Background
Yost, Charles Woodruff was born on November 6, 1907 in Watertown, New York, United States. Son of Nicholas Doxtater and Gertrude (Cooper) Yost.
Yost, Charles Woodruff was born on November 6, 1907 in Watertown, New York, United States. Son of Nicholas Doxtater and Gertrude (Cooper) Yost.
Graduate, Hotchkiss School, 1924; Bachelor, Princeton University, 1928; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Princeton University student, University Paris, 1928-1929; Doctor of Laws (honorary, St. Lawrence University, Hamilton College Doctor Social Science (honorary), University Louisville.
Entered, Foreign Service, Department State, 1930;
vice counsul, Foreign Service, Department State, Alexandria, Egypt, 1931-1932;
vice counsul, Foreign Service, Department State, Warsaw, 1932-1933;
minister-counselor American Embassy, Foreign Service, Department State, Athens, 1950-1953;
assistant to chairman United States delegation San Francisco Conference, Foreign Service, Department State, 1945;
secretary general United States delegation Potsdam Conference, Foreign Service, Department State, 1945;
charge d' affaires United States Legation, Foreign Service, Department State, Bangkok, 1945-1946;
political advisor United States delegation United Nations General Assembly, Foreign Service, Department State, 1946;
1st secretary American embassy, Foreign Service, Department State, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1947;
counselor American Legation, Foreign Service, Department State, Vienna, Austria, 1947-1949;
special assistant ambassador-at-large Council Foreign Ministers and United Nations General Assembly, Foreign Service, Department State, New York City, 1949;
director Office Eastern European Affairs, Foreign Service, Department State, 1949-1950;
minister-counselor American Embassy, Foreign Service, Department State, Athens, 1950-1953;
deputy high commissioner to Austria, Foreign Service, Department State, 1953-1954;
United States minister to Kingdom of Laos, Foreign Service, Department State, 1954-1955;
minister American embassy, Foreign Service, Department State, Paris, 1956-1958;
United States ambassador to Syria, Foreign Service, Department State, 1958;
United States ambassador to Morocco, Foreign Service, Department State, 1958-1961;
United States deputy representative to United Nations, Foreign Service, Department State, 1961-1966;
chief United States representative to United Nations, Foreign Service, Department State, 1969-1971. Senior fellow Council Foreign Relations, New York City, 1966-1969, Brookings Institute, 1975. Distinguished lecturer School International Affairs, Columbia University, 1971-1973.
Counselor United Nations Association, 1971-1973. President National Committee on United States-China Relations, 1973-1975. Special advisor Aspen Institute, since 1976.
(1972, hardcover edition, Random House, NY, 235 pages.)
Member Council Foreign Relations, American Association for the Advancement of Science. M C.
Married Irena Oldakowska, September 8, 1934. Children: Nicholas, Casimir, Felicity.