Background
Pinther, Miklos was born on April 2, 1940 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Endre and Margit (Lajtos) Pinther. came to the United States, 1956, naturalized, 1961.
Pinther, Miklos was born on April 2, 1940 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Endre and Margit (Lajtos) Pinther. came to the United States, 1956, naturalized, 1961.
Bachelor in Geography, Columbia University, 1967; postgraduate cartography, University of Michigan, 1967.
Cartographer, American Geography Society, 1959-1967;
assistant map curator, American Geography Society, 1968-1969;
acting director, American Geography Society, 1973;
head cartographic department, American Geography Society, 1969-1976;
consultant cartography and graphics, Regional and National Physical Planning Project, United Nations Development Program, Saudi Arabia, 1977;
cartographer cartographic unit department conference services, United Nations, 1978-1981;
chief cartographer department conference services, United Nations, since 1981;
secretary, United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Boundary Demarcation Commission, since 1991. Lecturer cartography Columbia University, 1973-1988, Hunter College, CUNY, 1973, 88-. Consultant Columbia University, Fund for the Assistance Private Education, Allen Lee, Michigan State University, New York State SeaGrant Program, Noyes Publications, Newberry Library, Time-Life Books Inc., Water Information Center Inc., Worldmark Encyclopedia, Yale University Press.
United States representative International Cartographic Association, 1972-1978. Secretary Iraq-Kuwait Boundary Demarcation Commission, since 1991.
Member American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, International Society for History of Cartography, New York Map Society (secretary, editor Rhumb Line newsletter 1987), Carto-Philatelists (president).
Married Chih Chwen Huang, June 5, 1965. Children: Tas Ling, Tika Liang.