Background
Groves, Herbert Lawrence was born on January 21, 1888 in Coudersport, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John R. and Charlotte Elizabeth (Dowse) Groves.
Groves, Herbert Lawrence was born on January 21, 1888 in Coudersport, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John R. and Charlotte Elizabeth (Dowse) Groves.
Graduate Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Connecticut, 1908. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1912.
With International Harvester Company, Chicago, 1913-1916. With Chicago office of Paine, Webber & Company, of Boston, 1916-1919. Unites states department of Commerce, foreign service, 1919-1933, serving in the principal countries of Europe.
Executive secretary Drug Institute of America, Inc., 1933-1935. Assistant director, bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Washington. Chief of Foreign Commerce Service, 1936-1938.
In the United States foreign service from 1939 as commercial attache and economics counselor, successively in Belgium, China, Venezuela, Norway and Greece. United States consul general, Montreal, Canada. Author: numerous economic, financial, and commercial studies on various countries.
Home: Coudersport, Pennsylvania.
Married Ethel Julia Falconer, August 14, 1914.