Background
Boggs, Samuel Whittemore was born on March 3, 1889 in Coolidge, Kansas, United States. Son of Crarles F(airman) and Lillian Louise (Whittemore) Boggs.
Boggs, Samuel Whittemore was born on March 3, 1889 in Coolidge, Kansas, United States. Son of Crarles F(airman) and Lillian Louise (Whittemore) Boggs.
Bachelor of Laws, Berea (Kentucky) College, 1909. Student Yale University, 1912-1913. Master of Arts Columbia University, 1924.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Berea College, 1949.
Private secretary to President Frost, Berea College, 1909-1912. Secretarial work United Pacific Railroad, Omaha, Nebraska, 1913-1914. Secretarial and executive work International Committee of Young Men's Christian Association and other organizations, New York, 1914-1919.
Geographical research, map compilation, editor American Book Company, et cetera, 1916-1924, including editing maps for World Missionary Atlas, 1921-1924.
Geographer unites states department of State, since 1924. Lecturer on international boundaries, Columbia University, summers 1939, 40, 41, and 42.
Lecturer, American University, 1945-1946. Technology adviser, United States delegation, Conference for Codification of International Law, The Hague, 1930.
Official delegate International Geography Congresses, Cambridge, 1928, Paris, 1931, Warsaw, 1934, Lisbon, 1949, Pan American Institute Geography and History, 3d general assembly, Lima, 1941, 4th general assembly Caracas, 1946, 1st consultation on geography Rio de Janeiro, 1949, 5th general assembly, Santiago, Chile, 1950, 3d consultation, Washington, 1952, 6th consultation on cartography, Ciudad Trujillo, 1952.
Member United States Geographic Board, 1924-1934, chairman of the executive committee, 1927-1934, United States Board on Geography Names, since 1947, chairman, 1949-1951.
Member United States Geographic Board, 1924-1934, chairman of the executive committee, 1927-1934, United States Board on Geography Names, since 1947, chairman, 1949-1951. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Geography Society. Member Association American Geographers (councillor 1941-1942), American Society Professional Geographers, American Council Learned Societies
(secretary-treasurer 1942-1948, treasurer, 1948-1950), Academy Political Science, American Geophysical Union, Washington Academy Science.
Member Mexican Society Geography and Statistics. Member Lima Geography Society.
Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Amy Burt Bridgman, August 16, 1916. Children: Mary Lillian, Barbara Bridgman.