STANLEY C. BEVAN

jurisprudence du travail', 13 vols., ILO, Geneva, 1925-38; and other works in field of indus. law. Official address: International Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland. Residence: Bellevue-Valavran, Geneva, Switzerland.

BEVAN, STANLEY CHARLES (Australia), workers' del., 33rd sess., ILO Conf.; b. Adelaide, Australia, Oct. 14, 1901; s. Charles and Caroline (Smith) Bevan; m. Ida Conroy of Point Adelaide, Australia, 1935; three children: Francis J., Carmel R., Marie A.; ed. Barton Pub. Sch. (awarded leaving hons.), S. Australia. Entered trade union movement by joining Australian Workers Union, 1917; joined Timber Workers Union and held positions of del. to Trades and Labor Council, Australian Labor Party; asst. sec. and pres.; gen. sec., Fed. Miscellaneous Workers Union; exec. mem. and v-pres., Adelaide Trades and Labor Council; exec. mem. Australian Labor Party; sec., Fed. Coopers Union, S. Australia Br., 1943-present; pres., Trades Hall Mng. Com.; workers' del., 33rd sess., ILO Conf., 1950; mem. indus. relations com., ILO, 1950; served as indus, advocate in all indus. matters connected with unions before Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Ct. Official address: 49 Trades Hall, Adelaide, South Australia. Residence: 49 Gowra St., Mile End Adelaide, South Australia.

BEVIN, ERNEST (U.K.), chrm. delgn., Fifth GA; b. Winsford, Somersetshire, Eng., Mar. 9, 1881; orphaned at age of eight. Hon. fellow of Magdalen Coll., Oxford, 1946. LL.D. (hon.), Cambridge and Bristol Univs. Sec., West of Eng. Unemployment Union, 1905-09; founder, sec., Bristol Unemployment Union; engaged in union orgn. since 1910; br. sec., Dockers Union, 1910;

became dist. sec., later natl. organizer, 191021; gen. sec., Transport and Gen. Workers' Union, 1921-40; engaged in strengthening labor newspaper, Daily Herald, since 1920; min. of labor and natl. service, 1940-45; sec. of state for frgn. affs., 1945-present; rep. of Gt. Brit., Potsdam Conf., 1945; Council of Frgn. Mins., London, 1945; Three-Power Conf. of Frgn. Mins., Moscow, 1945; UN-SC London, 1946; Council Frgn. Mins, and Peace Conf., Paris, 1946; chrm. delgn., Second to Fifth GA, 1947-50; mem. exec. com., Intl. Transport Workers; chrm., Trades Union Cong. Author: 'The Job to be Done', 1942. Official address: Foreign Office, Downing St., London, S.W. 1, England.

(Editor's note: Mr. Bevin resigned as Foreign Secretary on March 9, 1951 and was replaced by Mr. Herbert S. Morrison)

BEYEN, JOHAN WILLEM (Neth.), exec.dir., Intl. Bank and Intl. Fund; b. Utrecht, Neth., May 2, 1897; s. Karel H. and Louise (Coenen) Beyen; m. Margaretha A. Lubinka, of Vienna, Austria, 1945; four children: Karel H., Frederique, Johan W., John A.; graduated in jurisprudence, 1918. Served in Min. of Fin., 1918-21; dpty. treasurer gen., 1921-23; legal adv., Philips Incandescent Lamps, 1924-25; mgr., Amsterdam Office, Javasche Bank; mng. dir., Rotterdamsche Bankvereniging, 1927-35; alternate of pres., Bank for Intl. Settlements, Basle, Switz., 1935-37; pres., 1937-40; fin. dir., Lever Brothers and Unilever Ltd., London and Rotterdam, 1940-46; exec. dir., Intl. Bank, 1946-present; Intl. Fund, 1948-present.. Author: 'Het Plaatselijk Belastinggebied', 1926; 'Money In a Maelstrom', New York, 1949. Official address: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 1818 H St., N. W., Washington, D.C. Residence: Con

BEZROUKOV, NIKON Y. (U.S.S.R.), v-chrm., Transport and Communications Comm., ECOSOC; b. Kronstadt, 1902; ed. Marine Sch., Leningrad. Dir., N. Steamship Co., 1938; chf., Marine Fleet, U.S.S.R., 1939-40; head, Baltic Steamship Co., 1940-41,comdr., Navy, World War II; chf., transport dept., Amtorg Trading Co., 1946-present; v-chrm., Transport and Communications Comm., ECOSOC, 1947-present. Official address: Economic and Social Council of the UN, New York, N.Y.

* BIDAULT, GEORGES (France), fmr. min. frgn. aff.; rep., UNCIO; b. Moulins, France, Oct. 5, 1899; s. Georges and Augustine (Traverse) Bidault; m. Suzanne Borel, 1945; ed. Jesuit Coll., Bolengo, Italy; Sorbonne, U. of Paris. Asst. prof. of hist., 1925; prof. Lycée de Valenciennes, 1931; Lycée Louis le Grand, Paris, 1934; edit., L'Aube (Catholic jour.), 1934; in armed services, 1939-41; joined French Resistance Movement, 1941; became pres., Natl. Council of Resistance, 1943; apptd. min. frgn. aff., 1944; pres., provisional govt. of the Repub., 1946; rep., UNCIO, 1945. Residence: 1 rue Traversiere, St. Cloud, Seine-et-Oise, France.

BIERI, V-ADML. BERNHARD H. (U.S. A.), Navy rep., MSC; b. Walnut Lake, Minn., June 24, 1889; s. Bernhard and Elsie (Schild) Bieri; m. Elsie Genther of Camden, N. J., 1913; five children: Bernhard, John G., David, Robert, James. B. S., U. S. Naval Acad., 1911; grad. U.S. Naval War Coll., 1936. Commissioned ensign, 1911; through grades to v - adml., 1945; served on U. S. S. Delaware, 1911-12; U. S. S.

Nashville, 1913; U. S. S. Montana, 1914; U. S. S. Virginia, 1914-15; U.S.S. Texas, 1915-19; 1929 30; U. S. S. Utah, 1928; U. S. S. Altair, 1933-35; commanded U.S.S. Corry, 1921-25; staff comdr., battleships, 1938; battle force, 1939; staff comdr. in chf., U.S. Fleet, 1939-40; commanded U. S. S. Chicago, 1941-42; staff comdr-in-chf., U.S. Fleet, and duty with allied comdr. N. African Invasion Force and Supreme Comdr., Allied Forces in Eur., 1942-45; dpty. chf., naval operations, 1945-46; comdr., U. S. Naval Forces in Mediterranean, 1946 - 48; commandant, 11th Naval District, 1948-49; rep., U.S. chf. of naval operations, MSC, UN, 1949-present. Decorations for service in Mexican Campaign and World War I, and for service in Pacific and EuropeanAfrican Theaters, World War II. Official address: United States Mission to the United Nations, 2 Park Avenue, New York, N. Y.

BIHELLER, BEDRICH (Czech.), alt. rep., Fifth GA. Fmr. counselor to min., Min. Frgn. Aff., Czech.; sect. chf., Min. Frgn. Aff., at present; rep., Fourth GA, 1949; alt. rep., Fifth GA, 1950; mem. Fourth (Trusteeship) Com., Fifth GA. Official address: Czechoslovakian Delegation to the UN, 6 E. 67th St., New York, N.Y.

BIHIN, PAUL FERNAND ERNEST (Belg.), rep., UN Comm. for Indonesia; b. Brussels, Belg., July 27, 1911; s. René A. and Lucie W. (Acker) Bihin. Certif., doctor of law, Free U. of Brussels, 1936. Law practice, Brussels, 1936-40; dpty. pub. prosecutor, Brussels, 1940-44; dpty. mil. auditor, Belg. Forces in Gt. Brit., 1943; asst. chf. of cabinet of prime min. of Belg., London, 1943-44; and mem. juridicial council of Belg. Govt., London; dir-gen., Min. of Jus., Belg., 1944-48; counselor of legation, asst. rep., UN Comm. for Indonesia, 1948-50; rep., 1950-present. Decorations: Comdr., Order of Leopold II; Off., Order of the Crown; Civil Cross, first class, 1940-45; Cross of the Fvacuation, all Belg.; Comdr. of the Black Star and Off., Legion of Honor, France; Comdr., Order of Orange-Nassau, Neth.; O.B.E.; Off. of the Legion of Merit, U.S.A. UN address: UN Commission for Indonesia, Hotel des Indes, Djakarta, Indonesia. Permanent address: 118, Avenue Winston Churchill, Brussels, Belgium.

BINAGHI, WALTER JULIO (Argent.), chrm., Air Navigation Comm., ICAO; b. Buenos Aires, Argent., July 13, 1919; s. Ambrosio and Isolina (Bertani) Binaghi; m. Rosalía Unía of Ramos Mejía, Argent., 1945; grad., civil engr., U. of Buenos Aires, 1943. Asst., physics laboratory, Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, 193844; sch. of engr., U. of Buenos Aires, 1944-45; chf., experimental works, physics, U. of Buenos Aires, 1945-47; asst. civil engr., airdromes div., Min. of Aeronautics, Argent., 1944-45; chf., airports maintenance div., 1945-46; chf., airdrome planning div., 1946-47; Argent. del., First Asmb., ICAO, 1947; Argent. del., Air Navigation Comm., ICAO, 1947-present; chrm., 1949-present; mem. Centro Estudiantes de Ingeniería; Centro Argentino de Ingenieros; Argentine Rowing Club. Official address: 908 In

ternational Aviation Building, Montreal, Canada. Residence: 4870 Cote des Neiges, Montreal, Canada. Permanent address: Laprida 924, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

BINDER, CARROLL (U.S.A.), mem., SubComm. on Freedom of Info. and the Press, ECOSOC; b. Mechanicsburg, Pa., Feb. 20, 1896; s. James I. and Emma (Flohr) Binder; m. Dorothy Walton of Minneapolis, Minn., 1920; four children: Carroll, Jr. (1st It., U.S. Army Air Forces, killed in action, 1944), Mary, David, Deborah. A.B., Harvard U., 1916; fur. study, 1916-17. Rep. of Am. Red Cross doing refugee work, French War Zone, 1917-19; reporter, frgn. corr. (Latin-Am., Italy, Russia, LN and London), Chicago Daily News, 1922-31; edit. writer, 193136; frgn. edit., dir. frgn. service, 1936-44; edit., Minneapolis Tribune, 1945-present; corr. from ETO and South Pacific, World War II; traveled in Eur. and Far East during 1930's and since World War II; mem. sub-comm. on Freedom of Info and the Press; ECOSOC, 1949-present; mem. UN Com. to Draft Conv. on Freedom of Info., 1951; dir., Frgn. Policy Assn., Inc., 1948present; Intl. Film Found., 1947-present; mem. Am. Soc. of Newspaper Edits.; Editorial Writers Conf.; Council on Frgn. Relations. Author of numerous articles in Am. periodicals and Brit. and Latin-Am. newspapers, 1920-present. Official address: Minneapolis Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn. Residence: 1627 W. 26th St., Minneapolis, Minn.

BINNERTS, GOERT (Neth.), alt. del., UNSCOB; b. Meppel, Neth., Nov. 29, 1901; s. Arjen and Antje (van Calcar) Binnerts; m. Maria C. Spikermann of Amsterdam, Holland; two children: Robbert Edward and Arjen. LL.D., U. of

YVES BIRAUD

Leyden, 1927. Lawyer, Amsterdam, Neth., 1927-33; mng. dir. in Far East, J. B. Wolters' Uitgevers Mij N. V., Batavia, 1933 - 46; fought against Japanese; prisoner of war in several camps in and out of Java, 1942-45; liaison off., Neth. Info. Service, Batavia, 1945-46; wrote novel, 'Alles is in orde', Heeren, Swets & Zeitlinger, Amsterdam, 1947, on experiences in Japanese concentration camps, 1946-47; chf., sales sect., D/CGS, UN, 1947-48; prin. sec., UN Comm. on Korea, 1948-49; alt. rep., UNSCOB Athens, 1949 - present. Author of articles on maritime law in Neth. juridical monthlies, 1927; article on Roman Catholic and Facist views of the 'State' in connection with the Lateran Treaty in 'De Gids', sci. monthly, Amsterdam, Nov. 1929; 'Study on Simon Vestdijk' in De Fakkel, Dutch-Indonesian monthly, Dec. 1940, re-printed in Anthology of Dutch Literature, Amsterdam, 1946; several articles in Dutch newspapers on Gr. and the Balkans, 1950-51. Official address: Special Committee on the Balkans, UN Headquarters, New York, N. Y.

BIRAUD, YVES, dir., div. of epidemiology, WHO; b. Poitiers, France, Oct. 23, 1900; s. Francis and Elisabeth (Devuns) Biraud; m. Marie Arnold of Poitiers; six children: Hélène, Françoise, Monique, Cécile, Anne, Gérard. B. A., M. Sc., U. of Poitiers, 1919; M. D., U. of Paris, 1923; Pasteur Inst. fellowship, Paris, 1923; certif. of pub. health, Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore, Md., 1924. Lecturer, grad. sch., Paris Inst. of Hygiene, 1924-25; i. c., epidemiological research on tuberculosis, LN Health Com., and mem. health sect., LN, 1925; sec., LN coms. on tuberculosis, malaria and soc. med., 1925-27; actg. dir., LN Eastern Bur. Singapore, 1927-28; i. c. LN Epidemiological

Intelligence Service and Pub. Health Statistics, 1930-41; tech. adv., Intl. Red Cross, 1941-45; actg. dir., LN health sect., Geneva, 1942-44; apptd. LN counselor, 1945; sec-gen., Intl. Rabies Conf., Paris, 1925; Tuberculosis Vaccination Conf., 1926; dpty. sec - gen., Decennial Conf., Fifth Revision of Intl. List of Causes of Death, 1938; consultant, U. S. Com. on Med. Nomenclature and Statistics, Washington, D. C., Dec. 1945-Jan. 1946; apptd. by UN to organize Intl. Health Conf., which became WHO, 1946; sec. of Conf., June-July, 1946; dpty. exec. sec., WHO Interim Comm., 1946-47; dir., div. of epidemiology, WHO, Geneva, 1947-present; sec-gen., Decennial Conf., Sixth Revision Intl. Lists of Causes of Death, Paris, 1948; mem. Soc. of Statistics, Paris; Intl. Inst. of Statistics, The Hague; hon. mem. Med. Soc. of Geneva. Author: 'Causes of the Recent Decline of Tuberculosis Mortality', LN, 1925; 'Statistiques Sanitaires,' in Cours d' Hygiene, vol. II, Masson edit., Paris, 1927; 'La Mortalite tuberculeuse et son evolution: apercu geographique et epidemiologique', Review Phitisiol, 1930; Present-Day Yellow Fever Epidemiology,' LN, 1935; 'Poliomyelitis: History of the Disease and of Research concerning its Epidemiology in Recent Years', LN, 1935; 'Typhus and Typhus-like Rickettisia Infections, 'Geographical Distribution and Epidemiology, LN, 1936;' Nomenclature Internationales des Causes de Deces', 1938, The Hague, 1940; 'Health in Europe, A Survey of the Epidemic Nutritional Situation,' LN, 1944; 'Polygot Glossary of Communicable Diseases,' LN, 1944. Official address: World Health Organization, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.

BIRCKHEAD, JOHN THOMAS, dir., adm. div., UNICEF; b. Washington, D.C., Jan. 8, 1913; s. Courtney O. and Edna (Brennan) Birckhead; m. Gwen Kaldenbach of Landover, Md., 1937; two children: Patricia F. and John, Jr.; ed. U. of Md., 1930-32; on the job trng., U. S. Govt. 1933-43. Adm. clk., adm. div., Farm Credit Adm., Washington, D. C., 1933-35; asst. procurement off., purchasing div., 1935-37; chf. clk., reproduction dept., procurement div., U.S. Treas. Dept., 1937-41; asst. chf. clk., bur. of ordinance, Navy Dept., 1941-42; sect. chf., bus. services br., WPB, 1942-44; dir., material control and office mngt., Submarine Signal Co., Boston, and Fall River, Mass., 1944-46; owner, operator, Guaranty Insulation Corp., Fall River, and Washington, D.C., 1946-47; dir., adm. div., UNICEF, 1947-present; mem. Natl. Office Mngt. Assn. Author: 'Standard Office Practices', Navy Dept., 1941; 'Standard Service Procedures', WPB, 1942; 'Materials Control', Boston, Mass., 1945. Residence: 147-45 Grand Central Pkwy., Jamaica, N. Y.

BIRGI, MUHARREM NURI (Tur.), rep., Fifth GA; nin. plenipotent ary; head, second pol. dept., Min. Frgn. Aff. Official address: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ankara, Turkey.

BJORCK, WILHELM KARL ANDERS (Swed.), govt. del., 33rd sess., ILO Conf.; b. Barse

K. WILHELM BJORCK

bäck, Swed., Oct. 13, 1888; s. Carl G. and Wilma (Eurenius) Björck; m. Lizzie Petterson of Halsingborg, Swed., 1915; two children: Karl and Birgit. B. A., Lund U., Sweden, 1910; D. Sc., 1915. Lecturer, Jönköping, 1916-19; mem. bd. of ed., Stockholm, 1920-34; under-sec. of state to Min. Soc. Aff., 1934-38; dir-gen., Paymaster Gen's. Off., 1939-present; M.P., 1917-20, 192738; mem. County Council, 1935-50; chrm., Bd. for State Insts. of Pub. Health, 1938-48; bd. of State Export Guarantee Insurance, 1938; State Holidays Comm., 1940-present; delgn. for Intl. Collaboration on Soc. Questions, 1940-present; Econ. State Suprs. Comm., 1950-present; govt. del., ILO Confs., 1938-39; 1945-50; del., indus. coms. of iron, steel, metal trades, inland transport, bldg., chem. and textile indus., 1944present; dpty. and regular mem., Gov. Body, ILO, 1938-48. Author of several articles on zoology and pol. Official address: Birger Jalstorg 10, Stockholm, Swed. Residence: Djur sholm, Kårevägen 22, Stockholm.

BJORNSSON, JON (Nor.), del., Third Health Asmb., and mem. expert panel on intl. epidemiology and quarantine, WHO; b. Stavanger, Nor., Sept. 17, 1909; s. Jon and Ragnhild (Johannessen) Bjornsson. Candidate degree (M.D. equivalent) U. of Oslo, 1936; M.P.H., Sch. of Hygiene and Pub. Health, Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore, Md., 1941. Asst., Inst. for Hygiene, U. of Oslo, 1937; asst. dir., bacteriological dept., State Inst. for Pub. Health, 1938-40; dir., div. of epidemiology and hygiene, Nor. Health Services, 1946-50; dpty. dir-gen., Dec. 1950-present; del., First, Second and Third Asmb., WHO, 1948-50; maj., med. corps, Nor. forces, serving in Luneburg, N.S.; Toronto, Ontario; London, Eng., and Finmark, Nor. 1941-45; mem. Nor. Med. Assn.; Nor. Med.

Soc.; Nor. Pub. Health Assn.; Am. Pub. Health Assn.; Delta Omega. Address: Helsedirektoratet, Oslo, Norway.

BLACK, EUGENE ROBERT, pres. Intl. Bank; b. Atlanta, Ga., May 1, 1898; s. Eugene R. and Gussie (Grady) Black; m. Suzette Heath of Atlanta, 1930; three children: Mrs. Peter A. Campbell; Eugene R., Jr.; William Heath. A.B. (with honors), U. of Ga., 1918. Engaged in banking and investments, Harris, Forbes & Co., 1918-31; Chase-Harris, Forbes Corp., 1931-33; 2d v-pres., Chase Natl. Bank, N.Y.C., 1933-37; v-pres., 1937-47; served as exec. dir., Intl. Bank, 1947-49; pres., Intl. Bank and chrm., bd. of exec. dirs., 1949-present; sr. v-pres., Chase Natl. Bank, Mar. -July, 1949 (Resigned); active in war loan drives as exec. with N.Y. Victory Bond Com., and dir., bank and investment div., N.Y. State War Fin. Com., 1943. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: River, N.Y.C.; Natl. Golf Links of Am., Southampton, L.I.; Chevy Chase Country and Burning Tree Country, Washington, D.C. Address: Intl. Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 1818 H St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

BLACK, JOHN DONALD (U. S. A.), chrm., standing advisory com. on econ., FAO; b. Jeffer son County, Wis., June 6, 1883; s. Robert and Margaret (Scott) Black; m. Nina Van Steenberg of Lansing, Ill., 1917; three children: Guy, Mar garet, Alan. A. B., U. of Wis., 1909; A. M., 1910; Ph. D., 1919. Prof., U. of Minn., 191827; prof., Harvard U., 1927-present; with Brookings Inst., part-time, 1933-35; Fed. Farm Bd., part-time, 1931-32; consultant, U. S. Dept. of Agr., 1922-23, 1936, 1942; Tenn. Valley Author ity, 1937-50; mem. food and nutrition bd., Natl. Research Council, 1940-present; Agr. Research

EUGENE R. BLACK

Policy Com., U.S. Dept. of Agr., 1947-present; chrm., standing advisory com. on econ., FAO, 1946-present. Author: 'Production Economics', New York, 1926; 'Production Organization', New York, 1929; 'Agricultural Reform in the United States', New York, 1929; 'The Dairy Industry and The AAA', Brookings Inst., Washington; 'Parity, Parity, Parity', Harvard Press; 'Future Food and Agriculture Policy', New York, 1944; 'Farm Management', New York, 1948; 'The Rural Economy of New England', Harvard Press, 1950. Official address: Food and Agriculture Organization, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N. W., Washington, D.C. Permanent address: 12 Lambert Rd., Belmont, Mass.

BLANC, PAUL, chf., pharmaceutical sect., WHO; b. Lutry, Switz., Nov. 27, 1903. B. A., U. of Lausanne, Switz., 1926; Swiss fed. dip. in pharmaceutical chem., 1926; fur. study, King's Coll., U. of London, 1927; B. A., McGill U., Montreal, Can., 1941-42; B. A., fur. grad. studies in bacteriology, parasitology, and pharmacology. With pharmaceutical firms in Switz., France, Eng., U. S. A., Can; mng. dir., sci. dir., Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Can. 1930-48; WHO, 1949-present; mem. Swiss Pharmaceutical Soc.; Chem. Inst. of Can., etc. Official address: World Health Organization, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.

BLANCO, CARLOS SANCHEZ (Cuba), rep., Fifth GA; alt. rep., SC; b. Havana, Cuba, Feb. 16, 1904; s. Juan and Candída (Sanchez) Blanco; m. Marie Luisa de Lasa of N. Y. C., 1940. LL. D., Havana U., 1925. Third sec. of legation, Pan., 1926-28; second sec., Berne, Switz., 1928-30; perm. delgn., LN, 1928-30; Dept. of State, Havana, 1930-35; first sec., emb., Wash