Background
Berry, Gordon Lockwood was born on January 8, 1884 in Plantsville, Connecticut, United States. Son of Loren Foster and Louise (Coy) Berry.
international organization executive
Berry, Gordon Lockwood was born on January 8, 1884 in Plantsville, Connecticut, United States. Son of Loren Foster and Louise (Coy) Berry.
Educated Grinnell (Iowa) College 2 years, College City of New York 1 year.
Circulation manager Van Norden’s Magazine, The Winthrop Press, New York, 1907-1913. Field secretary National Committee for Prevention of Blindness, New York, 1913-1918. Young Men's Christian Association secretary attached to Les Foyers du Soldat, France, 1918-1919.
European representative Near East Relief and an organizer and first executive secretary International Near East Association, 1919-1929.
Member advisory committee High Commissariat for Refugees, League of Nations. Member Armenian sub-committee, refugees section International Labor Office, 1924-1929. Member American Committee, International Student Service.
Member Committee on Emergency Relief for Chinese Students, 1929-1931.
Member of advisory council, American Friends of Turkey. An organizer International Association for Prevention of Blindness, created at The Hague, 1929.
Married Katharine Wolcott Dwight, May 18, 1911. Children: Loren Curtis, Helen McClure, Louise Coy, Marion Dwight.