Chamberlin, Waldo, 1905-1986

Biography

Waldo Chamberlin was born October 13, 1905, in Rockford, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Washington with an A.B in 1927, and an A.M. in 1936. From 1937 to 1940, he was a member of the research staff at the Hoover Library at Stanford University, receiving his Ph.D. from the university in 1939. During World War II Chamberlin held posts in the U.S. Department of State and other federal agencies, and at the end of the war he became a document officer for the United Nations in its preparatory stages and first years. From 1949 to 1961, Chamberlin was professor of government in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at New York University where he also served as consultant to the director of libraries and was responsible for the creation and direction of their United Nations Collection. During the 1950s, Chamberlin did research and wrote historical studies for the Brookings Institution, some in collaboration with his colleague Clyde Eagleton. He became the Dean of Dartmouth Colleges' summer program in 1961, a position he held until 1969, when he became professor of history. Chamberlin retired from Dartmouth College in 1971, and died on January 28, 1986 in Hanover, New Hampshire.

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