Maurice Pate
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Born | Pender, Nebraska, US | October 14, 1894
Died | January 19, 1965 New York City, New York, US | (aged 70)
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Alma mater | Princeton University |
Maurice Pate (October 14, 1894 – January 19, 1965) was an American
Talking about the
Early years
Pate was born in
He went to work for the First National Bank in
Pate worked for
UNICEF
Upon the outbreak of
Initially, UNICEF was charged with combating the threats posed to children in Europe from disease and famine after World War II. The growing concern about child welfare and survival rates in developing countries, either from disease or starvation, led to the establishment of UNICEF as a continuing agency in 1953. Under Pate's leadership, UNICEF implemented programs to improve maternal and child health using low cost, preventive health care measures. Considerable progress was made to eradicate malaria, tuberculosis, whooping cough, and diphtheria. Vaccinations, breast feeding for children and rehydration therapy for diarrhea were emphasized to improve public health.
Later years and death
Pate received many honors and awards for his humanitarian work. He received decorations from the governments of Belgium, France, Poland,
Pate married
Pate died suddenly of a heart attack at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan on January 19, 1965, only a few months before he was to retire.[10] When he died, UNICEF had more than 550 long-term programs and had helped over 55 million children in 116 countries. Nine months after Pate died, UNICEF was awarded the 1965 Nobel Peace Prize.[11]
Pate's organization, the Maurice Pate Institute for Human Survival, donated his 100-acre (40.5 ha) property in Redding, Connecticut to the Mahayana Sutra and Tantra Center of Connecticut (now called Do Ngak Kunphen Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center for Universal Peace) in 1997.[2]
Maurice Pate Leadership for Children Award
The UNICEF Maurice Pate Leadership for Children Award, for "extraordinary example and exemplary innovation and inspirational leadership in contributing to the advancement of the UNICEF mandate for children on a national, regional and global scale," was established after his death in 1965 and is named in his honor.[12]
See also
- Timeline of young people's rights in the United Kingdom
- Timeline of young people's rights in the United States
References
- Citations
- ISBN 9780230595576
- ^ a b "Maurice Pate". Do Ngak Kunphen Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center for Universal Peace. Archived from the original on 2007-06-26. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
- ^ a b c d e "Scope and Content Note". Maurice Pate Papers - Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum Historical Materials. National Archives and Records Administration. Archived from the original on 2002-06-13. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
- ^ "Biography of Maurice Pate" (PDF). Maurice Pate Papers 1904-1985. Princeton University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-24. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
- ^ a b c Leitch, Alexander (1978). "Maurice Pate". A Princeton Companion. Princeton University Press. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
- ^ a b "Maurice Pate biography". About UNICEF: Who we are. United Nations. Retrieved 2007-07-23.
- Lasker Foundation. Archived from the originalon 2007-04-26. Retrieved 2007-07-23.
- ^ "Education: Woman of the World". Time Magazine. 17 October 1949. Archived from the original on 2011-01-31. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
- ^ Sweet Briar College 2009-2010 Student Handbook, page 5. Retrieved at "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Lionæs, Aase (1965-12-10). "Nobel Peace Prize 1965 - Presentation Speech". Norwegian Nobel Committee. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
- ^ "Nobel Peace Prize Laureates". nobelpeaceprize.org. Norwegian Nobel Committee. 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-05-05. Retrieved 2007-07-23.
- ^ "UNICEF Maurice Pate Leadership for Children Award" (PDF). UNICEF. December 2006. Retrieved 2007-07-23.
- Sources
- Horton, Richard (2004). UNICEF leadership 2005–2015: a call for strategic change [Electronic Version]. The Lancet, 364, 2071-2074.
- Schott, T. E. (1981). Pate, Maurice. In The Dictionary of American Biography (Supplement Seven 1961-1965, 599-600). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.