Background
Schwartz, Abba Philip was born on April 17, 1916 in Baltimore. Son of Harry and Fannie (Berman) Schwartz.
Schwartz, Abba Philip was born on April 17, 1916 in Baltimore. Son of Harry and Fannie (Berman) Schwartz.
Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service, Georgetown University, 1936. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1939.
Official, Intergovtl. Committee on Refugees, London, England., 1946-1947;
reparations director, United Nations International Refugee Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland, 1947-1949;
partner law firm, Washington, 1949-1962;
administrator, assistant secretary, Bureau Security and Consular Affairs, State Department, 1962-1966;
practice law, Washington, 1967-1989. United States representative 18th Session, Council Intergovtl.
Committee on European Migration, Geneva, 1962, 18th Session, Council Intergovtl. Committee on European Migration (20th-24th sessions), 1963-1965. United States delegate, vice chairman 20th International Conference Red Cross, Vienna, Austria, 1965.
Chief White House Mission to Vietnam, 1965. Special assistant to secretary defense on prisoners of war inVietnam, from 1967. Special counsel to Intergovtl.
Committee on Migration, from 1968.
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Board Governors American Red Cross, 1963-1966. Member of New York State Commission To Commemorate Centennial of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1982. Member of advisory commission to the United States Commn.for Eleanor Roosevelt Centennial, 1984.
Served with United States Merchant Marines, 1942-1944. To Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (board directors), Reform Club (London), National Capital Democratic Club, Harvard Club (New York City, Washington).