Schevenels, Walther, 1894-1966

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

• 1894 November 11: Born, Belgium
• 1921 - 1924 : Secretary, Federation of Metalworkers, Antwerp, Belgium
• 1924: General Secretary, Provincial Federation of Metalworkers, Antwerp
• 1924 - 1929 : Lecturer, National Labor College, Uccle-Brussels and Popular University Extension, Antwerp
• 1925: Executive member, Socialist Party; Honorary Director, Cooperative Union, Antwerp; Secretary, Provincial Parliament, Antwerp
• 1929 - 1930 : Assistant General Secretary, International Federation of Trade Unions, Amsterdam
• 1930 - 1945 : General Secretary, International Federation of Trade Unions, Amsterdam, Paris, London
• 1945 - 1949 : Assistant General Secretary, World Federation of Trade Unions, Paris. Resigns in dispute with Communists, 1949
• 1949 - 1951 : Secretary, Trade Union Advisory Committee for the European Recovery Program (Marshall Plan)
• 1951 - 1966 : General Secretary, European Regional Organization of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, Brussels
• 1924: Author, Summarized Technology of Metal Industry and TradeUnion Administration
• 1926: Author, Elementary Economic Principles
• 1956: Author, Forty-five Years: International Federation of TradeUnions
• 1966 March 6: Died, Brussels

From the guide to the Walther Schevenels Papers, 1901-1986, (Hoover Institution Archives)