Benjamin Alberto COHEN

Background

COHEN, Benjamin Alberto was born on March 18, 1896 in Concepción, Chile.

Education

Educated Colegio Inglés de Lota, 1902-1906, Internado Nacional Barros Arana (Santiago), 1907-1911, medical. school, University de Chile, 1912-1914, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America), 1926-1930.

Career

Professor; secretary, Chilean defense commission, Tacna-Arica arbitration, Washington, 1923. Secretary. Chilean embassy, Washington, 1923-1927. Chief, bureau of interpreters and translators, 6th Pan American Conference, Havana, 1928.

Tech, director, World Immigration Conference, Havana, 1928. Secretary, Chilean section, TacnaArica Special Boundary Commission, New York. 1928; secretary to the arbitrator of the MexicanGerman (1927-1930), Mexican-Spanish (192732) Mcxican-Italian (1931-1932) Claims Commns.

Chief interpreter and translator, Pan American Conference on Arbitration and Conciliation, Washington, 1929. Spanish-languagc secretary, Commission of Inquiry and Conciliation (Bolivia-Paraguay), Washington, 1929. Chief interpreter, World Highway Congress, Washington, 1930, Pan American Conference on Agriculture, Washington, 1930.

Delegate, International Chamber of Commerce Congress, Washington, 1931. Chairman, Chilean delegation, 4th Pan American Commercial Conference, Washington, 1931. Secretary, Guatemala-Honduras Special Boundary Tribunal, 1931-1933.

Chargé d’affaires and counsellor, Chilean embassy, Washington, 1933. Delegate, 7th Pan American Conference, Montevideo, 1933. Director, diplomatic department, ministry of foreign affairs, with rank of resident minister, 1936-1939.

Delegate, Inter-AmConf. for Maintenance of Peace, Buenos Aires. Chairman, Chilean delegation, Mixed Commercial Commission with Peru, Lima, 1937. Ambassador to Bolivia, 1939-1945.

Assistant secretary general, United Nations, since 1946. Member American Institute of International Law, American Geographical Society, American Academy, of Polit, and Social Science, Académie Diplomatique Internationale (Paris), and numerous other social and professional societies. Officer, El Sol del Perú, Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil), Saint Sava (Yugoslavia).

Commander. Aguila Azteca (Mexico), Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (Cuba), Honneur et Mérite (Haiti), Al Mérito (Ecuador), Leopold I of Belgium, Red Cross of Germany, Crown of Italy. Officer, Mérito del Maestro (Bolivia). Nevils gold medal in internat, relations, Georgetown University.

Membership

Member University Gabriel René Moreno (Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia), 1940. Member staff, Biblioteca Nacional de Chile, 1915-1919. Member faculty, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.

Member American Institute of International Law, American Geographical Society, American Academy, of Polit, and Social Science, Académie Diplomatique Internationale (Paris), and numerous other social and professional societies.

Connections

Father:

Alberto Cohen Block

Mother:

Rebeca Gallerstein Ditkowsky

Spouse:

María Teresa Arguello