Background
Stevenson, William Edwards was born on October 25, 1900 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of J. Ross and Florence (Day) Stevenson.
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Stevenson, William Edwards was born on October 25, 1900 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of J. Ross and Florence (Day) Stevenson.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1922. Master of Arts (Rhodes scholar), Balliol College Oxford (England) University, 1925. Doctor of Humane Letters, Case Institute Technology, 1948, Alfred University, 1969.
Doctor of Laws, Wooster College, 1948, Colorado College, 1950, Princeton, 1956, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1956, Coe College, 1958.
Oberlin College, 1960, San Carlos University, Philippine Islands, 1963. Doctor of Letters, Rider College, 1974.
Admitted as barrister-at-law Inner Temple (England). 1925; admitted to New York bar, 1927. Assistant United State Attorneys South District New York, 1925-1927.
Associate with Davis, Polk, Wardwell, Gardiner & Reed, 1927, 29-31.
Founding partner Debevoise, Stevenson, Plimpton & Page, New York City, 1931-1946. President Oberlin College, 1946-1959.
United States ambassador to Philippines, 1961-1964. President Aspen Institute Humanistic Studies, 1967-1970.
American Red Cross delegate Great Britain, 1942, North Africa and Italy, 1942-1944, vice Chairman of the Board Governors national organization, 1965-1971.
Vice chairman League Red Cross Societies (Geneva), 1965-1973; member President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in Armed Services, 1948-1950. Educational consultant Japan, India, Lebanon, Egypt for Department State, 1952-1953.
Chairman World Bank Economics Development Commission, Tanganyika, 1959-1960.
Served with United States Marine Corps, 1918. Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa. Club: University (New York City).
Married Eleanor Bumstead, January 9, 1926. Children: Helen Day (Mistress Robert B. Meyner), Priscilla (Mistress Richard McM. Hunt).