Background
Sweetser, Arthur was born on July 16, 1888 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Moses Foster and Edith Ashton (Balch) Sweetser.
Sweetser, Arthur was born on July 16, 1888 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Moses Foster and Edith Ashton (Balch) Sweetser.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1911, Master of Arts, 1912. Doctor of Laws, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, 1938. Little Doctorate., Muhlenberg College, 1939.
With Springfield (Massachusetts) Republican, 1912-1913. War correspondent in France and Belgium, early part of World War I. Correspondent Associated Press, Washington, District of Columbia, assigned to Department of State, 1916-1917.
Commissioned captain Aviation Section of Signal Cops, United States of America, 1917. Assistant director press section of America Commission to Negotiate Peace.
Member information section of League of Nations, Geneva, 1918-1932, appointed counselor, 1930, acting director during 1933.
Director without section, January 1, 1934-May 15, 1942. Deputy director O.W.I., Washington, May 1942-June 1946. Chairman United Nations Information Board, 1942-1946.
Attached to the United States delegations, United Nations Conference at Atlantic City, Montreal (U.N.R. Resident Advisor), Bretton Woods, San Francisco, and General Assembly, London, 1946.
Special Advisory Secretary-General United Nations, March 1946. Director United Nations Washington Information Office, September 1946.
President Woodrow Wilson Foundation, 1943-1945. Chairman Washington World Affairs Center, 1948-1949.
Member Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Century, Harvard (New York).
Married Ruth Gregory, June 19, 1915. Children: Harold Foster (deceased), Adelaide Vanderpoel, Arthur Balch and Susan Gold (twins), Alan.