Background
Hussey, William Bertrand was born on October 23, 1915 in Bellingham, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Bertrand Brokaw and Ruth (Axtell) Hussey.
Hussey, William Bertrand was born on October 23, 1915 in Bellingham, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Bertrand Brokaw and Ruth (Axtell) Hussey.
Bachelor of Science, Boston University, 1938; postgraduate, University of California at Los Angeles, 1939-1940; postgraduate, Naval War College, 1953-1954.
Assistant housing management supervisor United States Housing Authority, 1941-1942. Chairman London (England) Liaison Group, also State Department representative, 1948-1952. Special State Department representative, Rome, 1949, Paris, 1950.
Chairman regional conference, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1949. Chief civil-military relations section, Munich, 1952—1953. Administrator officer, Frankfurt, Germany, 1953—1955.
Attache, Rangoon, Burma, 1955—1956. Consul, Chiengmal, Thailand, 1957—1959. Acting deputy chief plans and development staff Bureau Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department State, 1959—1960, deputy chief cultural presentations division, 1960—1961.
Member delegate regional conferences, Beirut, Kampala, Uganda, 1960. Group leader National Strategy Seminar, Asilomar, California, 1960. Deputy chief mission embassy, Lome, Togo, 1961—1965, Biantyre, Malawi, 1965—1966.
Chargé d'affaires American embassy, Maseru, Lesotho, Tananarive, Madagascar, 1966—1967, Port Louis, Mauritius, 1967—1969. Regional representative United Nations Development Program Western Pacific. Delegate United Nations Law of Sea Conference, 1975—1980.
Associate vice president Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, 1982—1984. Director government relations Statue of Liberty Centennial, Liberty Weekend, 1986. Foreign Affairs Consultant, 1986—1995.
With United States Merchant Marine, 1930-1933, served to lieutenant Commander United States Navy, 1942-1948, European Theatre of Operations, PTO, captain United States Naval Reserve.
Served with United States Merchant Marine, 1930-1933. Served to lieutenant commander United States Navy, 1942-1948, European Theatre of Operations. PTO; captain Reserve.
Married Fredricka Boone, December 31,1940 (divorced 1957). Children: Christina, Pamela, Eva, William Bertrand, Peter. Married Piyachart Bunnag, May 20, 1959.