Background
MURRAY, Wallace Smith was born on March 10, 1887 in Bardstown, Kentucky, United States. Son of John P. and Maude (Cook) Murray.
chief Department of State Division of Near Eastern Affairs
MURRAY, Wallace Smith was born on March 10, 1887 in Bardstown, Kentucky, United States. Son of John P. and Maude (Cook) Murray.
Wittenberg College, Bachelor of Arts, 1909. Harvard University, Master of Arts, 1913. Sorbonne and University of Paris.
Served with 42 (Rainbow) Division., France, 1917-1919. Adjutant to Military Governor., Ahrweiler, Germany, with Army of Occupation, 1919. Appointed, after exam., Secy, of Legation, Budapest, Hungary, 1920.
Assigned American Legation, Teheran, Persia, 1922, as Charge d’affaires. Assigned Department of State, 1925. Appointed Assistant Chief, Division. of Near Eastern Affairs, 1927.
Chief, since 1929.
Member: Masons. Clubs: Metropolitan, Harvard (Washington, District of Columbia).
Spouse Frances R. Wilde, November 5, 1924, Teheran, Per sia.