Background
CROSS, Cecil Merne Putnam Son of Benjamin Putnam and Susanne A. (Brock) Cross.
CROSS, Cecil Merne Putnam Son of Benjamin Putnam and Susanne A. (Brock) Cross.
Brown University, Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts. University of Chicago, Doctor of Philosophy.
August 19, 1918, Norwich, Connecticut Appointed after examination. V.-Consul of career of class three, 1919. Assigned to Palermo. 1919, Naples, 1920.
Appointed Consul of class seven. 1920; remained at Naples on detail. Assigned to Aden, 1921, Lourenco Marques, 1922.
Appointed Consul of class six, 1923. Foreign Service Officer of class seven, 1924, class six, 1925. assigned to Port Elizabeth, 1925, Cape Town, 1925. Class five, since 1929.
Member of American History Association. Delta Tau Delta.
Spouse Ruth Margaret Henderson.