| Ralph Bunche  AKA Ralph Johnson Bunche
Born: 4-Aug-1904
Birthplace: Detroit, MI
Died: 9-Dec-1971
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Kidney failure
Remains: Buried, Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Diplomat, Activist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: UN Mediator in Palestine 1948 Military service: OSS (WWII) Appointed UN Mediator in Palestine after Count Bernadotte was assassinated on 17 September 1948, where he was successful in gaining an armistice.
Father: Fred Bunch (barber, abandoned the family)
Mother: Olive Johnson (amateur musician, d. 1914 tuberculosis)
Mother: Lucy Johnson (his grandmother, raised him in loco parentis)
Sister: Grace
Wife: Ruth Ethel Harris (m. 23-Jun-1930, until his death, three children)
Daughter: Joan (d. Oct-1966 suicide)
Daughter: Jane
Son: Ralph Bunche, Jr.
High School: Jefferson High School, Los Angeles, CA
University: BA, University of California at Los Angeles (1927, summa cum laude)
University: MA, Harvard University (1928)
University: PhD Political Science, Harvard University (1934)
Professor: Political Science, Howard University (1932-36)
Administrator: Co-Director, Institute of Race Relations, Swarthmore College (1936)
Scholar: London School of Economics (post-doctoral research)
Scholar: Northwestern University
Scholar: Capetown University, South Africa
Nobel Peace Prize 1950
UN Official Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs (1954-71)
American Political Science Association President (1953-54)
UN Envoy Palestine (1948-49)
UN Official Secretary, UN Special Committee on Palestine (1947-48)
UN Official Director, UN Trusteeship Division (1946-47)
US State Department Director, Division of Dependent Area Affairs (1944-46)
OSS Agent Chief of Research & Analysis, Africa (1941-44)
National Negro Congress (1930s)
Rosenwald Fellowship
Toppan Prize 1934
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1963
Spingarn Medal 1949
Tonsillectomy (May-1930)
Draft Deferment: World War II
Risk Factors: Diabetes
Author of books:
A World View of Race (1936, pamphlet)
The Political Status of the Negro in the Age of FDR (1973, history)
Appears on postage stamps:
USA, Scott #1860 (20 cents, issued 12-Jan-1982)
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