Neumann, Robert G., 1916-1999

Robert Gerhard Neumann was born on Jan. 2, 1916 in Vienna, Austria; diplome superieur, Univ. of Rennes, 1936; diploma, Consular Academy, 1937 and Geneva School of International Studies, 1937; attended Univ. of Vienna, 1938; MA, Amherst College, 1940; Ph. D, Univ. of MN, 1946; married Marlen Eldredge, July 27, 1941; he became an instructor, State Teachers College, Oshkosh, WI, 1941-42; lecturer, Univ. of WI, 1946-47; asst. professor (1947-52), assoc. professor (1952-58), in 1958, professor, director of the Institute of International and Foreign Studies (1959-65), and chairman of the Atlantic and West European Program (1965-66), UCLA; member of the central committee of the CA Republican Party, 1954-60; became US Ambassador to Afghanistan (1966-73) and US Ambassador to Morocco (1973-76); served as senior assoc. at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown Univ., beginning in 1976; publications include The government of the German Federal Republic (1966) and European and comparative government (4th ed., 1968); Marlen E. Neumann was born on Dec. 20, 1915 in Miraj, India; BA, Rollins College, 1936; MA in international relations, Yale Univ., 1941; served as president of the Los Angeles League of Women Voters, 1957-59, as a member of the board of directors of the United Nations Assn. of LA beginning in 1959, and as a member of the McCone Commission that investigated the Watts riots of 1965; she died in July 1997 in Washington D.C.