Edwin Gustaf Arnold

Background

Arnold, Edwin Gustaf was born on October 8, 1905 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of William Edward and Emma (Hamrell) Arnold.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1926, Master of Arts, 1932.

Career

Member presidential mission to Far East, 1934. Instructor School of Public Affairs, Princeton University, 1934-1935. Assistant to administrator, Farm Security Administration, 1936-1942.

Member Latin American Mission, 1942.

Assistant to director War Relocation Authority, 1942-1943, chief relocation division, 1943-1944. Director Far Eastern division, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, 1944-1945.

Director territories and island possessions, unites states department Interior, 1945-1947. Administrator Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration 1945-1947.

Managing director Virgin Islands Company 1945-1947.

President Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation 1945-1947. Special assistant to Secretary of Interior 1947-1948. Member International Social Policy Commission 1947-1948.

Economics commissioner to Sweden, 1948.

Deputy chief East.C.A. mission to Sweden, 1949-1950, deputy director Far East division, 1951. Director Far East division East.C.A., also Mutual Security Agency, 1951-1952.

Executive Ford Foundation, since 1952, head Mission to South East Asia, 1952, representative foundation in Burma, chief of Mission to Burma, since 1956. Member of advisory committee on underdeveloped areas M.S.A., 1952.

Director United States Education Foundation in Burma.

Achievements

• Edwin Gustaf Arnold has been listed as a noteworthy foundation executive. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member presidential mission to Far East, 1934. Member Latin American Mission, 1942. Member International Social Policy Commission 1947-1948.

Member of advisory committee on underdeveloped areas M.S.A., 1952.

Director United States Education Foundation in Burma. Member United States delegation to the Caribbean Conference, 1946, World Economics Conference, Geneva, 1947.

Member American Academy Political and Social Science, American Society Public Administration, American Political Science Association, Council on Foreign Relations (New York), Foreign Policy Association, International Institute Administrative Science (Brussels), National Planning Association, Asia Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Epsilon. Clubs: University, Yale (New York City).

Connections

Married Louise Hitchcock, June 4, 1935. Children: William Edwin, Sara Louise.

Father:

William Edward Arnold

Mother:

Emma (Hamrell) Arnold

Spouse:

Louise Hitchcock

child:

William Edwin Arnold

child:

Sara Louise Arnold