Background
Darlington,, Charles Francis was born on September 13, 1904 in New York City. Son of Charles Francis and Letitia Craig (O'Neill) Darlington.
Darlington,, Charles Francis was born on September 13, 1904 in New York City. Son of Charles Francis and Letitia Craig (O'Neill) Darlington.
Graduate, St. Mark's School, Southborough, Massachusetts, 1922. AB, Harvard University, 1926. Postgraduate, New College Oxford (England) University, 1927.
Postgraduate, University Geneva, 1929.
Member finance section League Nations Secretariat, Geneva, 1929-1931. Member central banking department Bank International Settlements, Basle, Switzerland, 1931-1934. Assistant chief trade agreements division Department State Washington, 1935-1939.
Foreign exchanges manager overseas operations General Motors Corporation, New York City, 1940-1941. Secretary executive steering, coordination and jurists committees San Francisco Conference on United Nations, 1945. With Socony Vacuum Oil Corporation, Inc., 1946-1961.
Chairman Standard Fuel Oil Corporation, 1949-1953. Director Iraq Petroleum Company and associate companies, 1949-1953. Vice president, director Socony Vacuum Corporation, 1953-1958.
Alternat director Iranian Consortium, 1955-1956, A.E. and Evangelical Presbyterian to Republican Gabon, 1961-1965. Personal representative of president Kennedy to independence ceremonies Kingdom Burundi, 1962.
Board directors Boys Club, Mount Kisco, New York, 1942-1961. Trustee Bedford-Rippowam School, Bedford, New York, 1946-1949. With United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1944.
Member St. Nicholas Society New York, Huguenot Society of America (honorary), Council Foreign Relations, Brook's Club, Cosmos Club, Leander Club.
Married Alice Nelson Benning, November 3, 1931. Children: Charles Francis III, Alice Letitia, Christopher Nelson.