Hans J. Morgenthau papers, 1858-1981

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Biographical Note

Date	Event
1904, Feb. 17	Born, Coburg, Germany
1923-1927	Student, University of Berlin, University of Frankfurt, and University of Munich, Germany
1927	Passed first law examination, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, and admitted to the bar
1927-1930	Practiced law
1928-1930	Assistant to Hugo Sinzheimer, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
1929	Awarded Juris Utriusque Doctor, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany Published Die internationale Rechtspflege, ihr Wesen und ihre Grenzen. Leipzig: Universitätsverlag von Robert Noske
1931-1933	Acting president, labor law court, Frankfurt, Germany
1932	Postgraduate study, Graduate Institute for International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
1932-1935	Instructor in German public law, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
1933	Published La notion du "politique" et la théorie des différends internationaux. Paris: Librairie du Recueil
1934	Published La réalité des normes, en particulier des normes du droit international. Paris: Librarie Félix Allcan
1935	Married Irma Thormann
1935-1936	Taught international law at the Institute of International and Economic Studies, Madrid, Spain
1937	Immigrated to the United States
1937-1939	Instructor, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, N.Y.
1939-1943	Assistant professor, law, history, and political science, University of Kansas City, Kansas City, Mo.
1943	Naturalized as U.S. citizen Admitted to the Missouri bar
1943-1971	Professor of political science and modern history, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
1946	Published Scientific Man vs. Power Politics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press
1948	Published Politics Among Nations. New York, Knopf
1949-1951	Consultant, State Department
1950	Published with Kenneth W. Thompson, Principles and Problems of International Politics.New York: Alfred A. Knopf
1950-1968	Director, Center for the Study of American Foreign Policy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
1951	Published In Defense of the National Interest. New York, Knopf
1958	Published Dilemmas of Politics. Chicago, University of Chicago Press
1960	Published The Purpose of American Politics. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
1961-1965	Consultant, Defense Department
1962	Published Politics in the Twentieth Century. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 3 vols.
1968-1974	Leonard Davis Distinguished Professor, City College, City University of New York, New York, N.Y.
1969	Published A New Foreign Policy for the United States. New York: F. A. Praeger.
1970	Published Truth and Power. New York: F. A. Praeger
1974	Appointed University Professor, New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y.
1980, July 19	Died, New York, N.Y.