Category:Roswell Newcomb Pinckney

Roswell Newcomb Pinckney 

American civil servant (1896-1981)
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Date of birth	3 December 1896 Albany
Date of death	11 July 1981 Atlanta
Country of citizenship	United States of America
Educated at	Howard University
Occupation	civil servant
Employer	United States Department of State (1917–1960)
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Roswell Newcomb Pinckney (1896-1981) was an American civil servant who worked for the State Department from 1917 to 1960. His father, Henry Pinckney, was White House Steward from 1901 to 1910, he was a childhood friend of the children of Theodore Roosevelt. He and attended Howard University 1923; was a messenger in the War Departinent 1917-1920, and in the Veterans' Bureau 1922–1923. He transferred to the Department of State and was appointed an assistant messenger, September 5, 1923. At the time of his retirement he was a supervisor in the State Department's communications section.^[1][2]

1. ↑ Obituary in the Washington Post
2. ↑ Register of the Department of State, 1930