Background
Houston, Herbert Sherman was born on November 23, 1866 in Champaign, Illinois, United States. Son of Major Samuel and Emeline (Sherman) Houston.
Houston, Herbert Sherman was born on November 23, 1866 in Champaign, Illinois, United States. Son of Major Samuel and Emeline (Sherman) Houston.
Bachelor of Philosophy South Dakot, 1888. Studied University Chicago, Boston University. Master of Arts, University Pennsylvania, 1916.
Doctor of Laws, University South Dakot, 1917.
City editor of Sioux City Journal, 1890-1892. With Chicago Tribune, 1892-1895, Outing Magazine, 1895-1900. Member Doubleday, Page & Company, 1900-1921 (vice president).
Editor of Spanish edition of World’s Work (Louisiana Revista del Mundo).
Chairman commission on information, and member Executive Committee, League to Enforce Peace, and member of committee that drafted platform of the League, at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, June 1915. Member Committee of Chamber of Commerce of the United States on Economic Results of the War.
President Associate Advertising Clubs of the World, 1915-1917. Member American committee International Chamber of Commerce.
Member Commision on International Justice and Good Will of Federal Council of Churches in America.
Formed international public company, 1921. Public Our World, 1921-1924. Founder, and president Cosmos Newspaper Syndicate, since 1924.
President Cosmos Broadcasting Company to 1933.
Delivered series of addresses in Japan, 1931. Presented war debt settlement plan, International Chamber of Commerce, May 1931.
Member Doubleday, Page & Company, 1900-1921 (vice president). Member Committee of Chamber of Commerce of the United States on Economic Results of the War. Clubs of the World, 1915-1917.
Member American committee International Chamber of Commerce.
Member Commision on International Justice and Good Will of Federal Council of Churches in America. Member Psi Upsilon (executive council 1915-1930), Phi Beta Kappa.
Member of the United States Government Committee of Information during World War. Member Committee Walter Page Journalistic.
Member President Hoover’s National Advisory Committee on Illiteracy, American Child Health Association, New York Child Welfare Society, Student International Union, Council on International Relations.
Member committee for World Trade Center at New York World’s Fair representing International Chamber of Commerce. Member board directors World Education Service Council (Chairman of Commission World Friendship Hour for Schools of United Nations). Clubs: Century, Cosmos, The Pilgrims.
Married Agnes L. True (died December 5, 1936). Married second, Mistress.