Background
Jonas, Gilbert was born on July 22, 1930 in Brooklyn. Son of Harry and Mitzi (Rosenstein) Jonas.
(During the darkest hours of World War II, a Scarsdale, NY...)
During the darkest hours of World War II, a Scarsdale, NY, high school student experienced a "vision" of the possibilities of a peaceful postwar world. From this mystical moment came the most powerful American student movement of the postwar decadethe Student Federalistswho pressed their elders and their contemporaries to consider the establishment of a world government based on the same principles which guided our nation's Founding Fathers more than a century-and-a-half earlier. Damned by the fanatics of the extreme right, and of the extreme left, the Student Federalists rapidly expanded after VJ Day, reaching a high point of some 15,000 members and almost four hundred local chapters. No student movement ever grew as fast and as broadly as the Student Federalist between 1943 and 1949. Nor did any fade as precipitously in the face of a widening Cold War. Few other American movements have produced so many future leaders in academia, politics, international aid and public affairs as did this non-partisan and non-sectarian phenomenon.This storynever told beforeis documented by the correspondence, proceedings and news articles of the student participants and includes a 150-page appendix containing scores of documents, essays, statements of purpose, and official pamphlets.
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Jonas, Gilbert was born on July 22, 1930 in Brooklyn. Son of Harry and Mitzi (Rosenstein) Jonas.
Bachelor, Stanford University, 1951. Graduate certified Chinese studies Columbia University, 1953, Master of Arts in International Affairs, 1955;m. Barbara L. Selby, September 1953 (division November 1961).
Member of Parliament Joyce Theise, December 27, 1964. Children: Jillian, Stephanie. Public relations counsel African Independence movements and East Asian goverments, 1955-1967.
Executive secretary American Friends of Vietnam, New York City, 1956-1957.
Vice president Harold L. Oram Incorporated., New York City, 1958-1961. Executive secretary American Medical Center for Burma, New York City, 1959-1961.
Far East consultant, acting director Far East, Peace Corps, Washington, 1961. President, owner Gilbert Jonas Company, Incorporated., New York City, 1962.Dir. public information New York Youth for Stevenson, 1956.
Member Executive Committee New York.Com. for Democratic Voters, 1959-1962.
President Reform Indiana Democratic of New York, 1958-1959. Member civil rights staff National Citizens for Kennedy-Johnson, 1960. Development counsel National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1965-1995, member Executive Committee Mid-Manhattan branch, 1997, life member.
Member steering committee New York Citizens for Humphrey-Muskie, 1968.
National coordinator Charles Evers for Governor Mississippi, 1971. Company-founder New York City Reform Movement, Democratic party, 1958-1963.
Board directors American Committee on Africa, 1955-1959, League Industrial Democracy, 1972-1991, Harlem Youth Development Foundation, 1998. National coordinator Holy Land Conservation Fund, 1977-1982.
Consultant International Civil Rights Center and Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1996-1997, Chinese Dissidents including Human Rights in China.
Founding board member, treasurer The Wei Jingsheng Foundation, 1998. With United States Army, 1953-1955.
(During the darkest hours of World War II, a Scarsdale, NY...)
Director public information New York Youth for Stevenson, 1956. Member executive committee New York Committee for Democratic Voters, 1959-1962. President Reform Indiana Democratic of New York, 1958-1959.
Member civil rights staff National Citizens for Kennedy-Johnson, 1960. Development and public relations counsel National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1965-1995, member executive committee Mid-Manhattan branch, 1997-2000, life member. Member steering committee New York Citizens for Humphrey-Muskie, 1968.
National coordinator Biracial Democrats Mississippi Democratic Convention, 1968, Charles Evers for Governor Mississippi, 1971. Co-founder New York City Reform Movement, Democratic party, 1958-1963. Board directors American Committee on Africa, 1955-1959, League Industrial Democracy, 1972-1991, Harlem Youth Development Foundation, 1998—2002.
National coordinator Holy Land Conservation Fund, 1977-1982. Consultant International Civil Rights Center and Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1996-1997, Chinese Dissidents. Founding board member, treasurer The Wei Jingsheng Foundation, 1998-2002.
Chairman World Federalist Association Greater Metro New York, 2001-2002. Member national board World Federalist Association, 2002-2004. Member council World Federalist Movement, 2001-2003.
With United States Army, 1953-1955. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Delta Chi.
Married Barbara L. Selby, September 1953 (divorced November 1961). 1 child, Susan; married P. Joyce Theise, December 27, 1964. Children: Jillian, Stephanie.