Background
Olds, Robert Edwin was born on October 22, 1875 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. Son of James Edwin and Lillian May (Goodrich) Olds.
Olds, Robert Edwin was born on October 22, 1875 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. Son of James Edwin and Lillian May (Goodrich) Olds.
Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, Harvard, 1897, Bachelor of Laws, 1900.
Practiced in Saint Paul, 1900-1917, inclusive. Member Davis, Kellogg and Severance, afterwards Davis, Severance and Olds. Counselor American Red Cross Commission to France, January 1918-January 1919.
European commissioner in charge of America Red Cross operations abroad, January 1919-July 1921.
Member for North America, of commission appointed by 12th International Conference at Geneva to report plan of world organization for Red Cross, 1923. American member Arbitration Tribunal appointed to adjust pecuniary claims between the United States and Great Britain under the Treaty of 1910, 1923-1925.
President of the board of trustees American Library in Paris, 1924-1925. Member of commission appointed by League of Nations to report plan in international coöperation for disaster relief, 1924, 25.
Appointed assistant secretary of state October 1, 1925.
Undersecretary of state, July 1, 1927-1928. Member Sullivan & Cromwell, since 1928.
Member Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague, December since 1931. Member Reparation Commission under Treaty of Versailles, October 20, since 1929. Member Permanent International Commission provided by Treaty of Conciliation between United States and Finland.
Member Economics Consultative Committee, League of Nations, since 1920.
Member Central Committee and Executive Committee American National Red Cross, 1927-1928. Trustee Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Married Rose Wilhelmina Nabersberg, September 16, 1902.