Emmet, Christopher

Chairman, American Friends of the Captive Nations; executive vice president, American Council on Germany; officer and organizer of other anti-Nazi and anti-communist organizations.

From the description of Christopher Temple Emmet papers, 1913-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870101

Biographical Note

• 1900, March 18: Born, New York City
• 1919 - 1920 : Attended Harvard University
• 1920's: Attended University of Freiburg
• 1938: Secretary, Volunteer Christian Committee to Boycott Nazi Germany
• 1940: Chairman, Committee to Aid Britain by Reciprocal Trade Vice president, France Forever Member, executive committee, Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies
• 1942: Moderator, Foreign Affairs Round Table, Station WEVD, New York
• 1945: Chairman, Committee Against Mass Expulsions
• 1946: Treasurer, Committee for a Fair Trial for Draja Mihailovich Member, board of trustees, Freedom House
• 1947: Organizer, Committee for a Just Peace with Italy Member, board of directors, Common Cause
• 1951: Executive vice president, American Council on Germany Member, board of directors, International Rescue Committee
• 1955: Member, executive committee, American Friends of Vietnam
• 1956: Chairman, American Friends of the Captive Nations
• 1958: Vice chairman, Emergency Committee for U.N. Action on Hungary
• 1959: Delegate, Atlantic Congress, London
• 1974: Died

From the guide to the Christopher Temple Emmet Jr. papers, 1913-1974, (Hoover Institution Archives)