Background
MAYER, Ferdinand Lathrop was born on May 25, 1887 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Ferdinand Lathrop and Kate (Lathrop) Mayer.
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Ferdinand Lathrop MAYER
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Princeton University, Bachelor of Arts, 1909, Master of Arts, 1916. Harvard University, Bachelor of Laws, 1913.
Career
Appointed Secy, of Embassy, Class four. 1916; assigned to Port-au-Prince. 1916, Charge d’Affaires, Port-au-Prince, 1916-1917.
Appointed Secretary Class three, 1917. Assigned to Division. of Latin American affairs, Dfept. of State, 1917-1919. Appointed Secy, of Class two, 1921.
Assigned to Division. of Far Eastern Affairs in connection with Conference on Limitation of Armament, 1921. Assigned to Tangier, 1922, Peking, 1923. On detail Tokyo, 1923.
Appointed Foreign Service Officer. Class four, 1924, Class three. 1924, Class two, assigned as Counselor of Legation, Peking, 1925.
Charge d’Affaires, Peking, during 1924-1927. Secy, of American Delegate, to Special Conference called by Chinese Government, in connection with Chinese customs tariff, 1925. Counselor of Legation, Ottawa, 1928.
Counselor of Embassy, Lima. 1929. Charge d’Affaires at Lima, 1929-1930.
Membership
Member: Amos Osborne Historical. Society; Oneida Historical. Society; National. Geographical.
Society; American Red Cross. Isaak Walton League; Stevens Swan Humane Society. Oneida Company Farm Bureau.
Brotherhood of St. Andrew. Clubs: Pickwick, Republican Ad dress: Waterville, New York MAYES, Jewell: Secretary, State Board of Agriculture. B. February 15, 1873, Polo, Missouri.
S. Wiley and Sina (Stephenson) Mayes. Education Rural schools. Chillicothe Normal School.
M. Edith Frances Martin August 10, 1904, (dec.). Chairman., Publicity Committee of Missouri Anti-Single Tax League, 1912. Secretary, Missouri State Board of Agriculture, since 1914.
President, American Association of Farmers Institute. Workers, 1917. President, National. Association of Depts. of Agriculture, 1926.
Member: Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Modern Woodmen. Club: Lions International.
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Spouse Katherine Alexander Duer, Peking, China.
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