Background
Swan, Marshall Wilbur Stephen was born on November 10, 1917 in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Reinhold Ludwig and Esther Laurana (Stevens) Swan.
Diplomat Historical society executive
Swan, Marshall Wilbur Stephen was born on November 10, 1917 in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Reinhold Ludwig and Esther Laurana (Stevens) Swan.
AB, Harvard University, l939; AM, Harvard University, l94l; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, l942.
Assistant professor literary history, Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, l942-46; executive director, American Swedish History Museum, Philadelphia, l946-49; Scandinavian desk officer, unites states department State, Washington, l949-5l; Foreign Svc. officer, unites states department State, The Hague, Milan, Rome Foreign Svc. officer, unites states department State, Oslo, Stockholm, Vietnam, Burundi, l95l-73; cultural affairs advisor, United States Information Agency, Washington, l973-77; retired, l977; curator, Sandy Bay History Society and Museum, Rockport, Massachusetts, l986-. Tour director, lecturer history-oriented tours, Europe, also Mississippi Territory. Lecturer to history societies.
Board of directors 6 history societies, Massachusetts. President Essex County History Association, Salem, Massachusetts, l980-82, Harvard Glee Club Foundation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, l985-87. Member New England History Genealogical Society, United States Information Agency Alumni Association, Essex Institute, Boston Athenaeum (proprietor), Harvard Club (Boston), Rotary (historian Rockport l978-).
Married Constance Tocher, August l0, l940. Children: Geoffrey Marshall, Ingrid Constance.