Background
Weatherbee, Artemus Edwin was born on February 9, 1918 in Bangor, Maine, United States.
Weatherbee, Artemus Edwin was born on February 9, 1918 in Bangor, Maine, United States.
Bachelor of Arts with honors, U. Maine, 1939; intern, National Institute Public Affairs, 1939-1940.
A Kirstein scholarship enabled him to attend and graduate from the University of Maine at Orono, from where he was recruited into the New Deal administration of Franklin Roosevelt as Chief Appointment and Planning Officer of the Farm Cr Administration, based in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1942 he was called to Washington to work as Senior Classification Officer in the Office of Emergency Management. After joining the Navy in World World War II, Weatherbee remained in Washington for the next 28 years, becoming Deputy Assistant Postmaster General (Personnel) in 1957 and then Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Administration) in 1959.
In 1970, President Richard Nixon appointed Weatherbee as the American Director of the Asian Development Bank, based in Manila, with the rank of ambassador.
He served in that post until 1975, when he retired to Maine (first Bangor, and then Kennebunk). He subsequently became president of the Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce, and a trustee of the University of Maine.
The later position often brought him into the newspapers as a lone dissenter or minority vote on board matters. Weatherbee in retirement was an unapologetic conservative.
He told the Bangor Daily News on returning from the Philippines, for example, that Ferdinand Marcos" declaration of martial law had saved Manila from "really complete chaos" and rendered it "once again a beautiful and livable city".
Weatherbee is the recipient of the Alexander Hamilton Award for leadership in the Treasury Department, as well as the $10,000 Rockefeller Prize.
Member national advisory committee American Security Council, 1978-1980. Member National Tax Limitation Committee, 1979-1980. Chairman University Maine Development Council, 1975-1977.
Member Governor's advisory committee on University Maine, 1975-1978, Kennebunk Budget Board, 1974-1977. Board directors Kennebunk Area Industrial Corporation, 1976-1979, York County Community Concert Association, 1978-1980. Member National Rights to Work Committee, 1975-1980.
Trustee University Maine, 1975-1980. Deacon United Community Church, 1984-1985, trustee, 1985-1988. Candidate for Maine Senate, 1978.
Board directors Security Patrol, 1982-1983. Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1943-1945. Retired Commander Reserve 1978.
Member University Maine Alumni Association, Sun City Center Chamber of Commerce (executive director 1981-1983, president 1982), Naval Reserve Association, National Association Retired Federal Employees (board directors Sun City Center chapter 1985-1988, president 1986-1987), Cape Arundel Golf Club, Sun City Center Golf and Country Club, Lions (director 1975-1977), Rotary (Paul Harris fellow 1978-1995), Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Mu Sigma.
Son of Ray Wellman Sherman (stepfather) and Lola (Yelland) W. Married Pauline Jellison, June 18, 1940. Children: Sue Weatherbee Adams, Richard Charles, Steven Sherman.