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Willard D. Straight was born on January 31, 1880 in Oswego, New York. His father died in 1886; the following year Straight and his family moved to Japan. In 1890 his mother died and he returned to Oswego. He attended Bordentown Military Institute in New Jersey, 1896-97, and majored in architecture at Cornell University, 1897-1901.
Willard Dickerman Straight (January 31, 1880 – December 1, 1918) was an American investment banker, publisher, reporter and diplomat.[1] An orphan, Straight was born on January 31, 1880 in Oswego, New York.[1] His father had been a faculty member at Oswego Normal School.[2] He attended Bordentown Military Institute in New Jersey, and in 1897 he enrolled at Cornell University and graduated in ...
Willard Dickerman Straight Photograph Album, Peking Photographs Collection: Kroch Asia Rare Materials Archive Set: Willard D. Straight in China (1901-1910) Creator: Straight, Willard Dickerman, 1880-1918 Date: 1910 Location: Beijing, Chiina Country: United States China ID Number: ASWA_0002_0016 File Name: ASWA_0002_0016.jpg Culture: American ...
Willard Dickerman Straight, Cornell University Class of 1901, was an artistic, boisterous architectural student with a derring-do attitude who got things done. To raise money for athletics, he established what became Spring Day—a precursor to Slope Day—and organized a College of Architecture Day on St. Patrick's Day – precursor to today's Dragon Day.
Timeline of Early US-Korea Diplomatic Relations. Biography: Willard D. Straight and His Stay in Korea. Letters from Troubled Seoul: Straight's report from late 1905 on events in Korea. Database Highlight: Alice Roosevelt on her Tour Throughout Asia.
Willard Dickerman Straight (January 31, 1880 – December 1, 1918) was an American investment banker, publisher, reporter, diplomat and by marriage, a member of the Whitney family. He was a promoter of Chinese arts and investments, and a major supporter of liberal causes .
Early U.S.- South Korea Diplomatic Relations Willard Dickerman Straight. Willard D. Straight was born on January 31, 1880 in Oswego, New York. Having spent four years in Japan during his childhood, he early on developed an interest in all things connected to the Far East. After majoring in architecture at Cornell University (1897-1901), he was ...
