Background
Sawyer, Gene was born on September 9, 1910 in Danvers, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Morse Leon and Harriet Elizabeth (Adams) Lewis.
Sawyer, Gene was born on September 9, 1910 in Danvers, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Morse Leon and Harriet Elizabeth (Adams) Lewis.
Graduate, Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Massachusetts, 1928. Student, Syracuse University, 1928—1930.
Radio announcer, writer, producer, Honolulu, New York City, China, 1937-1949. Officer United States Foreign Service, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Washington, 1950-1965. Correspondent in Honolulu, Voice of America, Washington, 1966-1971.
Student interviewer manuscripts Hawaii Pacific College and East West Center, Honolulu, 1972-1979.
Editor original material on Burma and Cambodia, U. Hawaii, 1980-1981. Vice-president, Hawaii division United Nations Association, 1971-1973, board of directors, since 1975.
Vice president Hawaii Division United Nations Association, 1971—1973, board directors, since 1975. Member of Foreign Service Associates, Honolulu Academy Arts, Women in Committee (Headliner award, Hawaii chapter 1986), Friends of East-West Center (life), Theta Sigma Phi.
Married William Polk Sawyer, September 9, 1930.