dresses: Administrative Tribunal, United Nations, New York; or: 88 rue de Grenelle, Paris, France.

BASYN, THOMAS (Belg.), exec. dir., Intl. Bank; b. Bruges, Belg., April 16, 1898; s. Arthur and Augusta (Lauwers) Basyn. Doctor in law, U. of Louvain, Belg., 1922. Barrister, Brussels, 1922-29; with Natl. City Bank of N.Y., Brussels branch, 1929-36; asst. mgr., Office of Liquidation of State Interventions, Brussels, 1936-39; sec., Antwerp branch, Natl. Bank of Belg., 1940; gen. mgr., 1941; gen. sec., Natl. Bank of Belg., 1941-present; alt. exec. dir., Intl. Bank, Washington, D.C., 1946-48; exec. dir., Intl. Bank, 1948-present; prof., commercial law, St. Louis High Sch., Brussels, 1929, 32; prof., credit and money, 1933-39; mem. Intl. Inst. of Pub. Fin., 1950. Decorations: Medaille de Guerre Belge, 1914-18; Medaille de Guerre Interalliée, 191418; Chevalier, Ordre de Léopold, 1948; Officier, Ordre de la Couronne, 1950. Author: 'Le Roman Americain Contemporain', 'Karl Marx a Bruxelles', both in Revue Générale, 1927. Address: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 1818 H Street, Washington, D.C.

BATRES, MARCO ANTONIO (Hond.), rep., bd. govs., Intl. Fund; b. Gracias, Hond., June 10, 1902; s. Cesar P. and Martina (Cruz) Batres; m. Esther Galeano of Gracias, Hond., 1930; five children: Angel A., Cesar A., Sidalia, Sonia E., Maria del Carmen; grad., Faculty of Law, U. of Guat., 1927. Dist. judge, Dept. of Gracias, 1928; dir., Inst. 'Ramon Rosa', Gracias, 1929; dpty. to Natl. Cong., Hond., 1932-36; sec., Natl. Constituent Asmb., 1936; atty-gen. & fin., 1937-41; v-dean, Faculty of Law, and prof., administrative law, Faculty of Law, Cen. U. of Repl., Hond., 1939-41; Hond. del., Centenary Festival, U. of El Salvador, 1941; E. E. and M.P. to El Salvador, 1941-43; chf., special mission to inauguration of President of Cuba, 1944; of President of Guat., 1945; of President of Par., 1948; del. to inauguration of President of Costa Rica, 1949; del., Inter-Am. Conf., Rio de Janiero, 1947; chf. of delgn., Ninth Inter-Am. Conf., Bogota, 1948; amb. to Nicar., 1946-48; sec. of state, Min. of Fin., Public and Commercial Credit, 1949-present; rep., bd. govs., Intl. Fund, 1950 - present; mem. Soc. of Lawyers, Hond.; Country Club of Tegucigalpa; Casino Hondurẽno. Official address: International Monetary Fund, 1818 H St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Residence: Barrio La Lomita de Palmira, Tegucigalpa, D. C. Honduras.

BAUER PRUDENCIO, OSCAR (Bol.), employers' del., 33rd sess., ILO Conf. ; b. Sucre, Bol., Jan. 2, 1916; s. Philip and Amelia (Prudencio) Bauer; m. Rita Lier of Amsterdam, Neth., 1940; one child: Rudolph M.; ed. U. of Lausanne, Switz. Bol. consul, Basle, Switz., 1940-49; sec-gen., Latin-Am. Chamber of Commerce for Switz., 1949; consul-gen. to Switz., 1950; publ. of commerical revue, 'America Latina', and fortnightly buls. of Latin-Am. Chamber of Commerce for Switz.; mem. Assn. of the Swiss Press. Decor

of Intl. Law, The Hague, 1938. Frgn. corr., 'De Residentiebode', The Hague, 1935-37; reporter for United Press, 1938-40; rep. in Neth., Nor. Nansen Aid Orgn. for Refugees, 1937-40; gen. sec., Intl. Catholic Off. for Refugees, Utrecht, 1938-40; active in Dutch resistance movement as off. in Neth. Forces of the Interior; contributor to underground newspapers, and edit. in-chf., 'De Typhoon', underground newspaper, 1940-45; frgn. affs. edit., 'Christofoor', Amsterdam, wkly., 1945-46; covered Paris Peace Conf., 1946; dipl. corr., Neth. newspaper chain, 194546; info. off., legal affs. and special assignments, press and publications bur.,D/PI, 194750; chf., overseas services off., 1950-present; info off., subsidiary group, UNSCOB, Salonika, Greece, 1947; info. and liaison off., UN Commr. in Eritrea, 1950; attached to ICJ as info. off., Corfu Channel Case, 1948-49; mem. Neth. Fed. of Journalists; charter mem. Neth. Assn. for Intl. Affs.; mem. frgn. affs. com., Center of Pol. Ed., The Hague; mem. Assn. for Intl. Juridical Order (Neth. Assn. for UN); mem. De Witte, literary soc., The Hague. Author of reviews and articles on intl. affs. Residence: 14759 Charter Rd., Apt. C., Jamaica, L. I., N. Y.

BAUMGARTNER, WILFRID (France), alt. gov., bd. govs., Intl. Fund; b. Paris, France, May 21, 1902; m. Christiane Mercier; three children: Sylvie, Eric, Florence. Doctor in law, U. of Paris, Faculty of Law, 1924. Inspector of fin., French govt., 1925-30; chf. sec. to min. of fin., 1930; sub-dir., Min. of Fin., 1930-34; asst. dir., 1934-35; dir., 1935-37; pres. and dir-gen., Crédit National, 1937-48; mem. gen. council, Bank of France, 1936-48; gov., Bank of France, 1949; rep., bd. govs., Intl. Fund, 1949-present. Official address: International

BERNICE BAXTER

GENEVIEVE J. G. M. BAZINET

Monetary Fund, 1818 H St., N.W., Washington, D.C. Address: 9 rue de Valois, Paris 1, France.

BAXTER, BERNICE (U.S.A.), del., Fifth Gen. Conf., UNESCO; b. Oakland, Calif., May 24, 1896; d. James M. and Mary (Smith) Baxter. B.A., San Francisco State Coll., Calif., 1928; Ph.D., Yale U., 1935. Teacher, prin. counselor, adm. asst., Oakland pub. schs., 1919-present; expert, U. S. Mil. Govt., Ger., 1947; dir. of planning, White House Conf. on Children and Youth, 1950; pres., Natl. Campfire Girls Bd., 1943-46; del., Women's World Fellowship, 1946, 1947; consultant to U. S. State Dept. for Campfire Girls Natl. Bd. and Natl. Ed. Assn., UNCIO, 1945; mem. Am. Women's Voluntary Service; Natl. Ed. Assn.; Childhood Ed. Assn.; Intl. Parent-Teachers Assn.; World Aff. Council, N. Calif.; mem. Pi Lambda Theta. Author: 'Teacher- Pupil Relationships,' 1941; 'Group Experience, The Democratic Way,' collab., 1943; 'Overview of Elementary Education,' 1945; 'Global Geography,' 1945. Address: 25 Blair Ave., Piedmont, California.

BAYDUR, HUSEYIN RAGIP (Tur.), del., Fifth Gen. Conf., UNESCO; b. Island of Rhodes, 1891; ed. Faculty of Law, U. of Istanbul. Has been teacher, Istanbul Normal Sch.; edit., Ifham (The Intelligencer), newspaper, Istanbul; editin - cht., Hakimiyetti Milliye (renamed Ulus, 1929), Ankara; dir., Anatolian Agency, govt. news agency; dir - gen., Tur. Press; became mem. Tur. Nationalist Group, 1918; first sec., emb., Paris, 1920; served as chargé d'affaires, negotiations leading to Treaty of Lausanne, 1923; min. to Bucharest, 1923-29; amb. to Moscow, 1929-34, 1943-44; Italy, 1934-43; apptd. amb. to U. S. A., 1944; at present, A. E. and P. to Italy; del., UNCIO, 1945; chrm. delgn., First

ALES BEBLER

Special GA, 1947; del., Fifth Gen. Conf., UNES∞, Florence, 1950. Official address: Turkish Embassy, Via Palestro, 28, Rome, Italy.

BAZINET, GENEVIEVE J.G.M., editor, documents control div., D/CGS, UN; b. Paris, Oct. 13, 1914; d. Georges L. and Christiane (Gandillot) Bazinet; ed. Faculty of Law, U. of Dijon, France, 1932-33; Faculty of Letters, U. of Besançon, France, 1933-37; licentiate in English, 1937. Asst. to head of claims dept., Ste. des Autocars Renault, 1938-39; sec. to pres., Com. on Organization of Fats and Oils Industries, 194144; analyst, Marine Min., 1944-45; joined UN Prep. Comm., London, 1945; editor, D/CGS, UN, 1946-present. Residence: 11 W. Ninth St., New York, N. Y.

BEAM, JACOB DYNELEY (U.S. A.), actg. rep., UN Comm. for Indonesia; b. Princeton, N. J., Mar. 24, 1908; s. Jacob Newton and Mary (Prince) Beam. B. A., Princeton U., 1929; fur. study, U. of Cambridge, Eng., 1929-30. Apptd. clerk in consulate, Geneva, 1931; v-consul, Geneva, 1931-33; third sec., Berlin, 1934-40; at Dept. of State, Washington, D. C., 1940; v-consul and third sec., London, 1941-43; consul and second sec., London, 1943; on staff, U. S. pol. adv. on Ger. aff., SHAEF, 1944-46; at Dept. of State, 1947; chf., cen. Eur. aff. div., 1947-48; actg. special asst., off. of Ger. and Austrian aff., 1949; consul, Batavia, 1949; consul-gen., 1949; consul-gen. and counselor of emb., Djakarta, 1950; apptd. actg. rep., UN Comm. for Indonesia, Nov. 1950. Official address: United States Embassy, Djakarta, Indonesia. Permanent address: 52 Bayard Lane, Princeton, N. J.

BEAUFORT, LEO JOSEPHUS CORNELIUS (Neth.), rep., Fifth GA; b. Haarlem, Neth., Mar. 24, 1890. Doctor of law, U. of Amsterdam, 1933. Lecturer in ethics, Franciscan schs., Wychen and Venray, 1923-31; apptd., dir. of ed. of devel. center, Roman Catholic Workers Union, Utrecht, 1930; became mem. of Econ. Council, 1933; elected mem. to second chamber, StatesGeneral (Neth. parl.), 1937; at present mem. first chamber; mem., Neth. delgn., UNCIO, 1945; prin., Roman Catholic Coll., Venray; also extraordinary prof., U. of Nijmegen; alt. del., First Special GA, 1946; and Second through Fifth GA, 1947-50; Author: 'Economisch Pacifisme', 1925; 'Alfonso de Castro as Source of Hugo Grotius', Mare Liberum, 1927; 'The Moral Aspect of the Military Problem', 1929; 'War as an Instrument of Assistance or Punishment' (thesis), 1933. Official address: First Chamber, States-General, the Hague, Netherlands.

BEBLER, ALES (Yugo.), perm. rep., UN; rep., SC; CCA; rep., Fifth GA; b. Idrija, Slovenia, Yugo., 1907; s. Baltazar and Fany Bebler; m. Vera Hrescak of Slovenia; two daughters: Yasna and Needa. LL.D., U. of Paris, 1930. Onetime capt., Spanish Republican Army; col., Yugo. resistance forces, 1941 until liberation; after liberation nominated min. of fin; subsequently under-sec. of state for frgn. aff.; del., Paris Peace Conf., 1946; del., First through Fifth GA, 1946-50; perm. rep., SC and UN, 1950-present; rep. on Collective Measures Com. set up under UN program 'United Action for Peace', 1950-present. Official address: Yugoslav Delegation to UN, 854 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y.

BECH, JOSEPH (Lux.) chrm. delgn., Fifth GA; min. frgn. aff.; b. Diekirch, Lux., 1887;

JOSEPH BECH

BEGLEY, FRANK MICHAEL, dir., bldgs. mngt. service, D/AFS, UN; b. Holyoke, Mass., Dec. 30, 1911; s. Patrick and Ellen (Francis) Begley; ed. Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn., 193135; Conn. State Police Sch., 1936-37; Fed. Bur. of Investigation Sch., 1940-41. During World War II, was prin. investigator of Army Air Forces Intelligence unit, 1941-44; investigator, security dir. and exec. mgr.,indus. relations, Fairchild Aircraft Co., Farmingdale, L.I., N. Y., 194446; chf. security off., UN, 1946-47; mem. UN Palestine Comm., 1948; was injured during assassination of Count Folke Bernadotte, 1948; dir., bldgs. mngt. service, D/AFS, UN, 1949-present; prior to war served at Hdqtrs., Conn. State Police, Hartford, 1937-40 and chf. of police, Farmington, Conn. 1940-41, granted leave for war services, 1941-44; hon. dpty.commr., N.Y.C. Police Dept. ; mem. Chfs. of Police Assn.; N. Y. Supts. Assn. Residence: 106 W. 56th St., N. Y.C.

BEGTRUP, BODIL GERTRUD (Den.), alt. rep., Fifth GA; b. Nyborg, Den., Nov. 12, 1903; d. Christian and Carla (Locher) Andreasen; m. Bolt Bolt-Jorgensen of Roskilde, Den., 1948. M. A., pol. sci. and econ., U. of Copenhagen; hon. doctorate, Smith Coll., Northampton, Mass., 1949. Mem. Danish delgn., LN, 1938; rep., First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, GA, 1945-50; vpres., III Com., 1948; pres., nuclear sub-com., 1946; comm. on the status of women, ECOSOC,

1947; mem. 1948-50; E. E. and M. P. to Republic of Iceland, 1948-present. Official address: Danish Legation, Reykjavik, Iceland.

BEKLIK, AZIZOLLAH (Iran), sec., perm. delgn., UN; b. Teheran, Iran, Oct. 28, 1914; s. Habihollah and Tadje-El-Molouk Beklik;married, 1947. Doctor in law, U. of Paris, 1944. With Min. Frgn. Aff., 1945-present; attaché of emb. and sec., perm. delgn., UN, 1950-present; mem. Iranian Assn. for the UN. Author: 'Iran and the League of Nations,' Paris. Official address: Iran Delegation to UN, 405 E. 42nd St., New York, N.Y. Residence: 310 W. 94th St., New York, N.Y. Permanent address: c/o Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Teheran, Iran.

BELAUNDE, VICTOR ANDRES (Peru), chrm. of delgn., Fifth GA; b. Arequippa, Peru, Dec. 15, 1883; s. Mariano and Mercedes (Causeco) Belaunde; m. Teresa Moreyna, 1923; six children: Andres, Anthony, Joseph, Peller, Therese, Martin; ed. Natl. U. of Arequippa, 1900-01; Natl. U. of San Marcos, 1910. Sec., Spanish-Argent. Dipl. Mission on Bol. Question, Madrid and Buenos Aires, 1905; chargé d'affaires, Ger., 1911; Bol., 1915; min. plenipotentiary, Uru., 1919; del. of Peru to univs. of U.S., 1920-27; exiled by President Lequia, 1921; devoted time to devel. of Spanish culture in U.S., France and Spain, 192130; prof., cultural aff., Columbia U., N.Y.C., 1920; Va. U., 1927-28; Miami U., Fla., 1926-32; U. of Chicago, 1930; min. to Switz. and del. to LN, 1936; adv. and sponsor, Com. on Frgn. Aff., 1943; rep., UNCIO, 1945; Pan-Am. Conf., Rio de Janeiro, 1947; author of proposal on pacific deliberations and pres., Intl. Law Comm., Lima; del., Bogota Conf., 1948; A.E. and P., chrm. delgn., and chrm., ad hoc. Pol. Com., Fifth GA, 1950; mem. Spanish Royal Acad.; Am. Inst. Intl. Law; Hist. Inst. of Peru; Universidad San Marcos, Lima. Author of several books on philosophy, law and hist., including 'Bolivar and Political Thought of Hispanic American Revolution'. Official address: 196 Avenida San Pedro, Lima, Peru.

BELLEZA, NEWTON de CASTRO (Braz.), v-chrm., standing advisory com. on rural welfare, FAO; rep., FAO Council; b. São Luiz, Maranhão, Braz., Aug. 26, 1899; s. Flavio Ferreira de Gouveia Pimental Belleza and Astidamia (de Castro) Belleza; m. Amelia Mendes Pordeus of Quixadá-Ceará, Braz., 1920; six children: Maria Heloisa; Flavio Mir; Myrtes Olga; Zulmira Wanda; Carmen Beatriz; Jandira Ruth; ed. Lyceum of Ceará, 1912-17; Agr. engr., Agr. Sch. of Ceará, 1921. Fed. agr. inspector, Minas-Gerais, 1922-32; asst. technician, Agr. Defense and Extension Works Service, 1933; asst. sec., min. of agr., 1933-34; asst. chf., first tech. sect., Agr. Ed. Service, 1934-36; dir., agr. ed. and Natl. Sch. of Agronomy, 1934-36; prof., psych. and logic, 1936-37; mem., tech. council, improvement and specialization courses, Rural U., Natl. Center of Agr. Ed. and Research, 1931-46; prof., ed. adm., 1942-present; asst. sec., min. of agr., 1942; dir., natl. security

sect., Min. of Agr., 1942-47; supt., agr. and veterinary ed., 1943-46; v-chrm., standing adv. com. on rural welfare, FAO; mem. Cen. Comm. i.c. Reform of Higher Ed., 1944; pres., BrazAm. Comm. on Rural Ed., 1946; chrm., frgn. agr. relations comm., Min. of Agr., 1947; chrm. delgn., Third Inter-Am. Agr. Conf., Caracas, Venez., 1945; del., UN Food and Agr. Conf., Hot Springs, Va., 1943; First Conf., FAO, Quebec, 1945; Second Conf., Copenhagen, 1946; mem., exec. com., FAO, 1945-48; mem. delgn., FAO Special Conf., Washington, 1948; elected first v-chrm. for this Special Conf.; mem. delgn., FAO Latin-Am. Conf. on Forestry and Forest Products, Teresopolis, Braz., 1948; Fourth FAO Conf., Washington, 1948; Fifth FAO Conf., Washington, 1949; rep., FAO Council, 1950; mem. Braz. Soc. of Agronomy, Natl. Soc. of Agr., Braz.; Engrs. Club; Reg. Council of Engr. and Architecture; Union of Professional Journalists of Rio de Janeiro; P.E.N. Club of Braz.; corresponding mem., Venez. Soc. of Natural Scis. Author poetry -- 'Destroco S,' 1929; 'Kodak,' 1929; 'Hoje,' 1930; 'Ondulasoes,' 1937; (in Port.): novel--'Mulher sem marido,' 1938; plays--'O defunto e meu,' 'O Imperador do Fome,' 'O doente do quarto 202,' 'O amor de Dona Ratinha' and 'O grande amor de uma mulher,' 1950; awarded prize by Braz. Acad. of Literature for short stories, 'A mulher gue virou homen,' 1932; has also written several studies in field of agr, and 'Sao Francisco Valley Social and Economic Survey' (collab.), for Comm. of Sao Francisco Valley, 1950. Official address: Ministry of Agriculture, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

BELSHAW, HORACE, dir., rural welfare div., FAO; b. Wigan, Eng., Feb. 9, 1898; Brit. citz. at b., N.Z. natl.; s. James and Mary (Pilkington) Belshaw; m. Marian McHardie of Bulls, N.Z., 1921; two children: Cyril S. and Michael H.; ed. Canterbury Coll., N.Z., 1914-20; Gonville and Caius Coll., Cambridge, Eng., 1924-27. Tutororganizer, Workers' Ed. Assn., Canterbury Coll., N.Z., 1920-24; lecturer, econ., Cambridge U., 1926-27; prof., econ., Auckland U. Coll., N.Z., 1927-44; intl. research sec., Inst. of Pacific Relations, 1944-46; prof., agr. econ., U. of Calif., 1946-47; dir., rural welfare div., FAO, 1947-present; mem. Economic Com., N.Z. Govt., 1931; Royal Comm. on Company Promotion, 1934; econ. adv., N. Z. Govt., 1935; Rockefeller fellowship, 1936; mem. N.Z. delgn., Inst. of Pacific Relations, Kyoto, Japan, 1929; leader, N. Z. delgn., Inst. of Pacific Relations, Yosemite, Calif., 1936, 1944. Edit., contributor, 'Agricultural Organization in New Zealand', Melbourne, 1936; New Zealand, U. of Calif. UN series, 1947; Author: 'Provision of Credit with Special Reference to Agriculture', 1931; 'Agricultural Reconstruction in the Far East', Inst. of Pacific Relations, 1947; and pamphlets and articles on econ. and social problems, intl. affs. Official address: Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, Rome, Italy.

BELT, GUILLERMO (Cuba), rep., UN Prep. Comm.; b. Havana, Cuba, 1905; m. Elisa M.

FRANS BENDER

Silverio, 1932; five children: Guillermo, José, Noel, Marilys, Juan. LL. D., U. of Havana. Began pvt. law practice, 1926; became sec. of pub. instruction, 1933; has held various govt. posts since 1933; apptd. amb. to U.S., 1945; rep., UN Prep. Comm., 1945; perm. rep. to UN, 1946-47; del., First and Second GA, 1946, 47. Decoration: Off., French Legion of Honor; hon. mem. Asociacion Econ. de L'Kuvane. Official address: c/o Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Havana, Cuba. Residence: Villa Marisol, La Coronela, Havana, Cuba.

BENDER, FRANS (Neth.), del., Fifth Gen. Conf., UNESCO; b. Amsterdam, Neth., Oct. 6, 1903; s. Jan C. and Suzanne D. (Mieg) Bender; m. Greta Frieda Galema of Amsterdam, 1947, B.Sc. (chem.), U. of Amsterdam, 1924; fur. study, Tech. Inst. of Delft; M. Phil., U. of Leiden, 1941; Doctor of philosophy and letters, 1945. Consulting chemist in intl. chem.combine, 192842; engaged in study, 1940-45; head, external relations sect., Neth. Min. of Ed., Arts and Scis., The Hague, 1945-present; del., First, Third, Fourth, Fifth Gen. Conf., UNESCO, 194650; pres., budget comm., Fifth Gen. Conf., Florence. Mem. various Neth. philosophical socs.; Neth. Hist. Soc.; Natl. UNESCO Comm.; mem. bd. Soc. for Intl. Order; mem. no. of cultural bilateral comms. Decorations: Chevalier, Legion of Honor, France; Off., Order of the Crown, Belg. Author: 'George Berkeley's Philosophy Re-examined,' Amsterdam, 1945; also articles on philosophical and intl. cultural subjects. Official address: Ministry of Education, Arts and Sciences, The Hague, Netherlands. Residence: Timorstraat 125, The Hague, Netherlands,