1894 November 11Born, Belgium19211924Secretary, Federation of Metalworkers, Antwerp, Belgium1924General Secretary, Provincial Federation of Metalworkers, Antwerp19241929Lecturer, National Labor College, Uccle-Brussels and Popular University Extension, Antwerp1925Executive member, Socialist Party; Honorary Director, Cooperative Union, Antwerp; Secretary, Provincial Parliament, Antwerp19291930Assistant General Secretary, International Federation of Trade Unions, Amsterdam19301945General Secretary, International Federation of Trade Unions, Amsterdam, Paris, London19451949Assistant General Secretary, World Federation of Trade Unions, Paris. Resigns in dispute with Communists, 194919491951Secretary, Trade Union Advisory Committee for the European Recovery Program (Marshall Plan)19511966General Secretary, European Regional Organization of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, Brussels1924Author, Summarized Technology of Metal Industry and TradeUnion Administration1926Author, Elementary Economic Principles1956Author, Forty-five Years: International Federation of TradeUnions1966 March 6Died, BrusselsFrom the guide to the Walther Schevenels Papers, 1901-1986, (Hoover Institution Archives)