Background
Read, Benjamin Huger was born on September 14, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Bond and Rachel Biddle (Wood) Read.
Read, Benjamin Huger was born on September 14, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Bond and Rachel Biddle (Wood) Read.
Bachelor of Arts, Williams College, 1949; Bachelor of Laws, University Pennsylvania, 1952.
With firm, Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Philadelphia, 1952-1955; associate defender, Volunteer Defender Association, Philadelphia, 1955-1956; attorney adviser, Legal Adviser' General’ s Office, State Department, 1957-1958; legislation assistant to, Senator Clark of Pennsylvania, 1958-1963; special assistant to secretary state, also executive secretary, Department State, 1963-1969; acting director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Smithsonian Institution, 1969; director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Smithsonian Institution, 1969-1973; president, German Marshall Fund of the United States, 1973-1977; deputy under-secretary for management, unites states department State, Washington, 1977-1978; under secretary for management, unites states department State, 1978-1981; lawyer, consultant, 1981-1990. President ECOFUND '92, senior adviser to secretary-general of United Nations 1992 Conference on Environment and Development.
Board directors St. Francis Centers, Partners for Democratic Change, Mediation Institute, Los Angeles, American Academy Diplomacy, Partners for Livable Places, American Committee on East-West Relations, National Security Archives. With United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American Academy Diplomacy, American Committee on United States-Soviet Relations, National Academy Public Administration, Council Foreign Relations, Cosmos Club, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Anne Lowell Keezer, August 12, 1950. Children: Benjamin Huger, Dexter K., Mary B.