Background
Snyder, Robert Martin was born on September 6, 1912 in Lahmansville, West Virginia, United States. Son of Noah W. and Maggie M. (Varner) Snyder.
government official agriculture consultant
Snyder, Robert Martin was born on September 6, 1912 in Lahmansville, West Virginia, United States. Son of Noah W. and Maggie M. (Varner) Snyder.
Bachelor of Science in Agr, West Virginia University, 1937.
Engaged in farming, 1929-1990. Agricultural extension agent Nicholas County, West Virginia, 1937-1941. Administration commodity loans crop insurance and program performance American Automobile Association, Morgantown, 1941-1942.
Administration grain and oilseed program E central region, American Automobile Association United States Department of Agriculture, 1942-1947, assistant coordinator, Commodity Credit Corporation, 1947-1950, coordinator dairy, poultry, fruit and vegetable programs, Commodity Credit Corporation, 1950-1952. Chief agriculturist United States mission to Karachi, Pakistan Foreign Operations Administration, 1952-1954. Director United States Mission and counselor United States Embassy Afghanistan, Kabul, 1954-1959.
Representative International Cooperation Administration to, British East Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Zanzibar, 1959-1960. Food and agriculture officer West African countries of Ivory Coast, Upper Volta, Niger, Dahomey, 1961-1962. Acting director United States Agency for International Development Mission, Ivory Coast, 1961-1963.
Agriculture adviser, area office representative Agency for International Development mission to, Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1964. Attache, Agency for International Development affairs officer Malawi, Africa, 1964-1968. Consultant World Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 1967.
Detail officer foreign direct investments Department Commerce, 1968. Agency for International Development affairs officers Washington, 1968-1969. Food and agriculture officer United States Agency for International Development, Amman, Jordan, 1969-1970.
Planning adviser Ministry Natural Resources, Nigeria, 1970-1972. Consultant, from 1972. Member delegate General Member Agreements Tariffs and Trade Conference, Torquay, England, 1951.
Member Museum Commission, Library Commission.
Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946, PTO. Member Foreign Service Association, American Legion, West Virginia University Alumni Association, American Academy Political and Social Science, Society International Development, International Platform Association, United States National Trust for Historic Preservation, Nature Conservancy, Commission on Aging, Alpha Zeta. Clubs: Masons, Kiwanis, Explorers.
Married Gail M. Hiser, November 25, 1937. Children: Rebecca J. Snyder Peters, Margaret A. Snyder Bensenhaver, Shirley L. Snyder Williams, Robert Martin Junior.