Background
Dunner, Joseph was born on May 10, 1908 in Fuerth, Bavaria, Germany. Son of Samuel and Ella (Laske) Dunner.
Dunner, Joseph was born on May 10, 1908 in Fuerth, Bavaria, Germany. Son of Samuel and Ella (Laske) Dunner.
Student of University Berlin, 1927-1930. A.M., U. Frankfurt-Main, 1932. Doctor of Philosophy, University Basel, 1934.
Research fellow International Institute Social Research, 1930-1935, Brookings Institution, 1936-1937.
Foreign correspondent under names Germanicus, Alexander Roth, for Swiss Press and Deutsche Freiheit, Saarbruecken, 1933-1935. National lecturer, consultant refugee problems American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, United Jewish Appeal, 1937-1942. Fellow, research associate New York University, 1942-1943.
Lecturer School Overseas Administration, Harvard, 1943-1944. Chief, intelligence section Office of War Information, London, 1944-1945, head press control section information control, Munich, Germany, 1945-1946. Professor political science Grinnell College, 1946-1963, department chairman, 1946-1958, director Institute International Affairs, 1946-1958.
Fulbright visiting professor U. Freiburg (Germany), 1963-1964. David Petegorsky professor political science and international relations Yeshiva U., New York City, 1964-1974, professor emeritus, 1974-1978. Trustee Institute Mediterranean Affairs.
Board directors American Friends Hebrew U., American Council for World Freedom.
Member Political Science Association, International Political Science Association.
Married Ruth Anita Bevan.