Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1906, Feb. 11 | Born, Bitirram, Lebanon |
| 1927 | B.A., American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon |
| 1927-1929 | Instructor in mathematics and physics, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon |
| 1929-1930 | Employed, Al Hilal Publishing House, Cairo, Egypt |
| 1930-1932 | Laboratory technician, Rockefeller Foundation study of subtropical diseases, Cairo, Egypt |
| 1934 | M.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1935-1936 | Harvard University Sheldon Traveling Fellow in Philosophy, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany |
| 1937 | Ph.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1937-1939 | Instructor, Philosophy Department, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon |
| 1939-1943 | Adjunct professor and department head, Philosophy Department, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon |
| 1941 | Married Eva Badr |
| 1943-1945 | Associate professor and department head, Philosophy Department, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon |
| 1945 | Delegate, United Nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco, Calif. |
| 1945-1955 | Minister (1945-1953) and ambassador (1953-1955) to the United States |
| 1946-1959 | Delegate, United Nations |
| 1947-1948 | Member, United Nations Human Rights Commission, Human Rights Declaration drafting committee |
| 1946-1955 | Minister to Cuba |
| 1947-1948 | Minister-designate to Venezuela |
| 1950 | Published War and Peace, A Statement Made Before the Political Committee of the General Assembly, November 23, 1949 (New York: National Committee for Free Europe. 42 pp.) |
| 1951 | Chairman of Lebanese delegation, Conference for the Conclusion and Signing of the Treaty of Peace with Japan, San Francisco, Calif. |
| 1952 | Published Human Rights in the United Nations (New York: Department of Public Information. 22 pp.) |
| 1955 | Delegate, Asian-African Conference, Bangdung, Indonesia Lebanese representative, tenth anniversary of the signing of the United Nations charter, San Francisco, Calif. Published The Problem of Coexistence (Evanston: Northwestern University. 35 pp.) |
| 1955-1956 | Dean of graduate studies and professor of philosophy, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon |
| 1956-1957 | Minister of National Education and Fine Arts, Lebanon |
| 1956-1958 | Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lebanon |
| 1957 | Elected member of Parliament, al-Koura district, Lebanon |
| 1958-1959 | President, thirteenth session, United Nations General Assembly |
| 1960 | Visiting professor, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire Visiting professor, Harvard University Summer School, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1961-1962 | Visiting professor, American University, Washington D.C. |
| 1962 | Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon Published Christ in Crisis(Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. 101 pp.) |
| 1963 | Published Man in the Struggle for Peace(New York: Harper & Row. 242 pp.) |
| 1967-1972 | President, World Council of Christian Education |
| 1969 | Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind. |
| 1972 | Edited God and Man in Contemporary Christian Thought(Beirut: American University of Beirut. 147 pp.) Edited God and Man in Contemporary Islamic Thought(Beirut: American University of Beirut. 207 pp.) |
| 1974 | Published The Wonder of Being (Waco: World Books. 150 pp.) |
| 1976 | Distinguished Professor Emeritus, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon Founded, with Camille Chamoun, Pierre Gemayel, and others, the Front of Freedom and Man in Lebanon |
| 1987, Dec. 28 | Died, Beirut, Lebanon |