Malik, Charles Habib, 1906-1987

Lebanese diplomat, statesman, philosopher, and educator.

From the description of Charles Habib Malik papers, 1888-1994 (bulk 1930-1982). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982032

Lebanese diplomat; president, United Nations General Assembly, 1958-1959.

From the description of The United Nations as an ideological battleground : typescript, 1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122572515

Biographical Note

• 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

From the guide to the Charles Habib Malik Papers, 1888-1994, (bulk 1930-1982), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

Biographical/Historical Note

Lebanese diplomat; president, United Nations General Assembly, 1958-1959.

From the guide to the Charles Habib Malik typescript : The United Nations as an ideological battleground, 1971, (Hoover Institution Archives)