Walter Raymond

February 24, 1930 (age 77)

Szczebrzusz, Poland

He was part of the Polish underground and received the Partisan Cross from the Polish Armed Forces. During World World War II, the family farm was occupied by German troops and later by Russian forces. The family hid two young Jewish men despite daily Gestapo searches. Raymond was running messages for the Polish underground when he was 14. After the war, when the communist government wanted him to enlist in the Polish Army, he fled to Berlin. He came to the United States in 1952. Raymond worked as a bus dispatcher in Washington, District of Columbia until completing his master"s degree in political science from the University of Maryland in 1961. He earned a doctorate in political science from Clark Atlanta University. He taught at Hampton Institute, the College of William and Mary and Virginia Commonwealth University. Volume now called the Dictionary of Politics, Selected American and Foreign Political and Legal Terms.

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Raymond was born in Szczebrzusz, Poland, the son of a naturalized United States. citizen who had emigrated from Poland and later returned.

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He was part of the Polish underground and received the Partisan Cross from the Polish Armed Forces. During World World War II, the family farm was occupied by German troops and later by Russian forces. The family hid two young Jewish men despite daily Gestapo searches.

Raymond was running messages for the Polish underground when he was 14.

After the war, when the communist government wanted him to enlist in the Polish Army, he fled to Berlin. He came to the United States in 1952.

Raymond worked as a bus dispatcher in Washington, District of Columbia until completing his master"s degree in political science from the University of Maryland in 1961. He earned a doctorate in political science from Clark Atlanta University.

He taught at Hampton Institute, the College of William and Mary and Virginia Commonwealth University.

Volume now called the Dictionary of Politics, Selected American and Foreign Political and Legal Terms.

Achievements

In 1991, Raymond was honored with the Polish Armed Forces Partisan Cross for his actions in the Second World War.

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In 1991, Raymond was honored with the Polish Armed Forces Partisan Cross for his actions in the Second World War.