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He was born in [[Normandy, Tennessee|Normandy]], [[Bedford County, Tennessee]]<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/42623005?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents The Public Life of Norman H. Davis - jstor] Retrieved 2018-04-20.</ref> to successful businessman and distiller McClin H. Davis, who is credited with perfecting the recipe for Cascade Whisky, which is now known as [[George Dickel]]. Norman Davis was prepared at the prestigious Webb School in Bell Buckle, TN, and studied at both Stanford and Vanderbilt. Davis briefly ran the Cascade Distillery following his father's death in 1898, but was forced to sell his share of the distillery to the operation's majority owners.<ref name=gaston>Kay Baker Gaston, "George Dickel Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey: The Story Behind the Label," ''Tennessee Historical Quarterly'', Vol. 57, No. 2 (Fall 1998), pp. 51-64.</ref><ref>{{cite book|authors=Hale, Will Thomas & Merritt, Dixon Lanier|title=A History of Tennessee and Tennesseans: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities, Volume 6|publisher=Lewis Publishing Company|year=1913|page=1603|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CDkVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1603}}</ref> Norman made millions of dollars from his financial dealings in Cuba from 1902 to 1917, where he was the President of the [[Trust Company of Cuba]]. While working in the financial industry, he built close friendships with [[Henry Pomeroy Davison]], an influential partner with [[J.P. Morgan & Co.]] and Chairman of the [[American Red Cross]], and [[Richard M. Bissell Jr.|Richard M. Bissell]], president of [[Hartford Fire Insurance]] and a member of the [[National Defense Commission]]. Through these connections, he was able to get appointed as a financial adviser to the [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of Treasury]] on foreign loans during [[World War I]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Domhoff, G. William|title=The Power Elite and the State: How Policy Is Made in America|publisher=Transaction Publishers|year=1990|isbn=9780202369877|pages=115–116|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A35GpAnLR5EC&pg=PA115}}</ref> |
He was born in [[Normandy, Tennessee|Normandy]], [[Bedford County, Tennessee]]<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/42623005?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents The Public Life of Norman H. Davis - jstor] Retrieved 2018-04-20.</ref> to successful businessman and distiller McClin H. Davis, who is credited with perfecting the recipe for Cascade Whisky, which is now known as [[George Dickel]]. Norman Davis was prepared at the prestigious Webb School in Bell Buckle, TN, and studied at both Stanford and Vanderbilt. Davis briefly ran the Cascade Distillery following his father's death in 1898, but was forced to sell his share of the distillery to the operation's majority owners.<ref name=gaston>Kay Baker Gaston, "George Dickel Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey: The Story Behind the Label," ''Tennessee Historical Quarterly'', Vol. 57, No. 2 (Fall 1998), pp. 51-64.</ref><ref>{{cite book|authors=Hale, Will Thomas & Merritt, Dixon Lanier|title=A History of Tennessee and Tennesseans: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities, Volume 6|publisher=Lewis Publishing Company|year=1913|page=1603|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CDkVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1603}}</ref> Norman made millions of dollars from his financial dealings in Cuba from 1902 to 1917, where he was the President of the [[Trust Company of Cuba]]. While working in the financial industry, he built close friendships with [[Henry Pomeroy Davison]], an influential partner with [[J.P. Morgan & Co.]] and Chairman of the [[American Red Cross]], and [[Richard M. Bissell Jr.|Richard M. Bissell]], president of [[Hartford Fire Insurance]] and a member of the [[National Defense Commission]]. Through these connections, he was able to get appointed as a financial adviser to the [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of Treasury]] on foreign loans during [[World War I]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Domhoff, G. William|title=The Power Elite and the State: How Policy Is Made in America|publisher=Transaction Publishers|year=1990|isbn=9780202369877|pages=115–116|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A35GpAnLR5EC&pg=PA115}}</ref> |
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Davis headed a commission of the [[League of Nations]] that negotiated the [[Klaipėda Convention]] in 1924. He was a delegate to the first General Conference for the Limitation and Reduction of Armaments at Geneva that opened in February, 1932. Shortly after the Disarmament Conference resumed in the Spring of 1933, he arrived in Geneva, and began serving as Chairman of the American delegation with the rank of Ambassador, having been appointed to that position by the incoming Roosevelt administration.(Hugh Wilson, Diplomat Between Wars (1941), 263,270, 284-285)(Arnold A. Offner, American Appeasement (1976), 21) (Department of State, Peace and War United States Foreign Policy 1931 -1941, (2003 by University Press of the Pacific, Reprinted from the 1942 edition), 9-12) In a May 22, 1933 address to the Disarmament Conference at Geneva Davis said, "We feel the ultimate objective should be to reduce armaments... through successive stages down to the level of a domestic police force." (New York Times, May 23, 1933, "Peace and Arms Pledges of the United States Given to World Disarmament Parley By Davis." (For details regarding the Disarmament Conference at Geneva See: Foreign Relations of the United States diplomatic papers, 1933, general, The conference for the reduction and limitation of armaments, Geneva, 1933, |
Davis headed a commission of the [[League of Nations]] that negotiated the [[Klaipėda Convention]] in 1924. He was a delegate to the first General Conference for the Limitation and Reduction of Armaments at Geneva that opened in February, 1932. Shortly after the Disarmament Conference resumed in the Spring of 1933, he arrived in Geneva, and began serving as Chairman of the American delegation with the rank of Ambassador, having been appointed to that position by the incoming Roosevelt administration.(Hugh Wilson, Diplomat Between Wars (1941), 263,270, 284-285)(Arnold A. Offner, American Appeasement (1976), 21) (Department of State, Peace and War United States Foreign Policy 1931 -1941, (2003 by University Press of the Pacific, Reprinted from the 1942 edition), 9-12) In a May 22, 1933 address to the Disarmament Conference at Geneva Davis said, "We feel the ultimate objective should be to reduce armaments... through successive stages down to the level of a domestic police force." (New York Times, May 23, 1933, "Peace and Arms Pledges of the United States Given to World Disarmament Parley By Davis." (For details regarding the Disarmament Conference at Geneva See: Foreign Relations of the United States diplomatic papers, 1933, general, The conference for the reduction and limitation of armaments, Geneva, 1933, 1–355, note that U.S. diplomatic papers often cited as FRUS, are available through the University of Wisconsin digital collections.) He was chairman of the [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies]] from 1938 to 1944 and president of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] 1936–1944. He was a member of the [[Peabody Award]]s Board of Jurors from 1940 to 1942.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/stories/story/george-foster-peabody-awards-board-members|title=George Foster Peabody Awards Board Members|website=www.peabodyawards.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> |
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In 1939, following the outbreak of war in Europe, Davis chaired the steering committee of the Council on Foreign Relations' ''[[War and Peace Studies]]'' project, created to advise the U.S. Government on wartime policy. He would also join the State Department's committee on overseas war measures, the fifteen-member [[Advisory Committee on Problems of Foreign Relations]]. |
In 1939, following the outbreak of war in Europe, Davis chaired the steering committee of the Council on Foreign Relations' ''[[War and Peace Studies]]'' project, created to advise the U.S. Government on wartime policy. He would also join the State Department's committee on overseas war measures, the fifteen-member [[Advisory Committee on Problems of Foreign Relations]]. |
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Norman Davis | |
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| 2nd Under Secretary of State | |
| In office June 15, 1920 – March 7, 1921 | |
| President | Woodrow Wilson Warren G. Harding |
| Preceded by | Frank Polk |
| Succeeded by | Henry P. Fletcher |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Norman Hezekiah Davis August 9, 1878 Normandy, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | July 2, 1944 (aged 65) Hot Springs, Virginia, U.S. |
| Spouse |
Mackie Paschall
(m. 1898; died 1942) |
| Children | 8 |
| Education | Vanderbilt University Stanford University |
Norman Hezekiah Davis (August 9, 1878 – July 2, 1944) was a U.S. diplomat. He joined the Treasury Department in 1917, serving as President Wilson's chief financial advisor at the Paris Peace Conference. In 1919 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and the following year became Under Secretary of State. (Arnold A. Offner, American Appeasement (1976), 21) (August Heckscher, Woodrow Wilson (1991), 564, provides an example of Wilson issuing a directive to the financial counselor, Norman Davis.)
He was born in Normandy, Bedford County, Tennessee[1] to successful businessman and distiller McClin H. Davis, who is credited with perfecting the recipe for Cascade Whisky, which is now known as George Dickel. Norman Davis was prepared at the prestigious Webb School in Bell Buckle, TN, and studied at both Stanford and Vanderbilt. Davis briefly ran the Cascade Distillery following his father's death in 1898, but was forced to sell his share of the distillery to the operation's majority owners.[2][3] Norman made millions of dollars from his financial dealings in Cuba from 1902 to 1917, where he was the President of the Trust Company of Cuba. While working in the financial industry, he built close friendships with Henry Pomeroy Davison, an influential partner with J.P. Morgan & Co. and Chairman of the American Red Cross, and Richard M. Bissell, president of Hartford Fire Insurance and a member of the National Defense Commission. Through these connections, he was able to get appointed as a financial adviser to the Secretary of Treasury on foreign loans during World War I.[4]
Davis headed a commission of the League of Nations that negotiated the Klaipėda Convention in 1924. He was a delegate to the first General Conference for the Limitation and Reduction of Armaments at Geneva that opened in February, 1932. Shortly after the Disarmament Conference resumed in the Spring of 1933, he arrived in Geneva, and began serving as Chairman of the American delegation with the rank of Ambassador, having been appointed to that position by the incoming Roosevelt administration.(Hugh Wilson, Diplomat Between Wars (1941), 263,270, 284-285)(Arnold A. Offner, American Appeasement (1976), 21) (Department of State, Peace and War United States Foreign Policy 1931 -1941, (2003 by University Press of the Pacific, Reprinted from the 1942 edition), 9-12) In a May 22, 1933 address to the Disarmament Conference at Geneva Davis said, "We feel the ultimate objective should be to reduce armaments... through successive stages down to the level of a domestic police force." (New York Times, May 23, 1933, "Peace and Arms Pledges of the United States Given to World Disarmament Parley By Davis." (For details regarding the Disarmament Conference at Geneva See: Foreign Relations of the United States diplomatic papers, 1933, general, The conference for the reduction and limitation of armaments, Geneva, 1933, 1–355, note that U.S. diplomatic papers often cited as FRUS, are available through the University of Wisconsin digital collections.) He was chairman of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies from 1938 to 1944 and president of the Council on Foreign Relations 1936–1944. He was a member of the Peabody Awards Board of Jurors from 1940 to 1942.[5]
In 1939, following the outbreak of war in Europe, Davis chaired the steering committee of the Council on Foreign Relations' War and Peace Studies project, created to advise the U.S. Government on wartime policy. He would also join the State Department's committee on overseas war measures, the fifteen-member Advisory Committee on Problems of Foreign Relations.
References
- ^ The Public Life of Norman H. Davis - jstor Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ Kay Baker Gaston, "George Dickel Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey: The Story Behind the Label," Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Vol. 57, No. 2 (Fall 1998), pp. 51-64.
- ^ A History of Tennessee and Tennesseans: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities, Volume 6. Lewis Publishing Company. 1913. p. 1603.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ Domhoff, G. William (1990). The Power Elite and the State: How Policy Is Made in America. Transaction Publishers. pp. 115–116. ISBN 9780202369877.
- ^ "George Foster Peabody Awards Board Members". www.peabodyawards.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
External links
- Red Cross Biography
- American Red Cross Biography
- Newspaper clippings about Norman Davis in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
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- 1878 births
- 1944 deaths
- 20th-century American diplomats
- American Red Cross personnel
- People from Bedford County, Tennessee
- Presidents of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- Stanford University alumni
- United States Under Secretaries of State
- Vanderbilt University alumni
- Webb School (Bell Buckle, Tennessee) alumni