Background
Gibson, Hugh was born on August 16, 1883 in in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Frank A. and Mary Gibson.
Gibson, Hugh was born on August 16, 1883 in in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Frank A. and Mary Gibson.
Graduate École Libre des Sciences Politiques, Paris, 1907. Doctor of Laws, Master of Arts, Pomona. Doctor Diploma and Political Science, Louvain.
Doctor of Laws, University of Brussels and Yale.
Private secretary to legation at Tegucigalpa, Honduras, July 31, 1908. 2d secretary American Embassy, London, 1909-1910.
Private secretary to assistant secretary of state, Washington, District of Columbia, 1901-1911. Secretary of legation, Havana, Cuba, 1911-1913. Member special mission to observe elections in Santo Domingo, December 1913.
Secretary of Legation, Brussels, 1914-1916. Assigned to Embassy, London, May 16, 1916, to Department of State, February 28, 1917. Attached to British secretary of state for foreign affairs during visit to the United States, April-June 1917.
Attached to Belgian War Mission during visit of the Mission to the United States, June-August 1917. Appointed 1st secretary Embassy, Paris, March 1918. Duty with Mr. Hoover, director general of relief, November 1918-April 1919.
Member Inter-Allied Mission to countries of former Austro-Hungarian Empire, December 1918-January 1919: appointed first Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary to Poland, April 16, 1919. Appointed Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary to Switzerland, 1924-1927. Vice-chairman American delegation to International Conference for Control of the Traffic in Arms, Geneva, 1925.
Chairman American delegation to Preparatory Common for Disarmament Conference, 1926-1927. Ambassador to Belgium and Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary to Luxemburg, 1927-1933, and 1937-1938. Ambassador to Brazil, 1933-1937.
Delaware to Conference on Private Manufacture of Arms, 1927. Chairman American Delegation to Conference for Limitation of Naval Armament and chairman on the conference, 1927. Delegate to London Naval Conference.
Acting chairman United States Delegation at Disarmament Conference, Geneva, 1932, United States representative on Mediatory Group to end Chaco War, Buenos Aires, 1935. Director general for Europe of Common for Polish Relief and Common for Relief in Belgium, 1940-1941. Delegate to Chaco Peace Conference, Buenos Aires, 1935.
Director Common for Relief in Belgium and Belgian-American Educational Foundation. Director Provisional Intergovernmental commission on Movement of Migrants from Europe, since 1952. Trustee of French Institute in America.
Member special mission to observe elections in Santo Domingo, December 1913. Member Inter-Allied Mission to countries of former Austro-Hungarian Empire, December 1918-January 1919: appointed first Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary to Poland, April 16, 1919. Clubs: University, Links, Dutch Treat (New York).
Married at Brussels, Ynes Reyntiens, February 27, 1922 (deceased.