Background
Littell, Wallace William was born on February 10, 1922 in Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Clair Francis and Lena Augusta (Hamlin) Littell.
Littell, Wallace William was born on February 10, 1922 in Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Clair Francis and Lena Augusta (Hamlin) Littell.
Bachelor, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, 1947. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, 1978. Master of Arts, certificate, Russian Institute, Columbia University, 1949.
Student, Heidelberg University, Germany, 1950. Student, Goettingen University, Germany, 1952. Student, Columbia, 1956.
With United States Forest Service, 1944-1946, 47, 48, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, Poland and Greece, 1946. Cultural affairs advisory Darmstadt, Germany, 1949, Hanover, Germany, 1950-1953. Editor Ost-Probleme (United States Information Service publication), Bonn, Germany, 1953-1955.
Cultural attache American embassy, Moscow, 1956-1958. Foreign affairs officer United States Information Agency, Washington, 1958-1959, 60-61. Director policy & research American National Exhibition, Moscow, 1959-1960.
1st secretary, chief press and cultural section embassy Warsaw, 1961-1965. Deputy assistant director Soviet Union and Eastern Europe United States Information Agency, 1965-1968, assistant director Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1968-1969. Counselor embassy for public affairs CPAO, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1970-1974.
Public affairs officer American embassy, Berlin, East Germany, 1975-1976. Assigned to Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy, Department State, 1976-1977. Chief Program Evaluation Staff, United States Information Agency, 1977-1978.
Counselor embassy for press and culture American embassy, Moscow, 1979-1983. Retired, 1983; public affairs advisory American delegate Budapest Cultural Forum, 1985.
Member Cornell College Iowa Sports Hall of Fame, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Betty Gay Paris, June 4, 1948 (deceased 1984). Children: David, Linda, Harriet, Julie, Andrea. Married Helen M. Shaw, June 15, 1985 (deceased 1992).
Married Ilda Hall, 2003.