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Ralph Johnson Bunche

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Noun1.Ralph Johnson Bunche - United States diplomat and United Nations official (1904-1971)


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Ralph Johnson Bunche was born in Detroit on August 7, 1903 (the year is often given as 1904, but Ralph Bunch was never certain of his birth date because he had no birth certificate (1)).
Ralph Johnson Bunche (1903-1971) The 7th of August 2003 marked the centenary of the birth of Ralph Johnson Bunche, the first United Nations recipient of the Nobel Peace Price and an Individual who was, as Brian Urquhart recalls in his tribute, "present at the Creation" of the Organization and who at the time of his death in 1971 was Hailed as "an international institution in his own right" (for a fuller profile, Please see page 37 in our Nobel Peace Prize section).
Ralph Johnson Bunche became an expert on race relations and colonial administration.
 
 
 
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