Background
Cortesi, Arnaldo was born on September 21, 1897 in Rome, Italy. Son of Salvatore and Isabelle (Cochrane) Cortesi.
Cortesi, Arnaldo was born on September 21, 1897 in Rome, Italy. Son of Salvatore and Isabelle (Cochrane) Cortesi.
Educated in Rome schools, Sherborne Public School, Dorset, England, 1910-1915. Bachelor of Science in Elec. Engineering, Birmingham (England) University, 1920.
Unmarried.
Came to the United States, 1922, naturalized, 1946.
Member New York Times staff, Rome, 1922, Rome correspondent, 1922-1939, Mexico City correspondent, 1939-1941, chief South American correspondent, Buenos Aires, 1941-1946, head, New York Times office, Rome, since 1946. Member Foreign Press Association (president Italy 1947-1948).