Mr. Hummel was born in China to American missionary parents. When their son was 8, Mr. Hummel's parents left China for Washington, where his father became chief of the Oriental division of the Library of Congress. After attending Antioch College, Mr. Hummel studied at the College of Chinese Studies in Beijing, where he also taught English.
After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, he was interned by the Japanese, who had occupied northern China since 1937. In 1944, he fled and joined the Chinese Nationalist forces until the end of the war, when he worked for a year with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
He earned a master's degree in Chinese studies from the University of Chicago, then joined the Foreign Service in 1950. His first ambassadorship was to Burma, after which he became deputy United States representative at the Micronesia status negotiations. He was then deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific until his assignment as ambassador to Ethiopia in 1975. The next year he became assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific.
He is survived by his wife, the former Betty Lou Firstenberger, whom he married in 1951; two sons; three grandchildren; and a brother, Sharman Bookwalter Hummel.
--New York Times, 11 Feb 2001
After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, he was interned by the Japanese, who had occupied northern China since 1937. In 1944, he fled and joined the Chinese Nationalist forces until the end of the war, when he worked for a year with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
He earned a master's degree in Chinese studies from the University of Chicago, then joined the Foreign Service in 1950. His first ambassadorship was to Burma, after which he became deputy United States representative at the Micronesia status negotiations. He was then deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific until his assignment as ambassador to Ethiopia in 1975. The next year he became assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific.
He is survived by his wife, the former Betty Lou Firstenberger, whom he married in 1951; two sons; three grandchildren; and a brother, Sharman Bookwalter Hummel.
--New York Times, 11 Feb 2001
Mr. Hummel was born in China to American missionary parents. When their son was 8, Mr. Hummel's parents left China for Washington, where his father became chief of the Oriental division of the Library of Congress. After attending Antioch College, Mr. Hummel studied at the College of Chinese Studies in Beijing, where he also taught English.
After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, he was interned by the Japanese, who had occupied northern China since 1937. In 1944, he fled and joined the Chinese Nationalist forces until the end of the war, when he worked for a year with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
He earned a master's degree in Chinese studies from the University of Chicago, then joined the Foreign Service in 1950. His first ambassadorship was to Burma, after which he became deputy United States representative at the Micronesia status negotiations. He was then deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific until his assignment as ambassador to Ethiopia in 1975. The next year he became assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific.
He is survived by his wife, the former Betty Lou Firstenberger, whom he married in 1951; two sons; three grandchildren; and a brother, Sharman Bookwalter Hummel.
--New York Times, 11 Feb 2001
After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, he was interned by the Japanese, who had occupied northern China since 1937. In 1944, he fled and joined the Chinese Nationalist forces until the end of the war, when he worked for a year with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
He earned a master's degree in Chinese studies from the University of Chicago, then joined the Foreign Service in 1950. His first ambassadorship was to Burma, after which he became deputy United States representative at the Micronesia status negotiations. He was then deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific until his assignment as ambassador to Ethiopia in 1975. The next year he became assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific.
He is survived by his wife, the former Betty Lou Firstenberger, whom he married in 1951; two sons; three grandchildren; and a brother, Sharman Bookwalter Hummel.
--New York Times, 11 Feb 2001
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