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August 23, 1950
The Ohio Daily Express
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
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U.S. State Department assigns Charles M. Hanson Jr., an experienced Black diplomat from New York, as vice-consul in Zurich, Switzerland, marking him as the first African American consular officer to serve there.
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Assigned To Zurich
ZURICH, Switzerland (ANP)-- The U. S. State Department has assigned Charles M. Hanson Jr., of New York as a vice-consul in the Consulate-General's office here.
Young Hanson who has been serving as Third Secretary in the Liberian Embassy at Monrovia, has been in the foreign service for several years.
A graduate of the College of the City of New York, he did graduate work in Havana, Cuba, and also in Mexico. He is a fluent linguist.
During the war he did special study at the staff college of the army in Italy.
Mr. Hanson is the first Negro consular officer to serve in Switzerland.
ZURICH, Switzerland (ANP)-- The U. S. State Department has assigned Charles M. Hanson Jr., of New York as a vice-consul in the Consulate-General's office here.
Young Hanson who has been serving as Third Secretary in the Liberian Embassy at Monrovia, has been in the foreign service for several years.
A graduate of the College of the City of New York, he did graduate work in Havana, Cuba, and also in Mexico. He is a fluent linguist.
During the war he did special study at the staff college of the army in Italy.
Mr. Hanson is the first Negro consular officer to serve in Switzerland.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Consular Appointment
First Negro Officer
Zurich Switzerland
Foreign Service
Diplomat Background
What entities or persons were involved?
Charles M. Hanson Jr.
Where did it happen?
Zurich, Switzerland
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Key Persons
Charles M. Hanson Jr.
Location
Zurich, Switzerland
Story Details
Charles M. Hanson Jr., of New York, previously Third Secretary in the Liberian Embassy at Monrovia, assigned as vice-consul in Zurich; graduate of College of the City of New York, graduate work in Havana and Mexico, fluent linguist, special study in Italy during war; first Negro consular officer in Switzerland.