Background
DePalma, Samuel was born on June 22, 1918 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Nicholas and Rose (Freda) Depositus.
DePalma, Samuel was born on June 22, 1918 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Nicholas and Rose (Freda) Depositus.
Bachelor of Arts Rochester, 1940. Postgraduate, American University, 1941.
After college, he took a job with the United States Department of War in Washington, District of Columbia as a civilian economic analyst and intelligence specialist. After World World War II, in 1945, DePalma joined the United States Foreign Service. In 1956, he became deputy director of the United Nations Office of Political and Security Affairs.
He then spent a year at the National War College.
He moved to Paris in 1961, becoming first secretary and political office at North Atlantic Treaty Organization. From 1961 to 1963, he worked at the United States. embassy in the Netherlands. He joined the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency in 1963, becoming its assistant director in 1966.
In 1966, President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson nominated DePalma as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, and, after Senate Confirmation, DePalma held this office from February 7, 1969 until June 20, 1973. DePalma left government service in 1973, becoming international analysis unit director of International Telephone And Telegraph Corporation.
He retired in 1983. In retirement, DePalma was president of the American and international committees of the Community of Democracies.
He lived in Bethesda, Maryland until his death from pneumonia on March 21, 2002.
President Committee for Community of Democracies, 1984. Member American Foreign Service Association, Council on foreign Relations, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Grace E. Kilbourne, July 5, 1941. Children: Cynthia M., Winifred R.