Leo Cherne
Leo Cherne (born September 8, 1912 in the Bronx , New York City , † January 12, 1999 in Mount Sinai Hospital (New York) ) was an American management consultant and chairman of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board of George HW Bush .
Life
His parents were the Russian immigrants Dora and Max Cherne. The father ran a photo studio in the Bronx. Leo Cherne studied at the New York Law School in 1935 . In 1935 he moved with the Bible seller Carl Hovgard Counselor on US Social Security and developed the business consultant Research Institute of America . Cherne was chairman of the executive board of the US government-funded non -governmental organization Freedom House . With the International Rescue Committee he was active in the Hungarian uprising . Ngô Đình Diệmhe attested the highest qualities as a hero and statesman at a dinner on his visit to the USA in 1957. Cherne was a close friend of Henry Kissinger , William Joseph Casey and was a member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board from 1973 to 1991 and was a chairman of the HW Bush administration .
Awards
- 1958: Large Federal Cross of Merit
- 1977: Great Golden Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria
- Presidential Medal of Freedom
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://openlibrary.org/a/OL123371A/Research_Institute_of_America_inc .
- ^ Eric Thomas Chester, Covert network: progressives, the International Rescue Committee, and the CIA, p. 133
- ^ Andrew F. Smith, Rescuing the world: the life and times of Leo Cherne
- ^ The New York Times , January 14, 1999, Leo Cherne, Leader of Agency For Refugees, Is Dead at 86
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
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SURNAME | Cherne, Leo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American business consultant |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1912 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bronx , New York |
DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 1999 |
Place of death | Mount Sinai Medical Center |