Walter Ronald Roberts

Background

Roberts, Walter Ronald was born on August 26, 1916 in Waltendorf, Austria. Arrived in the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1944. Son of Ignatius and Elizabeth (Diamant) Roberts.

Education

Master of Letters, Cambridge (England) University, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge (England) University, 1980.

Career

Research assistant, Harvard University Law School, 1940-1942; writer, editor, Voice of America, 1942-1949; press officer, United States delegate to Austrian Treaty talks, 1949, 55; foreign affairs officer, Department State, 1950-1953; deputy assistant director, United States Information Agency, 1954-1960; counselor of embassy for public affairs, American Embassy, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1960-1966; diplomat-in-residence, Brown U., Providence, 1966-1967; counselor, United States Mission to International Orgns., Geneva, 1967-1969; deputy associate director, United States Information Agency, Washington, 1969-1971; associate director, United States Information Agency, Washington, 1971-1974; director diplomatic studies Center Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, 1974-1975; executive director, Board International Broadcasting, Washington, 1975-1985; diplomat-in-residence, George Washington University, Washington, 1986-1996; senior advisor, United States Advisory Commision on Public Diplomacy, Washington, since 1998.

Achievements

• Walter Ronald Roberts has been listed as a noteworthy Political science educator, government official by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Tito, Mihailovic, and the Allies, 1941-1945

    ( This new edition contains a new foreword by the author. )

  • Tito, Mihailovic, and the Allies by Walter R. Roberts (1987-06-01)
  • Tito, Mihailovic, and the Allies by Roberts, Walter R. (1987) Paperback
  • Culture and Information: Two Foreign Policy Functions (The Washington Papers)

Membership

Appointed member United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, 1991-1997, senior advisor, 1998-2003. Board directors Salzburg Seminar, 1993-1997, Council Senior Fellows, since 1998, Oxford and Cambridge committee, since 1975, Public Diplomacy Council, since 1996, member emeritus board directors since 2005. Board directors Public Diplomacy Institute, George Washington University, 2001-2004, senior advisor since 2006.

Member Washington Institute Foreign Affairs, Council Foreign Relations, Oxford-Cambridge Committee, United States Information Agency Alumni Association (board directors 1995-1998), Metropolitan Club.

Connections

Married Gisela K. Schmarak, August 22, 1939. Children: William M., Charles E., Lawrence H.

Father:

Ignatius Roberts

Mother:

Elizabeth (Diamant) Roberts

Spouse:

Gisela K. Schmarak

child:

Lawrence H. Roberts

child:

Charles E. Roberts

child:

William M. Roberts