Background
Freymond, Jacques was born on August 5, 1911 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Son of Arthur F. and Jeanne (Heubi) Freymond.
International studies educator
Freymond, Jacques was born on August 5, 1911 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Son of Arthur F. and Jeanne (Heubi) Freymond.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Lausanne, 1939. Degree (honorary), University Geneva, 1965. Degree (honorary), University Bucharest, Romania, 1974.
He worked in the upper secondary school from 1935 to 1942. From 1943 to 1955 he was a professor in modern history at the University of Lausanne. He was also a writer in Gazette de Lausanne from 1946.
In 1949-1950 he was a guest scholar at Yale and Columbia.
He spent his later career at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. He chaired the International Political Science Association from 1964 to 1967.
Among his seminal works was the 800-page work Louisiana Première Internationale on the First International. This was co-published in 1962 together with Knut Langfeldt, Henri Burgelin and Miklós Molnár.
He served as Vice President from 1965 to 1971, and also Acting President from February to June 1969.
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Member International Committee Red Cross, Geneva, 1959-1972, vice president, 1965-1966, 69-71. Member Academy of Sciences, MOrales and Politiques.
Married Antoinette Cart. Children: Jean, Bernard, Anne.