Walter Kotschnig

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Walter Maria Kotschnig ( April 9, 1901, Judenburg, Austria – June 23, 1985, Newtown, Pennsylvania) was an American diplomat who served in international organizations, including a long tenure in the United Nations, as well as worked in the administrations of five American presidents.[1][2]

He was born in Judenburg, Austria-Hungary in 1901.[3] His father, Ignaz Kotschnig, was from Mahrenberg, which would later become part of Slovenia.[3] Kotschnig studied at the University of Graz from 1919 to 1922.[3] He completed a PhD in Political Science at the Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Institute for the World Economy), University of Kiel in 1924.[3][4] He wrote a PhD thesis, entitled ‘Univeral Oekonomie und Weltwirtschaft’ (Universal Economics and the World Economy).[3]

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