Ellsworth Lester Raymond

Background

Ellsworth Raymond was born on May 8, 1912 in Fort Ann, New York, United States.

Education

Ellsworth received his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Michigan.

Career

Ellsworth entered the Foreign Service and was sent to Moscow in 1938. Ellsworth Raymond served as a research analyst, political and economic adviser as well as chief translator in the embassy from 1938 to 1943. He then went to work as a civilian for the Army, heading the Soviet economic section in military intelligence at the Army General Staff in Washington, but he quit Goverment service and turned to academic life. Mr. Raymond joined the faculty of the department of politics at New York University in 1949 and eventually became a full professor and head of the Russian area studies. He retired in 1978. He wrote ''The Soviet State'', edited scholarly books and contributed articles to various publications and sections on Soviet affairs in the Americana and Colliers enyclopedias.

Achievements

• Ellsworth is famous because of his serving at the United States Embassy in Moscow during World War II and teaching for 29 years at New York University.

Works

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  • A picture history of Eastern Europe, 1971
  • The Soviet State 1978
  • Soviet Economic Progress 1957
  • The Russian Revolution : A Concise History and Interpretation 1967

Connections

While in the provinces, he met and married a Russian ballet dancer, Anna Palasova. Over Soviet objections, he took her and their infant son back to the United States on a Navy vessel through submarine-infested waters in 1943.

Spouse:

Anna Palasova

Son:

Alan G.

Daughter:

Cathy Ann Raymond