- Ferenc A. Váli
Professor Ferenc A. Váli (
May 25 ,1905 -November 19 ,1984 ) was a Hungarian lawyer, author, and political analyst specialising inInternational Law . He was born in 1905 inBudapest ,Hungary . He received hisDoctorate at the University of Budapest in 1927, and hisPh.D. inpolitical science at theUniversity of London in 1932. From 1935 he was a member of the Law Faculty at the University of Budapest. Professor Váli published several books in Hungarian, German and English.During
World War II the Hungarian government sent him toIstanbul ,Turkey , on a confidential mission to make contact with theAllied powers . During 1943 to 1946 he lectured at theUniversity of Istanbul on International Law.Returning to Hungary after the war, he was international law adviser to the Hungarian Ministry of Finance, and continued teaching at the University of Budapest until he was banned from the faculty and from the ministry by the
Communist s early in 1949. In 1951, Professor Váli's western connections led to his arrest. His wife was also arrested. She remained in prison for three years. He was provisionally released on October 18, 1956. Five days later the Hungarian Revolution broke out and he was recalled to the university and participated in an effort to reorganize the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After the Revolution was crushed, Professor Váli and his wife escaped from Hungary intoAustria .With a fellowship from the
Rockefeller Foundation , he did research in London,Paris andThe Hague , and after December 1957, in New York and Washington. From 1958 to 1961, Professor Váli was a Research Associate at the Harvard Center for International Affairs. In September 1961 he joined the government department at theUniversity of Massachusetts and stayed there until his retirement in 1975. Professor Ferenc A. Váli died on 19 November, 1984 inMassachusetts , U.S.A.Books by Professor Váli
*"Servitudes of International Law" (London)
*"Rift and Revolt in Hungary" (Harvard University Press , 1961)
*"The Future of Germany," (Germany, 1967).
*"Politics of theIndian Ocean Region: The Balances of Power" (New York, 1976)
*"Bridge across the Bosporus," (The Johns Hopkins Press, 1971)References
* Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Washington, D.C. [http://www.ndu.edu/library/ic4/L62-152.pdf#search=%22Professor%20Vali%20Ferenc%22]
* Ference A. Vali:"Rift and Revolt in Hungary", Harvard University Press, 1961
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