Josef Korbel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Josef Korbel

Czech diplomat and scholar

Date of Birth: 20-Sep-1909

Place of Birth: Letohrad, Pardubice Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 18-Jul-1977

Profession: writer, politician, diplomat, pedagogue, political scientist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Josef Korbel (20 September 1909 – 18 July 1977) was a Czech-American diplomat and political scientist of Jewish descent.
He served as Czechoslovakia's ambassador to Yugoslavia, the chair of the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan, and then as a professor of international politics at the University of Denver, where he founded the Josef Korbel School of International Studies. His daughter Madeleine Albright served as Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton, and he was the mentor of George W.
Bush's Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice.