Background
Solzbacher, William Aloysius was born on February 1, 1907 in Honnef, Federal Republic Germany. Son of Carl and Josepha (Schmitz) S. Student University Bonn, 1926-1928.
Solzbacher, William Aloysius was born on February 1, 1907 in Honnef, Federal Republic Germany. Son of Carl and Josepha (Schmitz) S. Student University Bonn, 1926-1928.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Cologne, 1931.
Interpreter, organizer international conferences, 1925-1939. Founder, editor Louisiana Juna Batalanto (international youth magazine in Esperanto), 1926-1934. Faculty member American Peoples College in Europe, Oetz, Tyrol, 1932-1937.
Lecture tours, Europe, 1925-1940, United States, 1933.
Exiled by Nazis, as freelance writer, journalist, lecturer in Luxembourg and Belgium, 1933-1940. Escaped from Nazi-occupied Belgium and France, 1940.
Associate editor Catholic Intercontinental Press, New York City, 1942-1950, treasurer, 1947-1948, vice president, 1948-1949. Assistant professor history and political science College Mount Saint Vincent, 1950-1951.
Foreign language editor, chief program schedule section Voice of America, Department of State, 1951-1953.
Educational director study tours, ASSIST, 1953-1954. Chief Monitoring Staff, Voice of America, 1954-1967, in charge programs in Esperanto, since 1960, policy officer for Europe and Latin America, 1967-1977, World Conference Sociology, Liège, 1953, Amsterdam, 1956, Stresa, 1959, Washington, 1962, Varna, Bulgaria, 1970, World Esperanto Congress, Zagreb, 1953, Copenhagen, 1956, Brussels, 1960, The Hague, 1964, Tokyo, 1965, Madrid, 1968, Helsinki, 1969, London, 1971, Portland, 1972, Belgrade, 1973, Copenhagen, 1975, Athens, 1976, Reykjavik, 1977, Varna, 1978, Antwerp, 1982.
Member American Sociological Association, Esperanto Association North.A. (past president), International Commission Esperanto and Sociological (chairman), World Esperanto Academy, Speakers Research Committee United Nations, Academy Political Science, Modern Language Association, Linguistic Society of America, The Polynesian Society (Auckland, New Zealand), International Platform Association, Science Society Study Religion, American History Association, American Academy Political and Social Science, American Association Advancement of Slavic Studies.
Married Regina Reiff, July 27, 1931. Children: Josephine (Mistress Patrick Evetts Kennon), Irene (Sister Irene of Maryknoll), Regina (Mistress Richard Oliver Rouse), Eve (Mistress Richard Doctorate. Cuthbert).