Biography:Edson O. Sessions
Edson Oliver Sessions (November 5, 1902 Toledo, Ohio – November 15, 1987 Laguna Hills, California) was a consulting engineer from Chicago who served as the American ambassador to Finland (1959–1960) and Ecuador (1968–1970).[1][2]
Biography
Sessions graduated with a B.S. from Harvard University in 1925.[3] He died at his home in Laguna Hills.[1]
Career
In 1925 he was made Vice President in Charge of Construction for his father's firm, the E.O. Sessions Engineering Company. In 1930, he went to work for Bendix Aviation.[3] When his father died, Sessions took over his father's business until he sold it in 1954.[1] (Another source says he stayed at Bendix until 1935, when he opened up his own company called Sessions Engineering Company of Chicago).[3] Sessions was appointed Deputy Postmaster General by Dwight D. Eisenhower and served until Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him Ambassador to Ecuador.[3][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "EX-AMBASSADOR EDSON SESSIONS". Chicago Tribune. November 18, 1987. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-11-18-8703270115-story.html. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ↑ "Edson Oliver Sessions (1902–1987)". https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/sessions-edson-oliver. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Briefing of the Honorable Daon O. sessions". https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80B01676R004300180004-4.pdf. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ↑ "Edson O. Sessions, Envoy to Finland, Ecuador". Los Angeles Times. November 19, 1987. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-11-19-mn-22328-story.html. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
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