Background
Butts, Halleck Allison was born on August 12, 1888 in Valley Falls, Kansas, United States. Son of Halleck David and Emma Julia (Ladd) Butts.
Butts, Halleck Allison was born on August 12, 1888 in Valley Falls, Kansas, United States. Son of Halleck David and Emma Julia (Ladd) Butts.
Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia: private schools, Paris, France and Heidelberg, Germany. Trade Commissioner, American Embassy, 1920-1924. Acting Chief, Far Eastern Division., Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce, Washington, 1925.
Assistant Commercial Attache. American Embassy, Tokyo, 1926. Commercial Attache. since 1927.
With Leyland S.S. Lines, Galveston, 1909-1911. Claims adjuster legal department, A., T. & San Francisco Railway, Galveston, 1912-1919 (except 1 year). Sergeant Aero Squadron, later sergeant and Lieutenant Field Artillery Reserve, United States of America, 1917-1918.
Appointed trade commissioner unites states department of Commerce, and assigned to Tokyo, Japan, June 1920. Commercial attache from April 7, 1927.
Member, Masons. Clubs: Tokyo (Japan), American (Japan).
Married Marie Edith Gluek, December 20, 1930.