Major General, AUS
Started Population Council
In 1953, Mr. Osborn and John D. Rockefeller 3d began the Population Council to foster studies and education on the people of various nations in relation to their material and cultural resources. He was a director of the Population Association of America and the American Eugenics Society.
Standing 6 feet 8 inches tall, Mr. Osborn was known as the tallest general in the Army when he was chosen to run its programs for education, vocational training and recreation. His division published magazines and newspapers for the troops, including Stars and Stripes and Yank, ran the Armed Forces Radio Service, made films, and supervised post exchanges and U.S.O. clubs.
After the war, General Osborn organized a network of classes, university courses and career training centers for soldiers overseas, with 2,000 such programs in Europe.
Despite his wartime commission, Mr. Osborn never saw other military service. During World War I, he had been a volunteer Red Cross ambulance driver in France.
After his graduation from Princeton, he spent a year at Cambridge University. In 1912, he went to Detroit as treasurer and eventually president of a railroad, which he sold to Henry Ford after returning from Europe in 1919.
In the early 1920's, Mr. Osborn turned to investments as a partner in the Wall Street house of G. M. P. Murphy & Company, retiring 10 years later.
Pursuing his scientific interest, he became a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History. His work later became the basis for a number of books, including ''The Future of Human Heredity'' and ''Population: An International Dilemma.''
He also edited ''Heredity and Environment'' and was the co-author with F. Lorimer of ''The Dynamics of Population.'' In 1940, Mr. Osborn was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to head the Civilian Committee on Selective Service. A year later, he was named chairman of the Army Committee on Welfare and Recreation, and, at the outbreak of war, was made a general, leading the Army's Morale Branch, which he shaped into the Information and Education Division. Served on U.N. Commissions
After the war, as the deputy to the Chief United States Representative, he served on the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission and the Commission for Conventional Armaments.
Until his resignation from the United Nations post in January 1950, Mr. Osborn often engaged in heated exchanges with Andrei Y. Vishinsky and Andrei A. Gromyko, both Deputy Soviet Foreign Ministers at the time.
He later joined a national Crusade for Freedom headed by Gen. Lucius D. Clay, which staged rallies and marches in support of free governments for Eastern Europe.
Mr. Osborn's wife, Margaret Schieffelin, is a descendant of John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the United States. In addition to his wife, Mr. Osborn is survived by two sons, Frederick Jr. of Garrison and Dr. John J. of San Francisco; four daughters, Margery Erickson of Garrison, Alice O. Breese of Princeton, N.J., Virginia Earle of New Haven, Vt.,
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/07/obituaries/frederick-osborn-a-general-91-dies.html [retrieved 21 Dec 2015].
Started Population Council
In 1953, Mr. Osborn and John D. Rockefeller 3d began the Population Council to foster studies and education on the people of various nations in relation to their material and cultural resources. He was a director of the Population Association of America and the American Eugenics Society.
Standing 6 feet 8 inches tall, Mr. Osborn was known as the tallest general in the Army when he was chosen to run its programs for education, vocational training and recreation. His division published magazines and newspapers for the troops, including Stars and Stripes and Yank, ran the Armed Forces Radio Service, made films, and supervised post exchanges and U.S.O. clubs.
After the war, General Osborn organized a network of classes, university courses and career training centers for soldiers overseas, with 2,000 such programs in Europe.
Despite his wartime commission, Mr. Osborn never saw other military service. During World War I, he had been a volunteer Red Cross ambulance driver in France.
After his graduation from Princeton, he spent a year at Cambridge University. In 1912, he went to Detroit as treasurer and eventually president of a railroad, which he sold to Henry Ford after returning from Europe in 1919.
In the early 1920's, Mr. Osborn turned to investments as a partner in the Wall Street house of G. M. P. Murphy & Company, retiring 10 years later.
Pursuing his scientific interest, he became a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History. His work later became the basis for a number of books, including ''The Future of Human Heredity'' and ''Population: An International Dilemma.''
He also edited ''Heredity and Environment'' and was the co-author with F. Lorimer of ''The Dynamics of Population.'' In 1940, Mr. Osborn was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to head the Civilian Committee on Selective Service. A year later, he was named chairman of the Army Committee on Welfare and Recreation, and, at the outbreak of war, was made a general, leading the Army's Morale Branch, which he shaped into the Information and Education Division. Served on U.N. Commissions
After the war, as the deputy to the Chief United States Representative, he served on the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission and the Commission for Conventional Armaments.
Until his resignation from the United Nations post in January 1950, Mr. Osborn often engaged in heated exchanges with Andrei Y. Vishinsky and Andrei A. Gromyko, both Deputy Soviet Foreign Ministers at the time.
He later joined a national Crusade for Freedom headed by Gen. Lucius D. Clay, which staged rallies and marches in support of free governments for Eastern Europe.
Mr. Osborn's wife, Margaret Schieffelin, is a descendant of John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the United States. In addition to his wife, Mr. Osborn is survived by two sons, Frederick Jr. of Garrison and Dr. John J. of San Francisco; four daughters, Margery Erickson of Garrison, Alice O. Breese of Princeton, N.J., Virginia Earle of New Haven, Vt.,
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/07/obituaries/frederick-osborn-a-general-91-dies.html [retrieved 21 Dec 2015].
Major General, AUS
Started Population Council
In 1953, Mr. Osborn and John D. Rockefeller 3d began the Population Council to foster studies and education on the people of various nations in relation to their material and cultural resources. He was a director of the Population Association of America and the American Eugenics Society.
Standing 6 feet 8 inches tall, Mr. Osborn was known as the tallest general in the Army when he was chosen to run its programs for education, vocational training and recreation. His division published magazines and newspapers for the troops, including Stars and Stripes and Yank, ran the Armed Forces Radio Service, made films, and supervised post exchanges and U.S.O. clubs.
After the war, General Osborn organized a network of classes, university courses and career training centers for soldiers overseas, with 2,000 such programs in Europe.
Despite his wartime commission, Mr. Osborn never saw other military service. During World War I, he had been a volunteer Red Cross ambulance driver in France.
After his graduation from Princeton, he spent a year at Cambridge University. In 1912, he went to Detroit as treasurer and eventually president of a railroad, which he sold to Henry Ford after returning from Europe in 1919.
In the early 1920's, Mr. Osborn turned to investments as a partner in the Wall Street house of G. M. P. Murphy & Company, retiring 10 years later.
Pursuing his scientific interest, he became a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History. His work later became the basis for a number of books, including ''The Future of Human Heredity'' and ''Population: An International Dilemma.''
He also edited ''Heredity and Environment'' and was the co-author with F. Lorimer of ''The Dynamics of Population.'' In 1940, Mr. Osborn was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to head the Civilian Committee on Selective Service. A year later, he was named chairman of the Army Committee on Welfare and Recreation, and, at the outbreak of war, was made a general, leading the Army's Morale Branch, which he shaped into the Information and Education Division. Served on U.N. Commissions
After the war, as the deputy to the Chief United States Representative, he served on the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission and the Commission for Conventional Armaments.
Until his resignation from the United Nations post in January 1950, Mr. Osborn often engaged in heated exchanges with Andrei Y. Vishinsky and Andrei A. Gromyko, both Deputy Soviet Foreign Ministers at the time.
He later joined a national Crusade for Freedom headed by Gen. Lucius D. Clay, which staged rallies and marches in support of free governments for Eastern Europe.
Mr. Osborn's wife, Margaret Schieffelin, is a descendant of John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the United States. In addition to his wife, Mr. Osborn is survived by two sons, Frederick Jr. of Garrison and Dr. John J. of San Francisco; four daughters, Margery Erickson of Garrison, Alice O. Breese of Princeton, N.J., Virginia Earle of New Haven, Vt.,
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/07/obituaries/frederick-osborn-a-general-91-dies.html [retrieved 21 Dec 2015].
Started Population Council
In 1953, Mr. Osborn and John D. Rockefeller 3d began the Population Council to foster studies and education on the people of various nations in relation to their material and cultural resources. He was a director of the Population Association of America and the American Eugenics Society.
Standing 6 feet 8 inches tall, Mr. Osborn was known as the tallest general in the Army when he was chosen to run its programs for education, vocational training and recreation. His division published magazines and newspapers for the troops, including Stars and Stripes and Yank, ran the Armed Forces Radio Service, made films, and supervised post exchanges and U.S.O. clubs.
After the war, General Osborn organized a network of classes, university courses and career training centers for soldiers overseas, with 2,000 such programs in Europe.
Despite his wartime commission, Mr. Osborn never saw other military service. During World War I, he had been a volunteer Red Cross ambulance driver in France.
After his graduation from Princeton, he spent a year at Cambridge University. In 1912, he went to Detroit as treasurer and eventually president of a railroad, which he sold to Henry Ford after returning from Europe in 1919.
In the early 1920's, Mr. Osborn turned to investments as a partner in the Wall Street house of G. M. P. Murphy & Company, retiring 10 years later.
Pursuing his scientific interest, he became a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History. His work later became the basis for a number of books, including ''The Future of Human Heredity'' and ''Population: An International Dilemma.''
He also edited ''Heredity and Environment'' and was the co-author with F. Lorimer of ''The Dynamics of Population.'' In 1940, Mr. Osborn was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to head the Civilian Committee on Selective Service. A year later, he was named chairman of the Army Committee on Welfare and Recreation, and, at the outbreak of war, was made a general, leading the Army's Morale Branch, which he shaped into the Information and Education Division. Served on U.N. Commissions
After the war, as the deputy to the Chief United States Representative, he served on the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission and the Commission for Conventional Armaments.
Until his resignation from the United Nations post in January 1950, Mr. Osborn often engaged in heated exchanges with Andrei Y. Vishinsky and Andrei A. Gromyko, both Deputy Soviet Foreign Ministers at the time.
He later joined a national Crusade for Freedom headed by Gen. Lucius D. Clay, which staged rallies and marches in support of free governments for Eastern Europe.
Mr. Osborn's wife, Margaret Schieffelin, is a descendant of John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the United States. In addition to his wife, Mr. Osborn is survived by two sons, Frederick Jr. of Garrison and Dr. John J. of San Francisco; four daughters, Margery Erickson of Garrison, Alice O. Breese of Princeton, N.J., Virginia Earle of New Haven, Vt.,
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/07/obituaries/frederick-osborn-a-general-91-dies.html [retrieved 21 Dec 2015].
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