1921; employed in secretarial capacity at Northwestern University 1921-22; at Princeton University 1922-23; teacher in Pennsylvania and Ohio schools 1923-1926; appointed a clerk at $1,320 in the Department of State, under Civil Service rules, February 2, 1927; at $1.680 August 2, 1927. Alexander, Knox.-Born in Independence, Mo., September 13, 1891; home, Independence; graduated from Independence High School; Commercial College in Kansas City; University of California (B. S.); Missouri State University (A. B.), 1915; Kansas City School of Law (LL. D.), 1916; engaged in the practice of law in Independence and Kansas City, 1915-1917, and in court reporting; clerk in Legation at Panamá, 1917-1919; appointed, after examination (May 12, 1919), Vice Consul of career of class three September 27, 1919; assigned to San Luis Potosí October 1, 1919; appointed Vice Consul of career of class two, November 17, 1921; assigned to Puerto Cortes February 7, 1922; appointed Vice Consul of career of class one May 26, 1922; assigned to Quebec December 22, 1922; to Rivière du Loup November 28, 1923; appointed Foreign Service Officer, unclassified, July 1, 1924; assigned as Vice Consul at Hamilton, January 4, 1926; married. Allen, Charles Edward.-Born in Foster, Ky., April 13, 1891; home, Maysville, Ky.; graduate of Centre College, Danville, Ky. (B. A.), 1911; principal of high school and teacher of German and English at Mount Sterling, Ky., 1911- 12; clerk in Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad office 1912-1914; appointed, after examination (January 19, 1914), Student Interpreter in Turkey April 4, 1914; Consular Agent at Adrianople September 3, 1915; Vice Consul and Interpreter at Constantinople April 23, 1916; on detail at Algiers July 6, 1917, to January 12, 1918; appointed a Consular Assistant July 15, 1918; Vice Consul at Nantes July 22, 1918; detailed to Constantinople March 4, 1919; appointed Consul of class seven September 5, 1919; remained at Constantinople on detail; appointed Consul of class six June 4, February 24, 1923; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class 1920; detailed to Damascus April 26, 1921; to Constantinople seven July 1, 1924; class six December 17, 1925; married. Allen, Charles W.-Born in Boulder, Colo., January 21, 1883; attended high school three years; University of Wyoming one and a half years; business college one year; acted as public stenographer and substitute court reporter, 1902-1907; clerk in the United States Land Office, Lander, Wyo., 1907-1918; served as Civil Service secretary several years at Lander, Wyo.; Zurich, September 6, 1921; at Berne, April 5, 1924; at Basel, appointed Vice Consul at Cape Town, October 24, 1918; at January 23, 1926; at North Bay April 13, 1927. Allen, Edgar Poe.-Born in Sharon, Pa., January 13, 1904; graduated from high school 1921, and a business college 1922 student at George Washington University, 1923-1925; employed as clerk in a steel company 1922-23; appointed a clerk at $900 in the Department of State, under Civil Service rules, October November 1, 1925; at $1,740 March 1, 1927; at $1,860 April 1, 8, 1923; at $1,000 January 8, 1924; at $1,500 July 1, 1924: at $1,680 1927. Allen, Percy F.-Born in Allen, Md., February 11, 1879 attended the public schools of Maryland and graduated from Goldey Commercial College of Wilmington, Del.; bookkeeper and cashier for various business houses, 1897-1902; clerk and bookkeeper, department of education, Porto Rico, 1902-1904; assistant to disbursing officer Porto Rican teachers study trip to United States, 1904; head bookkeeper, disbursing office, insular government of Porto Rico, 1905; resigned August 1, 1905; appointed clerk at $840 in the Civil Service Commission September 9, 1905; at $900 October 1, 1905; clerk at $900, under Civil Service rules in the Department of State July 3, 1906; class one May 1, 1907; class two November 2, 1908; class three June 27, 1911; secretary of the board of examiners for the Diplo matic and Consular Services December 18, 1913, to March 12, 1919; appointed clerk, class four, April 22, 1914; acting chief clerk March 22 to April 5, 1918; appointed special assistant at $2,100 December 31, 1919, effective January 1, 1920; drafting officer at $2,500 June 17, effective July 1, 1921; representative of the Department of State in connection with the preparation of the Official Register of the United States, 1919-1923; appointed drafting officer at $3,000 May 7, 1924; at $3,200 May 1, 1925; at $3,300 November 1, 1927. Allen, Ronald H.-Born in Fulton, N. Y., March 4, 1891; Harvard (A. B.) 1914; Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, 1915; secretary of a corporation two years; assistant supply officer of the United States Naval Aviation Base, and supply officer of the Naval Port Office, Liverpool; district supervisor, American Relief Administration in Samara for two years; appointed Special Agent in the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce January, 1924; Assistant Trade Commissioner and assigned to duty at Warsaw May 1925; Trade Commissioner April 1, 1926; Commercial Attaché July 12, 1927. Alley, Charles R.-Born in Clinton, Mass., April 2, 1881; at tended high school and United States Military Academy; entered United States Army, June 15, 1904; present rank, major, Regular Army; assigned to duty as Assistant Military Attaché at Paris, April 15, 1926. Alling, Paul Henniston.-Born in Hamden, Conn., July 15, 1896; home. Hamden; graduated from Trinity College (A. B.), 1920, and University of Pennsylvania (A. M.), 1924; served in the United States Army July, 1917, to July, 1919, retiring with the rank of first lieutenant; member of a foreign-service train ing class of a New York banking institution 1920-21; engaged in research work for several banking concerns 1921-1924; sppointed, after examination (June 23, 1924), Foreign Service Officer, unclassified, also Vice Consul of career, October 16, 1924; assigned to Beirut November 8, 1924; to Aleppo, temmascus, October 25, 1926; to Beirut, January 27, 1927; married. porarily, March 30, 1926; to Beirut, August 17, 1926; to Da Allport, Fayette W.-Born in St. Louis, Mo., January 25, 1890; attended public and private schools; graduated from Western Reserve University (A. B.), 1917; attended Western Reserve Law School two years; served in the United States Army; engaged in publicity work for several firms; appointed clerk to trade commissioner at Vienna and Warsaw; appointed assist ant trade commissioner and assigned to Vienna March, 1922; to Berlin April, 1923; appointed Assistant Commercial Attaché at Berlin August 14, 1924; Commercial Attaché at Brussels and The Hague, January 14, 1925; at Berlin, March 10, 1926. Allpress, Elvia Beatrice.-Born in Washington, D. C.; attended high school and business college; taught in a business college, 1923-24; appointed a clerk at $1,320 in the Department of State, temporarily, under Civil Service rules, November 26, 1924; resigned April 30, 1925; reappointed, on probation, at $1,320, June 15, 1925; at $1,500, April 16, 1926. Altaffer, Maurice Willard.-Born in West Unity, Ohio, May 10, 1893; home, Toledo; graduated from high school; attended the United States Coast Guard Academy one year, and the College of the City of New York eight months; public-school teacher 1912-1914; cadet United States Coast Guard fifteen months; served in the United States Army, December, 1917, to October, 1919, retiring with the rank of lieutenant junior grade); engaged in shipping business 1920; clerk in the American Consulate General at Berlin, Germany, November, 1921, to January, 1922, and at the Consulate at Stuttgart 1922-23; appointed Vice Consul at Stuttgart May 23, 1923; appointed, after examination (January 15, 1923), Vice Consul of career of class three July 6, 1923; assigned to Stuttgart July 10, 1923; to Frankfort on the Main September 6, 1923; appointed Foreign Service Officer, unclassified, July 1, 1924; assigned to Aleppo August 7, 1924; to Nogales, May 26, 1926; to Agua Prieta, temporarily, October 8, 1926; returned to Nogales January 15, 1927; class eight, and assigned as Consul at Nogales August 24, 1927; married. Amory, Copley, jr.-Born in Milton, Mass., November 2, 1890; home, New York City; graduated from Harvard University (A. B.), 1912; Columbia University (LL. B.), 1917; manager of a natural history expedition to Siberia one and a half years; assistant to the vice president of a bank; member of the New York National Guard, 1913-1917; served as a lieutenant in the United States Army August, 1917, to August, 1919, part of the time with the Peace Commission in Paris and the Near East; a special assistant in the Department of State JulyNovember, 1920; appointed, after examination (October 18, 1920), a Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class four, November 15, 1920; assigned to the Department of State, December 13, 1920; to the American Commission at Berlin March 30, 1921; to Rome July 13, 1922; appointed Secretary of class three September 22, 1922; Foreign Service Officer of class six July 1, 1924; class five September 20, 1924; assigned as Second Secretary of Legation at Teheran April 10, 1925; assigned to the Department, temporarily, November 1, 1927. *Amsden, Charles Avery.-Born in Forest City, Iowa, August 18, 1899; home, Farmington, N. Mex.; attended the University of New Mexico, the University of Toulouse, and graduated from Harvard University (A. B.) 1922; served as cadet and second lieutenant in the United States Army October, 1917, to October, 1919; appointed, after examination (January 16. 1922), Vice Consul of career of class three May 26, 1922; assigned to Marseille August 28, 1922; to Basel April 13, 1923; appointed Vice Consul of career of class two November 23, 1923; class one May 10, 1924; Foreign Service Officer, unclassified, July 1, 1924; resigned February 1, 1925; appointed Vice Consul at Nogales December 11, 1925; at Agua Prieta, January 16, 1926; retired July 1, 1927. Anderson, Francis Maurice.-Born in Providence, R. I., July 20, 1885; graduated from Brown University (A. B.), 1907; New York University (LL. B.), 1912; engaged in cotton manufacturing 1908-09; admitted to the New Jersey bar and the United States courts 1913; practiced law July, 1913, to March, 1916; settlement officer in a trust company March, 1916, to March 1918; counsel for a telegraph and telephone company 1918; assistant chief, requisition branch, Quartermaster General's Office, War Department, August, 1918, to August, 1919; research work in international and foreign laws, Library of Congress, November, 1919, to August, 1920; lecturer on commercial law at Pace Institute, New York and Washington, February, 1916, to September, 1923; lecturer on Commercial Law, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, since September, 1923; appointed a special assistant in the Department of State at $2,500 September 1, 1920; law clerk at $2,000, under Civil Service rules, March 1, 1921; at $2,250 September 16, 1922; at $2,500 November 1, 1923; at $3.000 July 1, 1924; at $3,200, February 1, 1926; at $3,300 November 1, 1927. Anderson, Mary Elizabeth.-Born in Washington, D. C.; graduated from Business High School, 1921; clerk in the Bureau of War Risk Insurance three months, 1919; with an attorney one month, 1921; appointed a clerk at $1,000 in the Department of State, under Civil Service rules, March 21, 1921; class one 82409-288 December 30, 1922, effective January 1, 1923; resigned April 16, 1924; reappointed a clerk at $1,320, November 1, 1926; at $1,500 December 1, 1927. Anderson, Walter H.-Born in Rockford, Ill., September 6, 1900; attended grammar school 1906-1914; high school 1914-1917; employed in a clerical capacity during summer vacations; employed as driver and depot man by an express company 1917-18; as clerk by business concern 1918-19; Army field clerk, May-December, 1919; enlisted in the United States Army March 1, 1920; discharged February 28, 1921; appointed a clerk at $900 in the Department of State under Civil Service rules, March 8, 1921; at $1,000, October 7, 1921; at $1,080 September 1, 1922; at $1,140 December 1, 1922; class one December 30, 1922, effective January 1, 1923; at $1,500 July 1, 1924; at $1,680 July 1, 1925; at $1,740 November 1, 1927. Andrews, George Davis, jr.-Born in Greenwood, Va., August 30, 1902; home, Chattanooga, Tenn.; attended the McCallie School, Chattanooga, 1914-1919; Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., 1919-20; Yale University 1920-1922; graduated from University of Virginia (B. S.) 1925; from Oxford University (B. A.) 1926; appointed, after examination (February 28, 1927), Foreign Service Officer, unclassified, also Vice Consul of career, August 24, 1927. Andrews, Goldee Boyer.-Born in Keokuk, Iowa; high-school education; clerk in Department of Labor, 1924-25; appointed a clerk at $1,140 in the Department of State, under Civil Service rules, January 4, 1926; at $1,320, November 1, 1926. Andrews, William Whiting.-Born in Cleveland, Ohio, October 17, 1875; home, Cleveland; graduate of Yale University (A. B.), 1898; member of Troop B, First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, April-August, 1898; engaged in management of financial affairs and in travel, 1898-1911; appointed, after examination (January 16, 1911), Secretary of the Legation at Panamá March 2, 1911; Secretary of the Legation at Lisbon August 22, 1912; Secretary of the Legation at Berne February 11, 1914; Secretary of the Legation and Consul General to Rumania, Serbia, and Bulgaria October 31, 1914, but did not go to his post; appointed Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class three March 2, 1915; assigned to Bucharest September 25, 1915; to Paris, December 29, 1917; appointed Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class two August 27, 1918; assigned to The Hague July 25, 1919; to the Department of State March 25, 1920; to Cairo May 26, 1921; to Vienna April 23, 1924; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class four and assigned as First Secretary at Vienna July 1, 1924; at Lisbon October 13, 1927; married. Anslinger, Harry J.-Born in Altoona, Pa., May 20, 1892; home, Altoona; attended high school, business college, and Pennsylvania State College for two years; private tutor; employed in various capacities with the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. 1906-1916; Pennsylvania State fire marshal 1916-17; Assistant Chief of Equipment Inspection, Ordnance Department, War Department, 1917-18; clerk in the Legation at The Hague 1918-1921; appointed, after examination (January 24, 1921), Vice Consul of career of class three, October 26, 1921; assigned to Hamburg November 15, 1921; appointed Vice Consul of career of class two February 26, 1923; assigned to La Guaira September 22, 1923; appointed Vice Consul of career of class one November 23, 1923; Foreign Service Officer, unclassified, July 1, 1924; class eight, also Consul, August 8, 1924; assigned to Nassau June 6, 1925; detailed to the Department, July 1, 1926; married. Anthony, Nicholas.-Born in Scotland, N. C., July 28, 1877; employed in a feed store, 1904-1917; appointed laborer in the Department of State October 15, 1917. Archer, Raymond LeRoy.-Born in Adonis, W. Va., October 31, 1887; attended Washington and Jefferson College, 1907-8; graduated from University of Pittsburgh (A. B.), 1911; Drew Theological Seminary (M. A.), 1923; attended Columbia University, 1923; served as minister while attending college; mis sionary in Sumatra and Java, 1911-1926; appointed Vice Consul at Medan, March 22, 1926. Archibald, William C.-Appointed Consular Agent at Chañaral, Chile, June 27, 1927. Armour, Norman.-Born in Brighton, England, of American parents, October 14, 1887; home, Princeton, N. J.; graduated from Princeton University (A. B.) 1909; (A. M.) 1915; Harvard University (LL. B.) 1913; employed in a law office in Newark, 1913-14; admitted to the New Jersey bar 1914; served in the Embassy in Vienna for three months in 1912 and in the Embassy in Paris for eight months in 1915-16; appointed, after examination (April 10, 1916). Secretary of Embassy or Legation |