Background
Labouisse, Henry Richardson was born on February 11, 1904 in New Orleans. Son of Henry Richardson and Frances Devereux (Huger) Labouisse.
ambassador consultant organization executive
Labouisse, Henry Richardson was born on February 11, 1904 in New Orleans. Son of Henry Richardson and Frances Devereux (Huger) Labouisse.
AB, Princeton University, 1926. Doctor of Laws, Princeton University. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1929.
Doctor of Laws, University Bridgeport. Doctor of Laws, Lafayette College. Doctor of Laws, Tulane University.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Hartwick College. Doctor of Humane Letters, Brandeis University.
Practice with firm of, Taylor, Blanc, Capron and Marsh (and successor), New York City, 1929-1940; member firm, Mitchell, Taylor, Capron and Marsh, 1940-1941; with, State Department, 1941-1951; chief division defense materials, State Department, 1943; chief Eastern Hemisphere division, State Department, 1944; minister economics affairs, American embassy, Paris, 1944-1945; special representative in France, Federal Energy Administration, 1944-1945; special assistant to under secretary for economics affairs, Washington, 1945-1946; special assistant and economics advisor to director, Office European Affairs, 1946-1948; head United States delegate, Economics Commission Europe, 1948; coordinator foreign aid and assistance, 1948-1949; director, Office British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, 1949-1951; chief ECA (Marshall Plan) mission to France, 1951-1952; chief Modern Sciences and Arts special mission to France, 1953-1954; director, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, 1954-1958; consultant, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development., 1959-1961; director, International Cooperation Administration, 1961; United States ambassador to Greece, 1962-1965; executive director, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (organization won Nobel Peace prize 1965), 1965-1979.
Board directors Farmers' Museum, Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, New York, International Institute for Environment and Development, Washington. Trustee Clark Foundation, New York. Chairman American Farm School, Thessoloniki, Greece.
Member New York State History Association (director), Council Foreign Relations. Clubs: Metropolitan (Washington), Chevy Chase (Washington). Century Association (New York City).
Married Elizabeth Scriven Clark, June 29, 1935 (deceased 1945). 1 daughter, Anne (Mistress Martin Peretz). Married Eve Curie, November 19, 1954.