Ralph Bunche

Ralph Johnson Bunche (August 7, 1904 - December 9, 1971) was an American political scientist and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation in Palestine in the late 1940s that led to an armistice agreement between the Jews and Arabs in the region.

World War II years

Bunche spent time during World War II in the Office of Strategic Services (the predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency). before joining the State Department In 1943 Bunche went to the State Department where he became associate chief of the division of dependent area affairs under Alger Hiss. He became, with Hiss, one of the leaders of the Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR).

Related Topics:
World War II - Office of Strategic Services - Central Intelligence Agency - State Department - Alger Hiss - Institute of Pacific Relations

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He participated in the preliminary planning for the United Nations at the San Francisco Conference of 1945, and in 1946 he was a member of the first U.S. delegation to the U.N. He then became an employee of the U.N. as the first Director of its new Trusteeship Department, at the appointment of Secretary-General Trygve Lie.

Related Topics:
United Nations - San Francisco Conference - 1945 - 1946 - Secretary-General - Trygve Lie

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