THOMAS H TANAKA, Diplomat, Official. Senior Political Affairs Officer, Department of Political Affairs, Trusteeship, and Decolonization, United Nations. Manitoba of the Year Award, Florida Southern College, 65. Sigma Tau Delta.
Education
Tokyo University of Foreign Affairs, 1945-1948, Bachelor of Arts. Florida Southern College, 1948-1952, Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Surgery. School of International Affairs, Columbia University, New York, 1952-1954, Master of Arts International Affairs.
Graduate Faculty of Public Law & Government, Columbia University, 1954-1956. Spoken languages: Japanese, English, Chinese, French.
Career
Senior Political Affairs Officer, Department of Political Affairs, Trusteeship, and Decolonization, United Nations since 1971. Secretary, Special Committee of 1924, United Nations, New York since 1969. Deputy Secretary, Fourth Committee, General Assembly since 1967.
Deputy Secretary, Special Committee of 1924, New York, 1965-1969. Political Affairs Officer, Department of Political Affairs, Trusteeship, and Decolonization, 1959-1971. Program(s) Officer, United Nations Children’s Fund, 1957-1958.
Association, Transcontinental Mercantile Corporation, United States & Japan, 1952-1957. Association, Far East Mercantile Corporation, United States & Japan, 1952-1957.