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Licentiate in letters, for teaching Spanish, U. of Paris, 1923, and English, 1926. LN official, 1930-39; liaison off., French Mil. Mission, Brit. Army GHQ in France, 1939-40; press off., AngloAm. Press Bur., Geneva, 1943-45; interpreter, UNCIO; French Govt. official, UN Prep. Comm., London, 1945-46, and First GA; chf., interpreting services, Paris Peace Conference, July-October 1946; mem. Secretariat, UN, 1946-present; sr. interpreter, Council of Frgn. Min., London, Paris, New York, Moscow; First, Second, Third GA; transferred UN Eur. Off., Geneva, 1948; chf., interpreting sect., 1950-present. Official address: Languages Division, United Nations European Office, Geneva, Switzerland. Residence: 37, chemin des Coudriers, Geneva, Switzerland.

CONTINI, PAOLO, legal counselor, Legal Dept., UN; b. Ferrara, Italy, Nov. 14, 1913; Italian citz. at b., U. S. natl. ; s. Leonello and Paolina (Hanau) Contini; m. Jeanne Elgart of N. Y. C., 1941; three children: Nina, Ellen Lee, Susan. Doctor Juris, U. of Ferrara, Italy, 1936; fur. study (intl. law and soc. sci.), U. of Calif., Berkeley, 1935-36; New Sch. for Soc. Research, N. Y. C., 1939-42. Practiced law, Ferrara, 1936-38; trainee, French and Italian Bank for South Am., Milan, Italy and Paris, France, 1938-39; research asso. and lecturer, New Sch. for Soc. Research, 1939-42; exec. sec., Bur. of Latin Am. Research, Washington, D. C., 1942-44; special asst. to chf. of mission, legal adv., UNRRA, Rome, Italy, 1945-47; legal adv., IRO, Rome, Italy, 1947-48; admitted to D. C. Bar, and admitted to practice before Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1948; legal counselor, Legal Dept., UN, 1948present; mem. bd. trustees, UN Intl. Sch.; mem. Am. Soc. of Intl. Law; UNRRA Alumni Assn.;

PAOLO CONTINI

Intl. House Assn.; Knight, Equestrian Order of St. Agatha of San Marino. Residence: 92 Pinebrook Rd., New Rochelle, N. Y.

COOK, RUSSELL, chf., personnel div., D/AFS, UN (Geneva); b. Elyria, Ohio, Mar. 12, 1910; s. Don S. and Freda (Davis) Cook; m. Lois Small of Harvey, Ill., 1939; three children: Don S., James R., Doris E. ed. pol. sci., Ohio State U. With Family Welfare Bur., Columbus, Ohio, 1931; chf. of projects, City of Columbus, 1932; chf. of personnel, Ky. Emergency Relief Adm., 1933-34; Ohio State Relief Comm., 1934-35; various positions with Dept. of State, OPA, U.S. Housing Authority, Rural Electrification Adm., 1935-46; consultant, bur. of personnel, D/AFS, UN, 1946-47; chf. of housing, personnel div., UN, 1947-48; chf. adm. off., mediator staff, truce supervision staff, UNPCC, 1948-49; chf., personnel div., D/AFS (Geneva), UN, 1949present. Official address: Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. Residence: 14 rue Toepfer, Geneva, Switzerland.

COOK, THOMAS FOTHERINGHAM (U. K.), alt. rep., Fifth GA; b. Larkhall, Scotland, June 7, 1908; s. Charles and Mary (Fotheringham) Cook; m. Elizabeth Wallace of Glasgow, Scotland, 1929; two children: Blanche and Thomas; ed. Finnieston Sch., Glasgow, and in Cardenden, Scotland. M. P., 1945-present; parl. pvt. sec. to Sir Stafford Cripps and Harold Wilson, 194750; lecturer, econ. and econ. geog. and indus. hist., Natl. Council of Labour Colls., 1935-45; parl. under-sec. of state for colonies, 1950present; alt. rep., Fifth GA., 1950; asso. mem. Soc. of Instrument Technology. Official address: Colonial Office, London, England.

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COOPER, HENRY FORD (Lib.), rep., Fifth GA; b. Lib., 1904; ed. Liberia Coll. Held successive appointments with Frgn. Off., as consulgen. to Gt. Brit. and N. Ireland; and Ger.; fmr. head, Lib. import-export firm; E.E. and M.P. to France, 1946-present; chrm. delgn., Fourth GA, 1949; rep.,Fifth GA, 1950. Decoration: Knight Comdr., Order of the Star of Afr. Address: Liberian Legation, Avenue Victor Hugo 15 bis, Paris, France.

COOPER, JOHN SHERMAN (U. S. A. ), alt. rep., Fifth GA; b. Somerset, Ky., Aug. 23, 1901; s. John Sherman and Helen G. (Tartar) Cooper; m. Evelyn Pfaff, 1944. A. B., Yale U., 1923; fur. study, Harvard U., 1923-25. Mem., lower house, Ky. State Legis., 1928-30; judge, Pulasky Co., Ky., 1930-38; circuit judge, 28th Judicial Dist., Ky., 1946; U. S. Sen., 1946-48; dir., Citizens Natl. Bank, Somerset, Ky., 1946-present; served as pvt. through ranks to capt., U. S. Army, 194246; in France and Ger., 1944-46; assisted in reorganization of Ger. judicial system after cessation of hostilities, Bavaria; rep., Fourth GA, 1949; alt. rep., Fifth GA, 1950; mem. bd. trustees, U. of Ky., 1935-46; dir. Centre Coll. Alumni, Danville, Ky.; mem. Ky. State Bar Comm.; Am. Legion; Vets. of Frgn. Wars; Beta Theta Pi; Rotary Club. Residence: 524 N. Main St., Somerset, Ky.

COOPER, ROLAND HENRY (Lib.), alt. rep., Interim Com., GA; Fifth GA; b. Sept. 10, 1915; ed. Lib., and Freetown, Sierre Leonne, W. Afr. Has served as chf., div. of passports, Dept. of State, Monrovia; v-consul, Savannah, Ga.; commercial attaché, emb., Washington; at present, consul, N.Y.C. and alt. rep., Interim Com., GA; alt. rep.

ANDREW W. CORDIER

Fifth GA, 1950. Official address: 220 Broadway, New York, N.Y.

COPES VAN HASSELT, FREDERICK HENDRIK (Neth.), rep., ICAO Council; b. The Hague, Neth., Apr. 20, 1895; s. Albert and Agneta (Witsen Elias) Copes Van Hasselt; m. Nora J.E.D. Van Der Gronden of The Hague, 1928; four children: Albert W., Frederick W., Roelof H. A., Johan C. Doctor of Law, Utrecht U., Neth., 1922. Flying off., Dutch Royal Air Force, 191823; barrister, Java, Neth. East Indies (N. E. I.), 1923-41; off., N. E. I. Air Force, 1941-44; adv., civil aviation, Neth. Govt., 1944-45; rep., ICAO Council, 1947-present; first v-pres., PICAO, 1945-47; chrm., air trans. com., 1945-47; air trans. com., ICAO, 1950-51; mem. of various orgns. in fields of law and aviation. Off., Order of Orange-Nassau, Neth. Official address: International Aviation Building, Room 917, Montreal, Canada.

* COQUET, BENITO (Mex.), A. E. and P.; rep., Fifth GA. Official address: c/o Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico, D. F.

CORDIER, ANDREW WELLINGTON, exec. asst. to Sec - Gen. UN; b. near Canton, Ohio, Mar. 3, 1901; s. Wellington J. and Ida M. (Anstine), Cordier; m. Dorothy E. Butterbaugh of North Manchester, Ind. ; two children: Lowell E. and Louise. B.A., Manchester Coll., North Manchester, Ind., 1922; LL. D. (hon.), 1946; M.A., U. of Chicago, 1923; teaching fellow, 1925-26; Ph.D., 1926; LL.D., (hon.), Elizabethtown Coll., Pa., 1948; engaged in research, Grad. Inst. of Intl. Studies, Geneva, Switz., 1930-31; study and travel, Eur., 1928, 38, 39; South Am., 1941. Taught, Greentown H.S., Ohio, 1919-21; chrm., dept. of hist. and pol. sci., Manchester Coll.,

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and lecturer, soc. sci., Ind. U., 1927-44; expert on intl. security, Dept. of State, Washington, D. C., 1944-46; tech. expert, U. s. delgn. to UNCIO, 1945; chf., GA sect. UN Prep. Comm., 1945; adv. to exec. sec. UN Prep. Comm. and to Pres. of First GA, 1946; exec. asst. to SecGen., UN, 1946-present; coordinator, UN programs and activities, 1948 - present. Earlier

was forum leader, Fed. Adult Ed. Program, 1937-38; conducted surveys in Sudetenland, Danzig, The Chaco, etc., 1938-41; mem. Am. Pol. Sci. Assn.; Am. Hist. Assn., bd. dir., AAUN. Author: 'Reconstruction of Southern France after the Albigensian Crusade', 1926; 'The New Era in World Affairs', 1938. Residence: 6 Merrivale Rd., Great Neck, N. Y.

CORDOVA, WILSON (Ecua. ), alt. rep., Fifth GA; b. Quito, Ecua., May 13, 1917; s. Gonzalo S. and Elena (Moscoso) Córdova. B. A., Mejía Coll., Quito, 1935; B. S., 1935; Doctor of law, Universidad Central de Quito, 1942; fur. study, Universidad Nacional, Santiago, Chile, 1941; U. of Mich., 1941-42. Writer, 'El Comercio', Quito, and other newspapers, 1937-48; prof., hist., Mejía Coll., 1938-40; pvt. sec. to President of The Repub. of Ecua., 1940-42; rep. of Pichinch Prov. to (Ecua.) Cong., 1943; first sec., emb., Washington, D. C., 1949; del. Academia de Abogados de Quito to Fifth Inter - Am. Conf. of Lawyers, Detroit, Mich., May, 1949; first sec., perm. delgn. to UN, 1949; alt. rep., Fifth GA, 1950; mem. Grupo America, Quito; Sociedad Egresados del Mejía; Academia de Abogados de Quito; Quito Tennis and Quito Golf clubs. Official address: Ecuador Delegation to UN, Empire State Building, New York, N.Y. Residence: 150 E 50th St., New York, N. Y.

FRANK H. CORNER

COREA, GEORGE CLAUDE STANLEY (Ceylon), del., Fifth Conf., FAO; alt. mem. bd. govs.. Intl. Bank; b. Colombo, Ceylon, Sept. 5, 1894; s. Alfred W. and Sarah E. (Herat) Corea; m. Karmanie Chitty of Ceylon, 1933; three children: Nihal, Harindra, Chandra; ed. Wesley Coll.. Ceylon, 1910-12; called to bar, Law Coll., Colombo, 1916. Law practice, Colombo, 1916-30; mem. Ceylon State Council, 1931-36, and twice min. of home aff.; re-elected, 1936-46, min. of labor. indus. and commerce; rep, Ceylon Govt., London, 1946-48; amb. to U.S.A., 1948-present; del., Third, Fourth and Fifth Confs., FAO, 194850; alt. rep., bd. govs., Intl. Bank, 1950- present; rep., Ceylon, coronation of King and Queen of Eng., 1937; trade talks in Eng. between Ceylon, U.K. and India, 1937; conf. in Eng. on banking in Ceylon which led to State aided bank, 1945; confs. in India and Burma during World War II; Geneva and Havana Trade Confs., 1947; UN Tech. Assistance Conf., New York, 1950; mem. bd. govs. meetings, Intl. Bank and Intl. Fund, Paris, 1950; Official address: Ceylon Embassy. 2503 30th St., Washington, D.C.

CORNER, FRANK HENRY (New Zealand), alt. rep., Fifth GA; b. Napier, N. Z., May 17, 1920; Brit. subject, N. Z. natl. by b., s. Charles W. and Sybil (Smith) Corner; m. Lynette Robinson of Hamilton, N. Z., 1943. B. A., Victoria U. Coll., Wellington, N. Z., 1940; M.A. (with honors), 1941. In service of Dept. of External Aff., N. Z. Govt., 1943-present; first sec., N. Z. Emb., Washington, D. C., 1948-present; adv., Brit. Commonwealth Confs., 1944, 46, 47; adv., N. Z. delgn., Paris Peace Conf., 1946; visited Japan with Far Eastern Comm., 1945-46; alt. rep., Far Eastern Comm., 1948-present; adv., alt. rep., Fourth GA, 1949; Fifth GA,

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1950. Official address: New Zealand Embassy, 19 Observatory Circle, Washington, D. C. Also: Department of External Affairs, Parliament Building, Wellington, New Zealand.

CORNIL, LOUIS EUGENE (Belg.), employer's rep., ILO Conf.; b. Brussels, Belg., Oct. 7, 1900; s. Georges and Jeanne (Wauters) Cornil; m. Daisy Van der Elst of Brussels, 1929; three children: Edith, Janine, Lucy. B. C. E., U. of Brussels, 1923. Mining engr., Union Miniere du Haut Katanga, Belg. Congo, 1923-24; engr. in copper mining, U.S.A., 1925; mgr. of mines, Union Miniere du Haut Katanga, 1926-34; mng. dir., Ateliers de Construction Méchanique, Tirlemont, Belg., since 1934; mng. dir., Fed. of Belg. Industries, Brussels, 1946-present; dir., Natl. Off. of Soc. Security, 1946-present; custodian, Enemy Property Off., 1945-present; employer's del., 29th ILO Conf., Montreal, 1946; 30th, Geneva, 1947; 31st, San Francisco, 1948; 32d & 35d, Geneva, 1949, 50; dpty mem. Governing Body, ILO since 1946; served in Belg. Army, World War I; dir., Union Chimique Belge, 1945 - present; chrm., Cie. Internationale de Gobelectrice Inébréchable, Soignes, 1945-present; Société Anonyme des Lampes Luxor, Brussels, 1945-present; mem. Royal Soc. of Engrs. and Industrialists; Assn. of Engineering Grads., U. of Brussels. Official address: 33 rue Ducale, Brussels, Belgium. . Residence: 69 Ave. Winston Churchill, Brussels, Belgium.

CORONAS, ANGEL (Costa Rica), rep., bd. of govs., Intl. Fund and Intl. Bank; b. San Jose, Costa Rica, June 18, 1904; s. Angel and Christina (Guardia) Coronas; m. Lucía Urzúa of Santiago, Chile, 1935; five children: Lucía, Gabriela, Javier, Olga, Christián. Bachelor in humani

FRANK P. CORRIGAN

ties, Liceo de Costa Rica, 1921. Bank official, 1923-present; asst. gen. mgr., Natl. Bank of Costa Rica, 1936-50; gen. mgr., Cen. Bank of Costa Rica, 1950-present; alt. gov., Intl. Fund and Intl. Bank, 1946-50; gov., 1950-present; mem. Acad. of Certified Pub. Accts., San José; Faculdad de Constabilistas Profesionales; Bankers Assn. of Costa Rica; Club Union; Costa Rica Country Club. Author: 'Ideario Costarricense', collab., San José, 1943. Official address: Banco Central de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.

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CORREA, JOSE ANTONIO (Ecua.), alt. rep., UN; SC, Interim Com., AEC, CCA; b. Quito, Ecua., Oct. 19, 1915; s. Alberto and María (Excobar) Correa; m. Elba Arteta de Correa of Quito, 1940; four children: Mauricio, Margarita, Rodrigo, Evelina. Bachelor of soc. sci. and doctor of law, Central U., Quito; Inter-Am. summer course, hist. of the Western Hemisphere, U. of Montevideo, Dec. 1937 and Jan. 1938. Asst. chf. of dipl. sect., Min. Frgn. Aff., 1935-37; chf., 1937-40; second sec., emb. of Ecua., Washington, D.C., 1940-44; first sec., 1944-45; chargé d'affaires ad interim, Washington, May-July, 1944, 45; dir., dipl. dept., Min. Frgn. Aff., 1945-46; sec., adv. bd., 1946; perm. sec. of Ecua. delgn., UN, 1946-48; alt. rep., UN, 1948-present; alt. rep., SC, Interim Com., AEC, CCA. Official address: Ecuador Delegation to UN, Empire State Building, New York, N.Y. Residence: 110-50 71st Rd., Forest Hills, N.Y.

CORRIGAN, FRANK P. (U. S. A.), adv., perm. mission, UN; b. Cleveland, Ohio, July 14, 1881; s. Edward Corrigan and Margaret (Regan) Corrigan; m. Ethel Foster of Cleveland, Ohio (deceased); four children: Edward, Kevin, Robert Foster, Patricia (Mrs. A. E. Pappano). A.B., Adelbert

Coll., Cleveland, 1903; M. D., Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1906; fur. study, U. of Vienna, 1910. Steel metallurgist, American Steel & Wire Co., Cleveland, 1898-99; Ohio Naval Reserve, 1898-1901; interne, pathologist, surgeon, St. Alexis' Hosp., Cleveland, 1906-17; chf. surgeon, 1917-19; med. orgn. work, Chile, S. A., 192022; dir. of surgery and consultant in pvt. hosps., Cleveland, Ohio, 1922-32; apptd. E. E. and M. P. to El Salvador, 1934; Panama, 1937; U. S. rep., Honduran-Nicaraugan boundary mediation, 1937; mem. Intl. Mediation Comm., 1937; A. E. and P., Venez., 1939; chrm. delgn., Dom. Repub. centenary celebration, 1944; pol. adv., U.S. mission to UN, 1947-present; mem. de lgn., First WHO Asmb., Geneva, 1948; Third GA, Paris, 1948; Fourth and Fifth GA, N. Y., 1949-50. Official address: U. S. Mission to the UN, 2 Park Ave., New York, N. Y.

CORWIN, NORMAN, chf. of special projects, radio div., D/PI, UN; b. Boston, Mass., May 3, 1910; s. Samuel H. and Rose (Ober) Corwin; m. Katherine Locke, 1947; ed. public schs. of Boston and Winthrop, Mass. Reporter and edit., 'Springfield Daily Republican', Mass., 1929-36; writer, dir., producer, C. B. S., 1938-48; first radio playwright to receive grant from Am. Acad. of Arts and Letters, 1942. Received Peabody Radio Award, 1942; Bok Medal, 1942; wrote and produced 'An American in England' over CBS and BBC, 1942-43; produced 'An American in Russia', 'Transatlantic Call' and 'Passport for Adams', 1943; recipient of first Wendell Wilkie One World Award, 1946; flew around the world, recording speeches of state leaders, artists and scientists for CBS broadcasts, 1947; mem. Authors League of Am.; Radio Writers Guild; Screen Writers Guild. Author: 'Thirteen by Corwin', New York,

NORMAN CORWIN

1940; 'More by Corwin', New York, 1942; Untitled and other Radio Dramas', New York, 1945; 'On a Note of Triumph', New York, 1945. Official address: United Nations Radio, United Nations, N. Y. Also: c/o Famous Artists, 9441 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California.

CORY, THOMAS J. (U. S. A.), adv., perm. delgn., UN; b. San Francisco, Calif., June 15, 1914; s. H. T. and Ida (Judd) Cory; m. Eleanor Adamson of Glendale, Calif., 1936; one child: Thomas R.; ed. U. of Calif. at Los Angeles, 1930-35; Cornell U., 1944-45; Columbia U., 1947-48. Sec., dipl. service, 1939; frgn, service off., 1940-present; v-consul, Vancouver and Trail, B. C., 1940; Barcelona, 1941; La Guaira, 1943; Dept. of State, 1944; second sec. and v-counsul, Moscow, 1945; v-consul, Vladivostok, 1946-47; consul, Nanking, 1948; Seoul, 1949-50; adv. perm. delgn., UN, 1950-present; Fifth GA, N. Y., 1950; mem. Phi Delta Theta. Offic al address: U. S. Mission to UN, 2 Park Ave., New York, N. Y.

COSTA DU RELS, ADOLFO (Bolivia), rep., Fifth GA; b. Sucre, Bolivia, June 19, 1891; s. Domingo and Amelia (du Rels) Costa; m. Blanca Urriolagoitia of Sucre, 1914; three children: Gladys, Carlos and Helena. Baccalaureate in letters, College Fesch, Ajaccio, Corsica, 1906; Licentiate in law, U. of Paris, 1911. Entered Bolivia's dipl. service, 1918; sec., legation, Chile, 1920-22; adv., legation, Paris, 1924-31; delgn. 7th Am. Conf., Havana; min. and envoy plenipotentiary to Disarmament Conf., 1931-32; perm. delgn. to LN, 1936; mem. Com. Literature and Arts, LN, 1930-36; chf. of delgn. (during Chaco War) to LN, 1932-35; del., Conf. Big Nine Nations, 1935; mem. LN Council, 1936; chrm., 1939-45; A.E. and P. to Argentina, 1941-44; mem. Com. on Liquidation of LN, 1945; chrm. Bol. delgn. to First - Fifth GA, 1946-50; v-pres., First Com. during Second and Third GA;min. for external relations of Bolivia, 1948; A. E. and P. to France, 1949-present. Mem. Acad. Hist., Buenos Aires, 1942; Soc. of Men of Letters, Paris, 1940; corresponding mem., Acad. of the Spanish Language, Madrid, 1938. Author, in French, of four novels, 'La Hantise de l'Or', 1932; 'Terres EmBrases', 1933; 'Lagune H 3', 1938; 'Colonel', 1939; an essay, 'France Terre Courtoise', 1941; a comedy, 'Les Forces du Silence', performed in Buenos Aires, 1944; a collection of poems, 'Amaritudine, 1949; in Spanish: Hacia el Atardecer (a play) Santiago, 1919; 'El Traje de Arlequin' (stories), 1929; 'Tierras Hechizadas' (novel), Buenos Aires, 1941, and Barcelona, 1943; 'Avelino Aramayo y su Epoca' (essay), 1941; 'El Embrujo del Oro' (stories), 1948. Awarded Femina Prize for Poetry, Paris, 1914; first prize theatrical contest, Santiago, 1919; French Acad. Prize (for French language) Paris, 1943. Holder of Grand Cross of Order of Pius XII Grand Cross of Christ, Portugal; Grand Cross of Isabelle the Catholic; Grand Cross of the Eagle of the Andes; Grand Cross of the Sun, Peru; Grand Cross of the Liberator, Venezula; Grand Officer, Legion of

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