Background
Poole, Dewitt Clinton was born on October 28, 1885 in Vancouver Barracks, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of DeWitt Clinton and Maria Woodward (Pettes) Poole.
Poole, Dewitt Clinton was born on October 28, 1885 in Vancouver Barracks, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of DeWitt Clinton and Maria Woodward (Pettes) Poole.
A. B., University of Wisconsin, 1906. M. Diploma, George Washington University, 1910. Doctor of Laws, University of Delaware, 1934.
Stepson, Alan Cornell. Entered consular service, December 20, 1910. Vice-consul at Berlin, Germany, 1911-1914, vice-consul, Paris, 1914-1915.
Duty Department of State, 1915-1917.
Promoted consul, July 1916, and assigned to Moscow, July 1917. Appointed special assistant to American ambassador in Russia, October 1918.
American charge d’affaires in Russia, November 1918-June 1919. Appointed chief Division of Russian Affairs, State Department, October 1, 1919.
Promoted consul general November 23, 1921.
Member technical staff Conference on Limitation of Armament, 1921-1922. Appointed consul general at Cape Town, October 1, 1923. Member Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 1941.
Fellow American Geography Society.
Member Council on Foreign Relations, Institute of Pacific Relations, Academie Diplomatique Internationale, Chi Psi, et cetera Clubs: Century (New York).
Member editorial board of The Public Opinion Quarterly terly.
Married Mistress.