Background
Joseph Grunwald was born on June 25, 1920 in Vienna, Austria.
Joseph Grunwald was born on June 25, 1920 in Vienna, Austria.
Grunwald began his educational career as a lecturer of economics at Rutgers University in 1946, after serving in the United States Army during World War II. He taught at several colleges in the United States before accepting a post at University of Chile in Santiago in 1954. Seven years later, in 1961, Joseph returned to the United States as professor of economics at Yale University. Two years later, the educator started to work at Brookings Institution in Washington, District of Columbia, a post he held until 1984 when he left to head the University of California’s Institute of the Americas.
During his career Grunwald contributed to numerous journals and international studies’ texts, including Regional Impacts of United States – Mexico Economic Relations.
As a university professor, Grunwald taught students who became cabinet ministers in Latin American countries and officials of international organizations.