Background
Sargeant, Howland H. was born on July 13, 1911 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of M. Motley and Grace E. (Howland) Sargeant.
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Sargeant, Howland H. was born on July 13, 1911 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of M. Motley and Grace E. (Howland) Sargeant.
AB summa cum laude, Dartmouth, 1932; AB honors school, Oxford (England) University, 1934; AM, Oxford (England) University, 1938; Bachelor of Letters, Oxford (England) University, 1940.
With, Federal Home Loan Bank Board, 1935-1940; editor, Federal Home Loan Bank Review, 1937-1940; executive secretary, National Science Foundation of NAS, 1940-1947; chairman technical industrial intelligence committee, United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1944-1946; deputy assistant secretary of state for public affairs, 1947-1951; assistant secretary public affairs, 1952-1953; consultant, State Department and Ford Foundation, 1953-1954; president, trustee, Radio Liberty Committee Inc., 1954-1975; director, RFE/RL Inc., 1976-1977; director, Commonwealth Fund's Harkness Fellowships, 1980-1984. President Magnesium Development Corporation, 1945-1950. President United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization General Conference, Paris, 1951, chairman United States delegations 5th-7th conferences.
Member advising committee Dartmouth Institute, 1972-1980. Member of advisory committee Graduate School Corporation and Political Communication, Fairfield U., 1968-1984. Member Panel Ideasand Political Communication in Soviet Union, 1976-1984.
Trustee Freedom House. Member board International Broadcasting, 1974-1975. Member Association American Rhodes Scholars, Dartmouth Alumni Council (president 1968-1969), International Radio and television Executives, Council Foreign Rels., American Foreign Service Association, West Side Tennis Club, Dartmouth College Club, Century Association, Sphinx, Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Kappa Kappa.
Married Dorothy Psathas. Children: Kimon, Paul.