Fred Cuny
Frederick C. "Fred" Cuny (born November 14, 1944 in New Haven , Connecticut ; missing April 1995 in Chechnya , Russia ) was an American engineer and expert in disaster relief . He has been active in numerous humanitarian aid projects around the world since 1969 , was abducted while on duty in Chechnya in 1995 and was probably killed.
Life
Fred Cuny grew up in Connecticut and, since 1952, in Texas . He studied engineering at Texas A&M University and the University of Houston . Among other things, he specialized in the problems of developing countries . After initially working as an engineer, he worked in disaster relief from 1969.
Cuny worked for various private aid organizations, but also for the United Nations . He has worked in Biafra , Guatemala , Ethiopia , Somalia , Bosnia and Iraq , among others . He also founded the Center for the Study of Societies in Crisis in 1987 , which was renamed the Cuny Center in 2000 in honor of the founder .
In April 1995, Fred Cuny was abducted along with two Russian Red Cross doctors and an interpreter while on an assignment in Chechnya. Although their bodies were not found, it is believed that the men were killed.
literature
- Frederick C. Cuny / Richard B. Hill: Famine, Conflict and Response: A Basic Guide , ISBN 1-56549-090-8 .
- Fredrick C. Cuny: Disasters and Development , ISBN 0-19-503293-4 .
- Scott Andersson: The man who tried to save the world, the dangerous life and mysterious disappearance of Fred Cuny , ISBN 0-385-48665-0 .
Web links
- 1996 New York Times Magazine article about the life and death of Fred Cuny
- A focus of the US broadcaster Public Broadcasting Service from 1997 on Fred Cuny
- Website of the Cuny Center
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cuny, Fred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cuny, Frederick C. (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American engineer and disaster relief expert |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Haven , Connecticut |