Ducháček, Ivo D. (1913- ).

Czechoslovak diplomat; chef de cabinet to the deputy minister for foreign affairs in London, 1941-1945; editor-in-chief, Voice of America Czechoslovak service, 1949-1954.

From the description of Ivo D. Duchacek papers, 1939-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754871795

Biographical Note

• 1913 February 27: Born, Prostejov, Czechoslovakia
• 1936 - 1939 : Correspondent for Lidove noviny in Paris
• 1939 - 1945 : Diplomatic officer, Government in Exile, London
• 1940 - 1944 : Broadcast weekly commentaries on BBC to German-occupied Czechoslovakia
• 1941 - 1945 : Chef de cabinet to the deputy minister of foreign affairs, Hubert Ripka
• 1945: Returned to Czechoslovakia as a liaison officer with General Patton's third army
• 1945 - 1948 : Chief-editor and co-founder (with Pavel Tigrid) of Obzory Leader of the Czechoslovak People's Party, Member of the Czechoslovak Parliament, and chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly
• 1948 February: Dismissed from the Czechoslovak People's Party, and after the Coup d'Etat emigrated to Great Britain, and later to the United States
• 1948 - 1953 : Professor of political science, Yale University
• 1949 - 1954 : Editor-in-chief, Czechoslovak Service, Voice of America, New York
• 1949 October 30 - 1988 : Broadcast weekly political commentaries, known as "Zapisnik," on Voice of America, under the name of Martin Cermak
• 1951 - 1953 : Research Consultant on the Yale Human Resources Project, sponsored by the U.S. Army
• 1954 - 1980 : Professor of political science, The City College of the City University of New York
• 1955 - 1956 : Broadcast commentaries on international politics on Radio Free Europe
• 1981 - 1984 : Member, Executive Committee, Center for European Studies, the City University of New York
• 1984 spring: Visiting scholar, Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley
• 1988 March 1: Died, Kent, Connecticut

From the guide to the Ivo D. Duchacek papers, 1939-1988, (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace)