Background
III, Benson Ellison Lane Timmons, was born on March 2, 1916 in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Benson Ellison Lane, and Mary F. (Jones) T.
III, Benson Ellison Lane Timmons, was born on March 2, 1916 in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Benson Ellison Lane, and Mary F. (Jones) T.
Bachelor of Arts Georgia, 1937. Rhodes scholar Balliol College, Oxford University, 1938-1940. Bachelor, 1941, Master of Arts, 1947.
Instructor economics University Georgia, Athens, 1937-1938.
Assistant to director foreign funds control Treasury Department, Washington, 1940-1942. Special assistant to minister charge economic warfare American embassy, London, 1942-1943.
Chief finance advisor finance subcommittee Allied Control Commission, Italy, 1943-1946. Executive assistant to assistant secretary treasury, Washington, 1946-1948.
Special assistant to chief Economic Cooperation Administration Mission to France, 1948-1949, deputy chief, 1949-1954.
Deputy to minister economic affairs American embassy, Paris, 1952. Director special mission to France, Foreign Operations Administration, 1954-1955. Counselor with personal rank minister American embassy, Paris, 1955, minister economic affairs, 1955.
Director office European Regional Affairs, Department State, Washington, 1955-1959.
Counselor American embassy, Stockholm, 1959-1961. Minister-counselor American embassy, New Delhi, India, 1961-1963.
Ambassador to Haiti, 1963-1967. Deputy secretary general Organization of European Cooperation and Development, Paris, 1967-1974.
Retired, 1974; director income trusts and bequests Southampton Hospital, New York, 1976-1993.
Member United States delegate to ministerial meetings North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1955-1959, 15th United Nations General Assembly, 1960. Alternate United States representative United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, 1960, Organization of European Economic Cooperation, 1955-1958, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 1958. Member delegate Bermuda Conference, 1957.
Instructor economics U. Georgia, Athens, 1937-1938. Assistant to director foreign funds control Treasury Department, Washington, 1940-1942. Special assistant to minister charge economics warfare American embassy, London, 1942-1943.
Chief finance advisor finance subcommittee Allied Control Commission, Italy, 1943-1946.
Executive assistant to assistant secretary treasury, Washington, 1946-1948. Special assistant to chief Economics Cooperation Administration Mission to France, 1948-1949, deputy chief, 1949-1954.
Deputy to minister economics affairs American embassy, Paris, 1952. Director special mission to France, Foreign Operations Administration, 1954-1955.
Counselor with personal rank minister American embassy, Paris, 1955, minister economics affairs, 1955.
Director officeEuropean Regional Affairs, Department State, Washington, 1955-1959. Counselor American embassy, Stockholm, 1959-1961. Minister-counselor American embassy, New Delhi, India, 1961-1963.
Ambassador to Haiti, 1963-1967.
Deputy secretary general Organization of European Cooperation and Development, Paris, 1967-1974. Retired, 1974; director income trusts and bequests Southampton Hospital, New York, 1976-1993.
Member United States delegate to ministerial meetings North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1955-1959, 15th United Nations General Assembly, 1960. Alternate United States representative United Nations Economics Common for Europe, 1960, Organization of European Economic Cooperation, 1955-1958, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 1958.
Member delegate Bermuda Conference, 1957.
Served to lieutenant colonel United States Army, 1942-1946. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Married Ruth H. Schuyler, July 9, 1949 (divorced 1964). Married Sanya Bezencenet, August 25, 1964. Children: Peter C. L., Nicholas J.B.