Thomas Jefferson Hamilton

Background

Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson was born on September 20, 1909 in Augusta, Georgia, United States. Son of Thomas Jefferson and Daisy May (Ramsey) Hamilton.

Education

AB magna cum laude, University Georgia, 1928. Master of Arts (Rhodes scholar), Oxford University, 1930. Student, School English Literature, 1931.

Career

Reporter Atlanta Journal, 1931-1934, Washington Bureau A.P., 1934-1936, London bureau, 1936-1937, London bureau New York Times, 1937-1939. Madrid correspondent, 1939-1941. Staff Washington bureau, 1941, 45-46.

S.A., 1942; chief United Nations bureau, 1945-1965, Bonn bureau, 1965-1967, Geneva bureau, 1967-1987. United Nations correspondent Freedom and Union, 1946-1965.

Achievements

• Thomas Jefferson Hamilton has been listed as a noteworthy newspaper correspondent by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Member United Nations Corrs. Association (chairman 1947-1948, executive 1948-1950, 51-56, president 1950-1951), Council Foreign Relations, Society Silurians, Century Association, Metropolitan Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Delta Chi.

Connections

Married Ethel Mathews, November 3, 1934. Children: Anne Elizabeth (Mistress John K. Jessup, Junior), Thomas Jefferson, William B.W.

Father:

Thomas Jefferson Hamilton

Mother:

Daisy May (Ramsey) Hamilton

Spouse:

Ethel Mathews

child:

Thomas Jefferson Hamilton

child:

Junior) Hamilton

child:

William B.W Hamilton

child:

Anne Elizabeth (Mistress John K. Jessup Hamilton