Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1896, Oct. 24 | Born, Brezová pod Bradlom, Slovakia, Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| 1916-1919 | Served with the Czechoslovak Legion, fighting with the Allies on the Italian front |
| 1921 | Graduated, Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, Paris, France |
| 1922-1924 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| 1923 | Published La Tchécoslovaquie: l’histoire politique et juridique de sa création. Prague: Orbis. Graduated, Institute des Hautes Etudes Internationales, Paris, France Graduated, Académie de Droit International, The Hague, Netherlands LL.D., Sorbonne, Paris, France |
| 1925-1926 | Attaché, Czechoslovak Legation, Budapest, Hungary |
| 1926 | Married Betka Papánek |
| 1926-1931 | Secretary, Czechoslovak Legation, Washington, D.C. |
| 1928 | LL.D., Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| 1932-1935 | Parliamentary secretary to Edvard Beneš, then minister of foreign affairs |
| 1935-1939 | Czechoslovak consul, Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| 1939-1941 | Personal representative of Edvard Beneš, president of the Czechoslovak government-in-exile |
| 1942-1946 | Minister plenipotentiary, director of Czechoslovak Information Service, New York, N.Y. |
| 1945 | Published Czechoslovakia: World of Tomorrow. New York: International Universities Press Czechoslovak delegate, United Nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco, Calif., and member, coordinating committee that created the charter of the United Nations |
| 1946-1948 | Ambassador, Czechoslovak delegate to the United Nations Member, Economic and Social Council, United Nations, 1946-1947, acting president of council in 1947 |
| 1948 | Dismissed from the United Nations by the communist government of Czechoslovakia Testified before the United Nations Security Council denouncing communist takeover of Czechoslovakia |
| 1948-1950 | Member, Advisory Committee on Administration and Budgetary Questions, United Nations |
| 1948-1985 | Founder and president, American Fund for Czechoslovak Refugees, New York, N.Y. |
| 1949-1951 | Lecturer, graduate school of government, New York University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1950-1953 | Commentator on the United Nations, Canadian Broadcasting Corp. |
| 1958 | Published Desat rokov. Chicago: Československá Národná Rada Americká. |
| 1991 | Awarded Tomáš G. Masaryk Order, first class, by Václav Havel, president of Czechoslovakia, for distinguished service to democracy |
| 1991, Nov. 30 | Died, Scarsdale, N.Y. |