U.S. Coast Guard.
Husband 53 years of Mabel Irene (Conley) Barrows. They were married in March, 1935.
He received his master's degree in political science from the University of Kansas. He was the first U.S. ambassador to the West African nations of Cameroon and Togo.
Before moving to the Washington, D.C. area in 1934, he was a high school principal, university teacher, newspaper reporter, and radio announcer in Kansas. Before WW II, he worked in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and had also been an assistant director of the War Relocation Authority. He was also an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard. He joined the U.S. State Department in 1947 as a deputy director of the office of informational and education exchange, then served in foreign assistance assignments in several countries. He retired from the State Department in 1966.
He served three years on the faculty of the graduate school of public and international affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, then returned to Washington. He was an assistant to the president of the Washington Technical Institute and a member of the senior staff of Georgetown University's Center for Strategic & International Studies, before his second retirement in 1974.
(The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., March 4, 1988.).
Husband 53 years of Mabel Irene (Conley) Barrows. They were married in March, 1935.
He received his master's degree in political science from the University of Kansas. He was the first U.S. ambassador to the West African nations of Cameroon and Togo.
Before moving to the Washington, D.C. area in 1934, he was a high school principal, university teacher, newspaper reporter, and radio announcer in Kansas. Before WW II, he worked in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and had also been an assistant director of the War Relocation Authority. He was also an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard. He joined the U.S. State Department in 1947 as a deputy director of the office of informational and education exchange, then served in foreign assistance assignments in several countries. He retired from the State Department in 1966.
He served three years on the faculty of the graduate school of public and international affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, then returned to Washington. He was an assistant to the president of the Washington Technical Institute and a member of the senior staff of Georgetown University's Center for Strategic & International Studies, before his second retirement in 1974.
(The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., March 4, 1988.).
U.S. Coast Guard.
Husband 53 years of Mabel Irene (Conley) Barrows. They were married in March, 1935.
He received his master's degree in political science from the University of Kansas. He was the first U.S. ambassador to the West African nations of Cameroon and Togo.
Before moving to the Washington, D.C. area in 1934, he was a high school principal, university teacher, newspaper reporter, and radio announcer in Kansas. Before WW II, he worked in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and had also been an assistant director of the War Relocation Authority. He was also an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard. He joined the U.S. State Department in 1947 as a deputy director of the office of informational and education exchange, then served in foreign assistance assignments in several countries. He retired from the State Department in 1966.
He served three years on the faculty of the graduate school of public and international affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, then returned to Washington. He was an assistant to the president of the Washington Technical Institute and a member of the senior staff of Georgetown University's Center for Strategic & International Studies, before his second retirement in 1974.
(The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., March 4, 1988.).
Husband 53 years of Mabel Irene (Conley) Barrows. They were married in March, 1935.
He received his master's degree in political science from the University of Kansas. He was the first U.S. ambassador to the West African nations of Cameroon and Togo.
Before moving to the Washington, D.C. area in 1934, he was a high school principal, university teacher, newspaper reporter, and radio announcer in Kansas. Before WW II, he worked in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and had also been an assistant director of the War Relocation Authority. He was also an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard. He joined the U.S. State Department in 1947 as a deputy director of the office of informational and education exchange, then served in foreign assistance assignments in several countries. He retired from the State Department in 1966.
He served three years on the faculty of the graduate school of public and international affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, then returned to Washington. He was an assistant to the president of the Washington Technical Institute and a member of the senior staff of Georgetown University's Center for Strategic & International Studies, before his second retirement in 1974.
(The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., March 4, 1988.).
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