Background
Blankenheimer, Bernard was born on July 6, 1920 in New York City. Son of Benjamin and Anna (Barach) Blankenheimer.
Blankenheimer, Bernard was born on July 6, 1920 in New York City. Son of Benjamin and Anna (Barach) Blankenheimer.
Bachelor of Arts, Brooklyn College, 1941; postgraduate, New York University, 1941-1942; Master of Arts in Economics, George Washington University, 1950.
With, unites states department Commerce, 1942-1976;
junior economist European division, unites states department Commerce, 1942;
assistant economist, unites states department Commerce, 1945-1947;
international economist Africa section British Commonwealth division, unites states department Commerce, 1948-1950;
chief African section Africa-Near East division, unites states department Commerce, 1950-1961;
deputy director Africa division, unites states department Commerce, 1961;
director, unites states department Commerce, 1962-1968;
deputy director Office Import Programs, unites states department Commerce, Washington, 1970-1972;
director Office Import Programs, unites states department Commerce, 1973-1976;
United States Foreign Service senior commercial officer American consulate general, Johannesburg, Republic South Africa, 1968-1970. Director United States Trade Mission to, Liberia, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Guinea, 1960, Mission to, Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, 1963. Adviser United States delegate 22dsession General Agreement of Tariff and Trades, Geneva, 1965.
Member United States observer delegate United Nations Economics Common for Africa Symposium on Industrialization, Cairo, 1966. Member 9th Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy Department State, 1966-1967. Observer United States delegate Unctad III, Santiago, Chile, 1972.
Member United States del United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Meeting of Experts, Geneva, 1973, International Rubber Study Group meetings, Geneva, 1973, 74, Djakarta, Indonesia, 1975. Member United States delegate to 5th International Tin Conference Negotiations, Geneva, 1975, Unctad Confs. on Tungsten and Copper, Geneva, 1976, Unctad Consultation on Copper, Geneva, 1976. Assistant director economics consultant services Wolf & Company, 1976-1978.
Vice president Economics Cons. Services, Inc., Washington, 1978-1979. Lecturer African studies Johns Hopkins School Advanced International Studies, 1957-1962, American U. School Business Administration, 1967, Howard U., 1962-1968.
Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1945. Fellow African Studies Association, Royal Geography Society M C.
Married Rosalind Drescher, December 4, 1943. Children– Alan Howard, Susan Leslie.