Robert H. Harlan diary

Robert H. Harlan diary 

Robert H. Harlan (1917-1998) was born in Chicago and raised in Freeport, Illinois. He attended the University of Chicago in 1935 and acquired his A.B. in 1940 and J.D. in 1942. He met his wife, Lois Harlan (1920-2011), at the University. From 1938-1939 Robert Harlan was an exchange student at Philipps-Universitat in Marburg, Germany. Following Kristallnacht, Robert helped his friend Bruno Stern (1880-1957) and his family escape to the United States. Robert was drafted to the U.S. Military in 1942 and discharged in 1946. He later joined the Foreign Service and served as Consul General of the United States in Frankfurt, West Germany from 1971 to 1975 when he left for another position in Paris. Source: University of Chicago Library where the Robert and Lois Harlan Papers are housed. 

Robert H. Harlan diary