Charles H. Sherrill

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Charles Hitchcock Sherrill (born April 13, 1867 in Washington, DC , † June 25, 1936 in Paris ) was an American diplomat , athlete and sports official .

Life

The son of New York politician Charles H. Sherrill studied at Yale University , where he was the Ivy League champion in the 100-yard sprint for four years and received his BA (1889), LL.B. (1891) and MA (1892) in political science and law, respectively. Sherrill is considered to be the inventor of the low takeoff , which he first used in 1888. After graduation, he passed the bar exam and successfully practiced in New York City .

During World War I he became a Brigadier General and the Deputy Commander of the National Guard in New York. From 1909 to 1910 he was the United States Ambassador to Argentina , from 1932 to 1933 to Turkey . From 1919 to 1931 he was a member of the college council of New York University . From 1926 to 1930 he was director of the New York University School in Paris. Married to a French woman for the second time, he died in Paris in 1936.

Political beliefs

Sherrill was a member of the Republicans but was enthusiastic about the fascist leaders. He wrote an enthusiastic biography about Benito Mussolini (whom he compared to Bismarck ) and congratulated Adolf Hitler on his successes. In a long letter to the editor to the New York Times , he made no secret of his enthusiasm from the public.

International Olympic Committee

Sherrill had been a member of the IOC since 1922 and also a member of its executive committee. He played an important role in the organization of the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and helped with the American participation in the 1936 Games. In the course of the dispute over the US Olympic participation in 1936, he also visited Hitler in 1935, who was with him for an hour entertained. It became clear to Sherrill that the German IOC members had betrayed the International Olympic Committee by making false promises as early as 1933. He warned the IOC President Henri de Baillet-Latour accordingly . Sherrill did not understand the intricacies of the German racial legislation, so he wanted to persuade the Germans to take at least one Token Jew (just as the Americans had a symbolic colored man in their teams). With Rudi Ball ( ice hockey ) and Helene Mayer ( fencing ), Hans von Tschammer und Osten followed the recommendations.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Olympic Committee elects Sherrill, The New York Times , June 7, 1922 S. 27th
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  3. ^ Charles Hitchcock Sherrill: Bismarck and Mussolini . New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931
  4. ^ The New York Times , June 4, 1933
  5. ^ Arnd Krüger : The Nazi Olympics of 1936, in: Kevin Young & Kevin B. Wamsley (eds.): Global Olympics. Historical and Sociological Studies of the Modern Games . Oxford: Elsevier 2005, 43-58.
  6. ↑ Stephen R. Wenn: A Tale of Two Diplomats: George S. Messersmith and Charles H. Sherrill on Proposed American Participation in the 1936 Olympics. Journal of Sport History 16 (1989), 1, 27-43; http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/JSH/JSH1989/JSH1601/jsh1601c.pdf
  7. ^ Arnd Krüger & William Murray (eds.): The Nazi Olympics. Sport, Politics and Appeasement in the 1930s. Champaign, IL: Univ. of Illinois Press 2003
predecessor Office successor
Spencer F. Eddy US Ambassador to Argentina
June 30, 1909–16. September 1910 		Huntington Wilson
Joseph Grew US Ambassador to Turkey
1932–1933 		Robert P. Skinner
personal data
SURNAME Sherrill, Charles H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sherrill, Charles Hitchcock (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American diplomat, athlete, and sports official
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC
DATE OF DEATH June 25, 1936
Place of death Paris