Leo Stanton Rowe (September 17, 1871 – December 5, 1946) was the director general of the
Pan-American Union
The Organization of American States (OAS; es, Organización de los Estados Americanos, pt, Organização dos Estados Americanos, french: Organisation des États américains; ''OEA'') is an international organization that was founded on 30 April ...
from 1920 to 1946.
Life
He was born on September 17, 1871, in
McGregor, Iowa, to Louis Rowe and Catherine Raff. His family moved to Philadelphia and he attended high school and graduated in 1887. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with a
Bachelor of Philosophy
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degree in 1890. He received his
Ph.D.
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from the
University of Halle
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in 1893. He received his
J.D. from the
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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in 1895.
He taught political science at the
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...
from 1896 to 1917.
He was
United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
A United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury is one of several positions in the United States Department of the Treasury, serving under the United States Secretary of the Treasury.
History
According to U.S. statute, there are eight Assista ...
from 1917 to 1919.
He was the director general of the
Pan-American Union
The Organization of American States (OAS; es, Organización de los Estados Americanos, pt, Organização dos Estados Americanos, french: Organisation des États américains; ''OEA'') is an international organization that was founded on 30 April ...
from 1920 to 1946. He died on December 5, 1946, in
Washington, D.C.
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A now-digitized transcript at the
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...
shows that the
suffragist
Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise, is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). In some languages, and occasionally in English, the right to v ...
, feminist, and women's rights activist,
Alice Paul, was one of his students, in the class he offered on Municipal Government and Institutions in the United States and Latin America.
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References
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United States Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury
People from McGregor, Iowa
1871 births
1946 deaths
Central High School (Philadelphia) alumni
University of Pennsylvania faculty
University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni
University of Halle alumni