Background
BELLEGARDE, Louis Dantès was born on May 18, 1877 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
BELLEGARDE, Louis Dantès was born on May 18, 1877 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Educated Lycée Pétion and Ecole de Droit de Port-au-Prince. Dr. honoris causa, University de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1942. Honorary Doctor of Letters, University de Montreal, Canada, 1943.
Professor; chief, ministry of public edn., 1904-1907. Professor, of economics, Ecole des Sciences Appliquées, 190518. Professor, of civil law, Ecole de Droit, 1908-1911.
Chief of service, Banque National de la République d’Haïti, 1912-1918. Minister of public edn., 1918-1920. Minister to France and the Vatican, 1921-1922, France, 1930, United States, 1931-1933.
Delegate, League of Nations, 1921, 1922, 1930. Delegate, Pan American Conferences of Lima, 1938, and Rio dc Janeiro, 1942. Director, Ecole Normale d’instituteurs, 1938.
Ambassador to the United States, 1946, to Pan American Union, 1946.
Member: Society d’Etudes Scientifiques, Society d’History et de Geographie, Institute Haïtiano-Américain, Commission Haïtienne de Coopération Intellectuelle, American Institute of International Law (member exec, council), Academy Diplomatique International (Paris).