Papánek, Jan, 1896-1991

Czech diplomat.

From the description of Jan Papánek papers, 1917-1967 (bulk 1939-1948). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984170

Diplomat.

From the description of Reminiscences of Jan Papaneck : oral history, 1951. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309731172

Biographical Note

• 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.

From the guide to the Jan Papánek Papers, 1917-1967, (bulk 1939-1948), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)