Background
Gilchrist, Huntington was born on November 16, 1891 in in Boston, Massachusetts, on. Son of John and Martha Hyde (Huntington) Gilchrist.
Gilchrist, Huntington was born on November 16, 1891 in in Boston, Massachusetts, on. Son of John and Martha Hyde (Huntington) Gilchrist.
Bachelor of Arts, Williams College, 1913. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1916; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1918.
Charles Loring Brace, of New York City, October 1, 1920. Children—John Huntington, Charles Loring, Elizabeth Brenda. Instructor Anglo-Chinese College, Foochow, China, also Peking University, 1913-1915.
Senior officer International Secretariat for International Administrn. and Mandated Tys. and liaison between secretary-general, League of Nations and United States Government, 1919-1928.
Executive chemical industry, United States of America and Europe, 1928-1955. Manager director Cyanamid Products Limited., London, 1935-1940.
Became executive American Cyanamid County, New York, 1940. On leave to serve as director industry division European headquarters Marshall Plan, Paris, France, 1949-1950, mission chief for Belgium Luxembourg, and Belgian Congo, as minister, Brussels, Belgium, 1950-1955.
Resident representative for Pakistan with rank of minister Technical Assistance Board, United Nations, Karachi, Pakistan, 1955-1957.
Organizer 1st conference of college newspaper editors Columbia School of Journalism, 1913. Board of trustees Columbia School of Social Work, chairman advisory council, 1959-1962. Secretary-general U.N.R.R.A. Council, Montreal, 1944.
Executive officer United Nations Conference on International Organisation, San Francisco, 1945.
Trustee Woodrow Wilson Foundation, 1948-1951. Trustee Brookings Institution, from 1943, (vice president 1949-1955), Belgian-American Ednl.
Foundation, from 1953, International Schools Foundation, 1955-1965 (Chairman, Board Of Directors 1960-1963). Honorary treasurer Royal Institute International Affairs, New York City, 1946-1957.
Member council Foreign Relations, American Society International Law, Kappa Alpha, Gargoyle. Clubs: Pilgrims Century, Union Interallie (Paris).
Married Elizabeth Brace (Bryn Mawr, 1920), daughter Children: John Huntington, Charles Loring, Elizabeth Brenda.