Background
Basch, Antonin was born on June 5, 1896 in Nemeckybrod, Czechoslovakia. Son of Albert and Matilde (Basch) Basch.
Basch, Antonin was born on June 5, 1896 in Nemeckybrod, Czechoslovakia. Son of Albert and Matilde (Basch) Basch.
Juris Doctor, Charles University, Prague, 1919. Student of University of Vienna, 1917-1918, University of Berlin, 1920-1921.
Came to the United States, 1940. Official, Ministry of Commerce, Czechoslovakia, 1919. With Czechoslovak Economic Service, Berlin, 1920-1923.
Secretary Czechoslovak Chamber of Commerce and Ministry, Prague, 1923-1926.
Director research department Czechoslovak National Bank, Prague, 1926-1934. General manager United Chemical and Metallurgical Works, Prague, 1934-1939.
Visiting professor economics Brown University, 1940-1942. Lecturer in economics, Columbia, since 1942 chief economist International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington, 1942-1957, resident representative in India, 1957-1959, head of the capital market unit, 1959-1961.
Visiting professor economics University of Michigan Ann Arbor, 1961-1965.
Consultant Inter-American Development Bank, 1966, Asian Institute for Development and Planning, 1967-1968.
Member American Economic Association, Society for International Development.
Married Eleanor Mary Fuchs, June 19, 1923. Children: Monica H. East., January.