Background
Skewes-Cox, Bennet was born on December 12, 1918 in Valparaiso, Chile. Arrived in United States, 1919, naturalized, 1943. Son of Vernon and Edith Page (Smith) Skewes-Cox.
Skewes-Cox, Bennet was born on December 12, 1918 in Valparaiso, Chile. Arrived in United States, 1919, naturalized, 1943. Son of Vernon and Edith Page (Smith) Skewes-Cox.
Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1940. Master of Arts, Georgetown University, 1947. Bachelor of Business Administration, Golden Gate College, 1953.
Assistant to press officer American Embassy, Santiago, Chile, 1941—1943. State executive director United World Federalists, California, 1948—1950. Private practice accounting San Francisco, since 1953.
Assistant professor international relations San Francisco State University, 1960—1962. Graduate researcher Stanford University, California, 1962—1963, Georgetown University, Washington, 1963—1965. Lecturer in field; president Academy World Studies, San Francisco, since 1969.
Secretary Alpha Delta Phi Building Company, San Francisco, since 1957. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.
Member Democratic State Control Committee California, 1958—1960. Foreign policy chairman California Democratic Council, 1959—1961. Treasurer Marin County Democratic Central Committee, 1956—1962.
Founder, chairman California Council United Nations University, since 1976. Board directors Research on Abolition of War. Treasurer Marin Citizens for Energy Planning.
Compiler World Knowledge Bank. Member of American Association of University Professors, World Government Organizations Coalition, International Political Science Association World Federalists Association (treasurer), United Nations Association, Federation American Scientists, National Society Public Accountants, American Accounting Association, California State University Professors, San Francisco Committee Foreign Relations, American Political Science Association, American Society International Law, Association for World Education (international council since 1975), Lagunitas Country Club, Commonwealth Club, California, University Club.
Married Mary Osborne Craig, August 31, 1946. Children: Anita Page McCann, Pamela Skewes-Cox Anderson, Amy Osborne Skewes-Cox (Mistress Robert Twiss).