Robert Edwin Olds (October 22, 1875 - November 25, 1932) was an American diplomat and lawyer who served as the

United States Under Secretary of State Under Secretary of State (U/S) is a title used by senior officials of the United States Department of State who rank above the Assistant Secretaries and below the Deputy Secretary. From 1919 to 1972, the Under Secretary was the second-ranking of ...

from 1927 to 1928.

Biography

Robert E. Olds was born in

Duluth, Minnesota , settlement_type = City , nicknames = Twin Ports (with Superior), Zenith City , motto = , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top: urban Duluth skyline; Minnesota ...

, on October 22, 1875. After graduating from

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States. Each class ...

in 1900, he practiced law at

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, for 17 years where he was a law partner of

Frank B. Kellogg Frank Billings Kellogg (December 22, 1856December 21, 1937) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served in the U.S. Senate and as U.S. Secretary of State. He co-authored the Kellogg–Briand Pact, for which he was awarded the ...

. He served as the Commissioner of the American Red Cross in Europe, from 1919 to 1921 during the war and as a United States member of the ''League of Nations tribunals and commissions''. On 17 June 1925, he was appointed as Assistant Secretary of State by President

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. He was subsequently appointed as Under Secretary of State, on May 19, 1927. Olds resigned as Under Secretary of State on 30 June 1928. In 1929 he became a member of the reparations commission under the treaty of Versailles. He was appointed as a member of the permanent court of arbitration at the Hague in 1931. He died suddenly on November 25, 1932, in Paris, where he was a member of the council of the International Chamber of Commerce, due to a cerebral hemorrhage.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Olds, Robert E. 1875 births 1932 deaths Minnesota lawyers League of Nations people Politicians from Duluth, Minnesota United States Under Secretaries of State Harvard Law School alumni