Charlton Ogburn, Jr.

Charlton Ogburn, Jr., author, State Department official, and naturalist was born March 15, 1911, in Atlanta, Georgia, the only child of Charlton Ogburn, Sr. and Dorothy Stevens Ogburn. He was educated at Harvard University, receiving his S.B. in 1932. He also attended the National War College, completing his studies in 1952. Upon leaving Harvard, he worked for Viking Press, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and, from 1929-1941, the Book of the Month Club, where he served as a reader and …