Múdry, Michal

  1. Múdry, Michal
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Biographical/Historical Note

11 May 1909 Born, Drétoma / Drietoma, Austro-Hungary 1930 1936 Studied at the Faculty of Law, Comenius University, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia 1936 1939 Public lawyer, Bratislava 1939 Married Jarmila Navaříková 1939 Emigrated to the U.S. 1939 1978 Member of Slovak and Czechoslovak émigré organizations in the U.S. throughout his career 1943 1944 Secretary to the former Czechoslovak Prime Minister Milan Hodža 1945 1947 A Slovak Democratic Party representative in the postwar Czechoslovak government 1948 Emigrated again to the U.S. after allegations of espionage by the Communist Party against him and other Democratic Party members 1949 Published a book about Milan Hodža entitled Milan Hodža v Amerike 1951 Editor, Radio Free Europe, Czechoslovak Desk, New York 1951 1954 Associate Editor-In-Chief, RFE, Czechoslovak Desk, Munich, Germany 1954 1970 Associate Editor-In-Chief, RFE, Czechoslovak Desk, New York 1970 1974 Editor-In-Chief, RFE, Czechoslovak Desk, New York 20 September 1978 Died, New York

From the guide to the Michal Múdry papers, 1939-2000, (Hoover Institution Archives)