Background
Burden, William Armistead Moale was born on April 8, 1906 in New York City. Son of William A. M. and Florence Vanderbilt (Twombly) Burden.
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William Armistead Moale Burden
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Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Harvard University, 1927. Doctor of Science, Clarkson College Technology, 1953. Doctor of Laws, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1965, Johns Hopkins University, 1970.
Analyst aviation securities Brown Brothers, Harriman & Company.
New York City, 1928-1932. Charge of aviation research Scudder, Stevens & Clark, New York City, 1932-1939.
Vice-president, director National Aviation Corporation (aviation investment trust), New York City, 1939-1941. Vice president Defense Supplies Corporation subsidiary Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1941-1942.
Special aviation assistant Secretary of Commerce, 1942-1943.
Member National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1942-1947. Assistant secretary Commerce for Air, 1943-1947. United States delegate Civil Aviation Conference, 1944.
Chairman United States delegate interim assembly Provisional International Civil Aviation Organisation, 1946.
Aviation consultant Smith Barney & Company, Incorporated., 1947-1949. Partner William Master of Arts Burden & Company, since 1949.
Special assistant for R & Doctorate to Secretary of Air Force, 1950-1952. Member National Aeronautics an Space Council, 1958-1959.
United States ambassador to Belgium, 1959-1961.
Member United States Citizens Common for North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1961-1962. Director emeritus American Metal Climax, Columbia Broadcasting System, Incorporated. Consultant Aerospace Corporation.
Career
Assistant secretary Commerce for Air, 1943-1947. Delegate Civil Aviation Conference Delegate interim assembly Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization
Partner William Master of Arts Burden & Company, since 1949.
Assistant for R & Doctorate to Secretary Director emeritus American Metal Climax, Columbia Broadcasting System, Incorporated.
Achievements
Membership
Member Council Foreign Relations (honorary director), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, France-American Society (president), Council French-American Societies in New York (chairman). Clubs: Somerset (Boston).
Connections
Married Margaret Livingston Partridge, February 16, 1931. Children: William A. M. (deceased), Robert Livingston (deceased), Hamilton Twombly, Ordway Partridge.
