Arthur E. Goldschmidt

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Arthur Eduard Goldschmidt[1] (February 17, 1910 - September 21, 2000) was an American economist and diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council.[2][3]

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Goldschmidt was born and raised in San Antonio, and received a bachelor's degree from Columbia University in 1932.[4] He was a friend of President Lyndon B. Johnson.[5]

He began his career in the U.S. government at the Federal Emergency Relief Administration where he served from 1933 to 1936. He worked for the Power Division of the Public Works Administration from 1938 to 1940 and was chief of the United States Department of the Interior's power division from 1942 to 1949 before working for the United Nations in 1950.[2][5][6] As director of the division of power, he assisted the United States Secretary of Energy in supervising the discharge of the Department's responsibilities in electric power matters.[6]

From 1950 to 1967, Goldschmidt was director of technical assistance for the special fund operations of the United Nations.[5][7] He was the United States representative at the United Nations Economic and Social Council from 1967 to 1969 with the rank of ambassador, succeeding James Roosevelt.[8]

Goldschmidt died on September 21, 2000, at a retirement community in Haverford, Pennsylvania.

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  1. ^ "Goldschmidt, Arthur E., 1910-2000 · Discover Production". www.discoverlbj.org. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Arthur E. Goldschmidt, 90, a U.N. Envoy". The New York Times. September 28, 2000. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  3. ^ Nations, United States Mission to the United (1967). Press Release. United States Mission to the United Nations.
  4. ^ "OBITUARIES". Columbia College Today. February 2001. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Arthur E. Goldschmidt papers, 1932-1997 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library | Columbia University Libraries Finding Aids". findingaids.library.columbia.edu. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Official Organization Handbook" (PDF). United States Department of the Interior. 1947. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  7. ^ Goldschmidt, Arthur (1959). "Program Planning and Development". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 323: 50–58. doi:10.1177/000271625932300108. ISSN 0002-7162. JSTOR 1033525. S2CID 145214070.
  8. ^ "Executive Calendar Prepared Under the Direction of Francis R. Valeo, Secretary of the Senate" (PDF). United States Senate. January 25, 1967. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 26, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
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