Múdry, Michal

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  • 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)

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