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R. Smith Simpson

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after writing a report in which he highlighted what he perceived to be the ignorance of many diplomatic hopefuls who knew little about the culture and geography of the United States.
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Simpson's promotion to Class 2 Foreign Service Officer, noted in a May 1954 edition of the
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in 1923. He earned his undergraduate degree in 1927 and a master's degree in 1928 from the
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The Crisis in American Diplomacy: Shots across the Bow of the State Department
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Simpson died at age 103 on September 5, 2010, at a retirement community in
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Simpson wrote an article that was published in the November 1962 issue of
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School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University alumni
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who left the diplomatic corps in 1962 as deputy examiner for the
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to create the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at
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fraternity. Simpson was awarded a law degree from the
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Arlington, Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Western High School
University of Virginia
Cornell Law School
Columbia University
Foreign Service Officer
Foreign Service Officer
State Department
Arlington, Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Western High School
University of Virginia
Phi Sigma Kappa
Cornell Law School
New Deal
National Recovery Administration
Columbia University
did not complete a dissertation
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Congressional Record
War Shipping Administration
Attack on Pearl Harbor
United Nations Charter
Athens
Brussels
Mexico City
Bombay
India

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