Dartigue, Jean-Joseph Maurice, 1903-1983

Maurice Dartigue, Haitian government official.

From the description of Jean-Joseph Maurice Dartigue papers, 1941-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983005

Born in Haiti in 1903, Maurice Dartigue was trained as a rural education specialist at the Damien School of Agriculture in Port-au-Prince and at Columbia University's Teachers College in New York. He began his career as Administrator of Rural Schools in 1926 during the U.S. occupation of Haiti and was promoted Director of Rural Schools in 1931. He was appointed Minister of Education in the administration of President Elie Lescot in 1941, and went into exile after the latter's overthrow in 1946. Dartigue settled the same year in New York and began a new career at the United Nations as a senior specialist in education in the Trusteeship department. He joined the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 1956, supervised the Major Latin American Project (LAMP) and other programs in Asia and the Arab states, and was appointed Chief of UNESCO's Africa Division in 1962. He directed several educational and teachers' training program in Africa until his retirement in 1968.

From the guide to the Maurice Dartigue papers, 1931-1970, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.)

Born in Haiti in 1903, Maurice Dartigue was trained as a rural education specialist at the Damien School of Agriculture in Port-au-Prince and at Columbia University's Teachers College in New York.

He began his career as Administrator of Rural Schools in 1926 during the U.S. occupation of Haiti and was promoted Director of Rural Schools in 1931. He was appointed Minister of Education in the administration of President Elie Lescot in 1941, and went into exile after the latter's overthrow in 1946. Dartigue settled the same year in New York and began a new career at the United Nations as a senior specialist in education in the Trusteeship department. He joined the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 1956, supervised the Major Latin American Project (LAMP) and other programs in Asia and the Arab states, and was appointed Chief of UNESCO's Africa Division in 1962. He directed several educational and teachers' training program in Africa until his retirement in 1968.

From the description of Maurice Dartigue papers, 1931-1970. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122682738

Biographical Note

• 1903, Mar. 14: Born, Aux Cayes, Haiti
• 1926: Administrator of rural schools in Haiti during U.S. occupation
• 1931: Appointed director of rural schools in Haiti Married Esther Reithoffer (died 2003)
• circa 1933: Studied education and administration, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
• circa 1940 - 1945 : Minister of agriculture, education, and labor in Haiti during administration of President Elie Lescot
• 1941: With Haitian President Elie Lescot and Minister of Finance M. Abel Lacroix established Société Haitiano-Américaine de Développement Agricole; appointed vice president of the corporation
• 1946: Went into exile to New York after overthrow of President Elie Lescot of Haiti
• 1956: Joined Unesco
• 1962: Appointed chief of African Division, Unesco
• 1968: Retired from Unesco
• 1983, July 9: Died, Paris, France

From the guide to the Jean-Joseph Maurice Dartigue Papers, 1941-1945, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)