Background
Dies, Douglas Hilton was born on September 9, 1913 in St. Paul. Son of Edward Jerome and Mareeta (Cole) Dies.
international trade consultant
Dies, Douglas Hilton was born on September 9, 1913 in St. Paul. Son of Edward Jerome and Mareeta (Cole) Dies.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1934; postgraduate, University of Oxford, 1934-1935.
Editorial staff, Grand Forks (North Dakota) Herald, summer 1933;
Editorial staff, Minneapolis Star, summer 1934;
Editorial staff, London Sunday Chronicle, summer 1935;
staff London bureau, U.P., 1935-1938;
staff London bureau, Knoxville (Tennessee) Journal, 1938-1940;
public relations department, Westinghouse Electric Company, 1940-1941;
staff, A.P., Cleveland, 1941-1942;
public information staff, United States Board Economics Warfare, Washington, 1942-1943;
public relationist, Washington, since 1946;
associate world trading corporations, since 1947;
assistant to president, National Institute Oilseed Products, 1947-1987;
Washington representative, Pillsbury Company, 1956-1964;
Washington representative, East Asiatic Company, 1956-1978;
Washington representative, Woodward & Dickerson, Inc., 1958-1987;
assistant secretary, bureau raw materials, American Vegetable Oils and Fats Industries, 1961-1962;
secretary, American Vegetable Oils and Fats Industries, since 1962;
executive secretary, American Council Indiana laboratories, 1963-1981;
consultant, 1981-1984;
executive director emeritus, 1984. Guest lecturer Georgetown University School Foreign Trade. Member Agricultural Technology Advisory Committee on Oilseeds and Products for Multilateral Trade Negotiations, 1975-1987.
Member of advisory State Technology Services Act District of Columbia.
Member Republican City Committee, Alexandria, 1958-1961. Vestryman Episcopalian church Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1943-1946. Member S.R. (governor District of Columbia 1956-1965), Military Order World Wars, Hereditary Order Descendants ColonialGovs.
(councillor-general since 1993), Order Americans Armonial Ancestry, Harvard Club (New York City, Washington), Metropolitan Club (Washington), University Club (Washington), Oxford-Cambridge Club (Washington), Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Married Mary Frances Doreen Harding, November 25, 1939. Children– Harding Mogridge, Andrea Frances.