Prentiss Bailey Gilbert was son of Lieutenant Colonel William Wallace Gilbert (B A University of Rochester 1861), First Lieutenant, 19th U S Infantry 1861-64, and grandson of Joseph G. & Ruth (Wallace) Gilbert of Brooklyn, N Y. His mother, Mary Elizabeth (Chapman) Gilbert, was daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Tuck) Chapman of Utica, N Y.
Special aide during Philippine insurrection 1900-01, attended College of San Carlos, Cebu, P I, Ph B University of Rochester 1906 (member Psi Upsilon), entered Yale College at beginning of Senior year, oration appointment. Grad. B.A. 1907.
Mr. Gilbert was assistant secretary and mine superintendent Monarch Plaster Co., Rochester, 1907-10; engaged in travel and study in Europe, the Orient, Australasia, Oceania, and Central America 1911-14, attended Columbia University 1915-16; in 1916 organized School of Extension Teaching, University of Rochester (M.A. 1916; first director and teacher of short story writing 1916-17).
He was commissioned First Lieutenant, U S Reserves Sept. 18, 1917, detailed to Military Intelligence Division, Office of Chief of Staff Jan. 23, 1918, commissioned First Lieutenant Military Intelligence, General Staff July 2, 1918, and promoted to Captain Aug. 20, 1918; chief of Combat Section, Military Intelligence Division; discharged March 12, 1919. He was commissioned Major, U S Reserves May 8, 1921, and Lieutenant Colonel, Military Intelligence Officers' Reserve Corps August 14,1923. He graduated U S Army War College 1924; special assistant Department of State 1919-20, chief Division of Political and Economic Information 1920-27, assistant chief and acting chief Division of Western European Affairs, Department of State, Washington, 1927-30; first secretary United States Embassy, Paris, for a short time 1930.
He was United States Consul, Geneva, 1930-37, liaison officer between United States and Council of the League of Nations and took part, as nonvoting member, in conferences attending adjustment of the Chaco War; attended discussions of League concerning Sino-Japanese war 1931 (at which time he sat at the Council, the first American to do so), active during world disarmament conferences 1932 and 1934; represented the United States at Fourth General Conference on Communications and Transit 1931.
In 1937 appointed counselor and charge d'affaires, United States Embassy, Berlin; had been in full charge of embassy since November 16, 1938, when Ambassador Hugh R. Wilson was recalled to the United States.
Mr. Gilbert took part in negotiation of an agreement on disposition of cases of American Jews in Germany; represented United States at Stockholm and Amsterdam congresses, International Chamber of Commerce, 1927, 1929; United States representative Committee on Technical Collaboration with China 1936, in 1930 made adaptation of Raoul Aurenheimer's play Der Gute Konig, produced in Philadelphia under title A Maid of Honor, fellow Royal Geographic Society (London); member Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Military Order of Foreign Wars, United Spanish War Veterans, Societe Nautique (Geneva), and Authors Club (London)
Married November 9, 1918, in New York City, Charlotte Jeannette, daughter of Joseph Benson Gilder (U S Naval Academy 1872-74) and Gwendolyn (Jackson) Gilder. No children.
Buried in Petite Saconnex Cemetery, Geneva, Switzerland. Survived by wife.
[1938-1939 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University, pages 131-132]
Special aide during Philippine insurrection 1900-01, attended College of San Carlos, Cebu, P I, Ph B University of Rochester 1906 (member Psi Upsilon), entered Yale College at beginning of Senior year, oration appointment. Grad. B.A. 1907.
Mr. Gilbert was assistant secretary and mine superintendent Monarch Plaster Co., Rochester, 1907-10; engaged in travel and study in Europe, the Orient, Australasia, Oceania, and Central America 1911-14, attended Columbia University 1915-16; in 1916 organized School of Extension Teaching, University of Rochester (M.A. 1916; first director and teacher of short story writing 1916-17).
He was commissioned First Lieutenant, U S Reserves Sept. 18, 1917, detailed to Military Intelligence Division, Office of Chief of Staff Jan. 23, 1918, commissioned First Lieutenant Military Intelligence, General Staff July 2, 1918, and promoted to Captain Aug. 20, 1918; chief of Combat Section, Military Intelligence Division; discharged March 12, 1919. He was commissioned Major, U S Reserves May 8, 1921, and Lieutenant Colonel, Military Intelligence Officers' Reserve Corps August 14,1923. He graduated U S Army War College 1924; special assistant Department of State 1919-20, chief Division of Political and Economic Information 1920-27, assistant chief and acting chief Division of Western European Affairs, Department of State, Washington, 1927-30; first secretary United States Embassy, Paris, for a short time 1930.
He was United States Consul, Geneva, 1930-37, liaison officer between United States and Council of the League of Nations and took part, as nonvoting member, in conferences attending adjustment of the Chaco War; attended discussions of League concerning Sino-Japanese war 1931 (at which time he sat at the Council, the first American to do so), active during world disarmament conferences 1932 and 1934; represented the United States at Fourth General Conference on Communications and Transit 1931.
In 1937 appointed counselor and charge d'affaires, United States Embassy, Berlin; had been in full charge of embassy since November 16, 1938, when Ambassador Hugh R. Wilson was recalled to the United States.
Mr. Gilbert took part in negotiation of an agreement on disposition of cases of American Jews in Germany; represented United States at Stockholm and Amsterdam congresses, International Chamber of Commerce, 1927, 1929; United States representative Committee on Technical Collaboration with China 1936, in 1930 made adaptation of Raoul Aurenheimer's play Der Gute Konig, produced in Philadelphia under title A Maid of Honor, fellow Royal Geographic Society (London); member Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Military Order of Foreign Wars, United Spanish War Veterans, Societe Nautique (Geneva), and Authors Club (London)
Married November 9, 1918, in New York City, Charlotte Jeannette, daughter of Joseph Benson Gilder (U S Naval Academy 1872-74) and Gwendolyn (Jackson) Gilder. No children.
Buried in Petite Saconnex Cemetery, Geneva, Switzerland. Survived by wife.
[1938-1939 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University, pages 131-132]
Prentiss Bailey Gilbert was son of Lieutenant Colonel William Wallace Gilbert (B A University of Rochester 1861), First Lieutenant, 19th U S Infantry 1861-64, and grandson of Joseph G. & Ruth (Wallace) Gilbert of Brooklyn, N Y. His mother, Mary Elizabeth (Chapman) Gilbert, was daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Tuck) Chapman of Utica, N Y.
Special aide during Philippine insurrection 1900-01, attended College of San Carlos, Cebu, P I, Ph B University of Rochester 1906 (member Psi Upsilon), entered Yale College at beginning of Senior year, oration appointment. Grad. B.A. 1907.
Mr. Gilbert was assistant secretary and mine superintendent Monarch Plaster Co., Rochester, 1907-10; engaged in travel and study in Europe, the Orient, Australasia, Oceania, and Central America 1911-14, attended Columbia University 1915-16; in 1916 organized School of Extension Teaching, University of Rochester (M.A. 1916; first director and teacher of short story writing 1916-17).
He was commissioned First Lieutenant, U S Reserves Sept. 18, 1917, detailed to Military Intelligence Division, Office of Chief of Staff Jan. 23, 1918, commissioned First Lieutenant Military Intelligence, General Staff July 2, 1918, and promoted to Captain Aug. 20, 1918; chief of Combat Section, Military Intelligence Division; discharged March 12, 1919. He was commissioned Major, U S Reserves May 8, 1921, and Lieutenant Colonel, Military Intelligence Officers' Reserve Corps August 14,1923. He graduated U S Army War College 1924; special assistant Department of State 1919-20, chief Division of Political and Economic Information 1920-27, assistant chief and acting chief Division of Western European Affairs, Department of State, Washington, 1927-30; first secretary United States Embassy, Paris, for a short time 1930.
He was United States Consul, Geneva, 1930-37, liaison officer between United States and Council of the League of Nations and took part, as nonvoting member, in conferences attending adjustment of the Chaco War; attended discussions of League concerning Sino-Japanese war 1931 (at which time he sat at the Council, the first American to do so), active during world disarmament conferences 1932 and 1934; represented the United States at Fourth General Conference on Communications and Transit 1931.
In 1937 appointed counselor and charge d'affaires, United States Embassy, Berlin; had been in full charge of embassy since November 16, 1938, when Ambassador Hugh R. Wilson was recalled to the United States.
Mr. Gilbert took part in negotiation of an agreement on disposition of cases of American Jews in Germany; represented United States at Stockholm and Amsterdam congresses, International Chamber of Commerce, 1927, 1929; United States representative Committee on Technical Collaboration with China 1936, in 1930 made adaptation of Raoul Aurenheimer's play Der Gute Konig, produced in Philadelphia under title A Maid of Honor, fellow Royal Geographic Society (London); member Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Military Order of Foreign Wars, United Spanish War Veterans, Societe Nautique (Geneva), and Authors Club (London)
Married November 9, 1918, in New York City, Charlotte Jeannette, daughter of Joseph Benson Gilder (U S Naval Academy 1872-74) and Gwendolyn (Jackson) Gilder. No children.
Buried in Petite Saconnex Cemetery, Geneva, Switzerland. Survived by wife.
[1938-1939 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University, pages 131-132]
Special aide during Philippine insurrection 1900-01, attended College of San Carlos, Cebu, P I, Ph B University of Rochester 1906 (member Psi Upsilon), entered Yale College at beginning of Senior year, oration appointment. Grad. B.A. 1907.
Mr. Gilbert was assistant secretary and mine superintendent Monarch Plaster Co., Rochester, 1907-10; engaged in travel and study in Europe, the Orient, Australasia, Oceania, and Central America 1911-14, attended Columbia University 1915-16; in 1916 organized School of Extension Teaching, University of Rochester (M.A. 1916; first director and teacher of short story writing 1916-17).
He was commissioned First Lieutenant, U S Reserves Sept. 18, 1917, detailed to Military Intelligence Division, Office of Chief of Staff Jan. 23, 1918, commissioned First Lieutenant Military Intelligence, General Staff July 2, 1918, and promoted to Captain Aug. 20, 1918; chief of Combat Section, Military Intelligence Division; discharged March 12, 1919. He was commissioned Major, U S Reserves May 8, 1921, and Lieutenant Colonel, Military Intelligence Officers' Reserve Corps August 14,1923. He graduated U S Army War College 1924; special assistant Department of State 1919-20, chief Division of Political and Economic Information 1920-27, assistant chief and acting chief Division of Western European Affairs, Department of State, Washington, 1927-30; first secretary United States Embassy, Paris, for a short time 1930.
He was United States Consul, Geneva, 1930-37, liaison officer between United States and Council of the League of Nations and took part, as nonvoting member, in conferences attending adjustment of the Chaco War; attended discussions of League concerning Sino-Japanese war 1931 (at which time he sat at the Council, the first American to do so), active during world disarmament conferences 1932 and 1934; represented the United States at Fourth General Conference on Communications and Transit 1931.
In 1937 appointed counselor and charge d'affaires, United States Embassy, Berlin; had been in full charge of embassy since November 16, 1938, when Ambassador Hugh R. Wilson was recalled to the United States.
Mr. Gilbert took part in negotiation of an agreement on disposition of cases of American Jews in Germany; represented United States at Stockholm and Amsterdam congresses, International Chamber of Commerce, 1927, 1929; United States representative Committee on Technical Collaboration with China 1936, in 1930 made adaptation of Raoul Aurenheimer's play Der Gute Konig, produced in Philadelphia under title A Maid of Honor, fellow Royal Geographic Society (London); member Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Military Order of Foreign Wars, United Spanish War Veterans, Societe Nautique (Geneva), and Authors Club (London)
Married November 9, 1918, in New York City, Charlotte Jeannette, daughter of Joseph Benson Gilder (U S Naval Academy 1872-74) and Gwendolyn (Jackson) Gilder. No children.
Buried in Petite Saconnex Cemetery, Geneva, Switzerland. Survived by wife.
[1938-1939 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University, pages 131-132]
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