Background
George Robert Merrell Jr. was born on July 13, 1898 in St. Louis, Missouri. Son of George Robert Sr. and Alice (Atkins) Merrell.
George Robert Merrell Jr. was born on July 13, 1898 in St. Louis, Missouri. Son of George Robert Sr. and Alice (Atkins) Merrell.
Cornell University, B. Second Lieutenant, Air Service, United States Army, 1917-1918; apptd. Secy, of Embassy or Legation of class 4, 1921; Assigned to Dept, of State, 1922; to The Hague, 1922; assigned temp., to to American Delegation on Commission of Jurists, 1922; to Port Au Prince, as Charge d’Affaires, 1924; apptd. Foreign Service Officer, class 8, assigned to Port Au Prince, 1924; class 7, 1924; class 6, 1926; assigned as Second Secretary, Paris, 1926; at Tegucigalpa, 1928; class 5, since 1929.