Background
Hill, Heyward Gibbes was born on January 16, 1900 in Hammond, Louisiana, United States. Son of Samuel Lindsay and Kate Turpin (McKnight) Hill.
Diplomat foreign service officer
Hill, Heyward Gibbes was born on January 16, 1900 in Hammond, Louisiana, United States. Son of Samuel Lindsay and Kate Turpin (McKnight) Hill.
Student, Louisiana State University, 1920. Student private tutors in, France and Switzerland.
Appointed foreign service officer, vice consul and secretary in the diplomatic service, 1930. Foreign service School Department State, 1930. Vice consul Kobe, Japan, 1930.
Temporary vice consul Taihoku, 1931. Vice consul Kobe, 1931. Vice counsul Yokahama, 1931.
Vice consul Buenos Aires, 1933. Assistant secretary American delegate 7th International Conference of America States, Montevideo, 1933. Secretary American delegate Pan American Commercial Conference, Buenos Aires, 1935, Chaco Peace Conference, Buenos Aires, 1935-1936.
Vice consul Geneva, Switzerland, 1936. Consul, 1937; secretary American delegate Intergovernmental Committee on Political Refugees meeting, Evian, France and London, 1938, Eighth International Conference American States, Lima, Peru, 1938. Consul Basel, Switzerland, 1939.
Second secretary embassy Panama, 1939. 2d secretary embassy for duty with United States representative to Politico-Military Commission, Algiers, 1943. Temporarily detailed European division Department of State, 5 months in 1944.
1st secretary embassy Ankara, Turkey, June, 1945. Counselor of embassy, charge d' affaires Jidda, Saudi Arabia, 1949-1950. Consul general Marseilles, France, 1951-1954.
Counselor of embassy, consul general Manila, P.I., 1954-1956. Consul general Alexandria, Egypt, U.A.R., 1957-1961.
Member of University (Washington). Athens Lawn Tennis.