Background
Norberg, Charles Robert was born on July 25, 1912 in Cleveland. Son of Rudolf Carl and Ida Edith (Roberts) Norberg.
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Charles Robert Norberg
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Bachelor of Science in Administrative Engineering, Cornell Univercity, 1934; Master of Arts in International Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1937; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1939.
Career
Laboratory research assistant, Willard Storage Battery Company, Cleveland, 1934-1935;
associate firm, Hepburn and Norris, Philadelphia, 1939-1942;
with, Office of Association Secretary State for Public Affairs, Department State, 1948-1951;
assistant director psychological strategy board, Executive Office of the President, 1952-1954;
member of staff, United States Delegation to United Nations General Assembly, Paris, 1951;
adviser, United States Delegation to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization General Conference, Montevideo, 1954;
associate firm, Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, Washington, 1955-1956;
individual practice law, Washington, since 1956;
treasurer, general counsel, Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission, 1968-1983;
director general, Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission, 1983-1995;
honorary director general, Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission, since 1995;
honorary member, Corte Brasileira de Arbitragem Comercial. Chief Special Agency for International Development Mission to Ecuador, 1961. Special Aid Mission to Uruguay,1961.
Member United States delegation to Specialized Inter-American Conference on private international law, Panama, 1975.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman International Visitors Information Service, Washington, 1965-1969. Chairman Mayor's Committee on International Visitors, 1971-1978. Chairman, president Bicentennial Commission of District of Columbia, Inc., 1975-1981.
Served with United States Air Force, 1942-1946. Member Philadelphia Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Inter-American Bar Association, Washington Foreign Law Society (president 1959-1963), American Society International Law, American Law Institute, American Bar Association (chairman international legal exchange program 1974-1979), Bar Association of District of Columbia (chairman international law committee 1977-1979), Inter-American Bar Foundation (founder, director 1957, president 1969-1984, chairman board since 1984), Diplomatic and Consular Officers Retired (Washington), Washington Institute Foreign Affairs, Academia Colombiana de Jurisprudencia, Inter-American Academy International and Comparative Law, Colegio de Abogados de Quito. Clubs: Metropolitan (Washington).
Dacor (Washington); Racquet (Philadelphia). Harvard (New York City).
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April 9, 2001 (aged 88) -
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American
Education
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