Background
Huntington, William Chapin was born on April 13, 1884 in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Son of Clarence William and Edith (Chapin) Huntington.
Huntington, William Chapin was born on April 13, 1884 in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Son of Clarence William and Edith (Chapin) Huntington.
Mechanical Engineering, Columbia, 1907. Doctor England, Royal Technology College, Aix-Louisiana-Chapelle, Germany, 1914.
Metallurgist and metallurgical engineer, United States Steel Corporation, 1907-1911. Studied and traveled in Germany, Belgium and France, 1911-1914, commercial agent Chicago district, United States Bureau Foreign and Domestic Commerce, 1914-1916. Commercial attache, American Embassy, Petrograd, 1916-1918.
Chief of Russian Division, Bureau Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Washington, District of Columbia, 1919-1920.
Commercial attache, American Embassy, Paris, April 1920-November 1922. Consultant practice as industrial engineer, 1923-1924.
Research on Russian economic conditions, since 1925. Lecturer American University, 1937-1939.
Editor Russian Translation Project, American Council of Learned Society, 1944-1949.
Member Washington Literary Society. Clubs: Cosmos, Chevy Chase (Washington, District of Columbia).
Married Frances A. Carpenter, April. Children: Joanna Carpenter (Mistress Huntington Noel), Edith Chapin (Mistress David Benton Williams).
