Background
Woods, Sam Edison was born on May 15, 1892 in Starville, Texas, United States. Son of Roderick Sam and Annie Lee (Palmer) Woods.
Woods, Sam Edison was born on May 15, 1892 in Starville, Texas, United States. Son of Roderick Sam and Annie Lee (Palmer) Woods.
B. Manual Arts, University of Valparaiso, 1913. Student of University of Wisconsin, 1914, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1917-1918. Bachelor of Science, Mississippi State Teachers College, 1920.
1 daughter, Katie Rose. Married second, Milada P. Vondracekova, December 1, 1923. Married 3d, Wilhelmina Busch, 1948.
Head of Mannual Arts Department, Mississippi State Teachers College, 1917-1919.
Director extension work Grenada (Mississippi) Bank, 1920. Supervised and constructed playgrounds, Czechoslovak Government, 1921.
Supervisor of rehabilitation, Mississippi State Department Education, 1922-1928. Assistant trade commissioner, assigned to Prague, 1928-1934.
Commercial attache, Prague, 1934-1937.
Commercial attache at large, Berlin, 1937-1939. Commercial attache, Berlin, 1939-1941. Interned by German Government and later exchanged with other diplomatic personnel.
Consul general, Zurich, Switzerland, 1942-1945, 1945-1946, Istanbul, Turkey, 1945.
Consul general with personal rank of minister, Munich, Germany, 1947-1952, retired.
Member Marine Aviation, Corps, 1918. Member American Economics Association, Academy Political Sciences, Mississippi Ednl. Association, American Legion.
Club: Metropolitan.
Married Katie Rose Anderson, August 2, 1917 (died September 14, 1918). Married second, Milada P. Vondracekova, December 1, 1923.