Background
Hill, Ralph Waldo Snowden was born on August 20, 1882 in Washington, District of Columbia. Son of Eugene F. and Minnie (Waldo) Hill.
Hill, Ralph Waldo Snowden was born on August 20, 1882 in Washington, District of Columbia. Son of Eugene F. and Minnie (Waldo) Hill.
Student of University of Missouri. Bachelor of Laws, University of Virginia, 1909. Post-graduate work in political science, George Washington University, and L’École des Sciences Politiques, Paris.
Admitted to Missouri bar, 1909, later to District of Columbia Bar. Practiced in Missouri and District of Columbia. Appointed assistant solicitor Department of State, May 23, 1916, assistant legal adviser.
American expert at Finance Ministers’ Conference, Paris, January 1925.
Served as American Observer, Reparation Commission, June 1, 1925-February 1927. On special missions for State Department, Berlin.
July 1925, London. 1925, 27, 31. Canada October 1939, Haiti, April 1941.
Counsel for United States in matters before International Joint Commission, United States and Canada.
Retired, March 31, 1945.
Member Society Colonial Wars. Clubs: Chevy Chase (Washington).
Married Katharine (Strickler) Wilcox, August 18, 1941.