Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1962
Number:14 - 0
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Walter Robert Corti
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1910
Year, Death:1990
Profession:Swiss writer
Country:SWITZERLAND (CH)
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Théodore Eugène César Ruyssen
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1868
Year, Death:1967
 
Motivation:Walter Robert Corti was nominated for founding the first Pestalozzi Children´s Village in Switzerland to care for orphans and refugees displaced by the World War II. Théodore Ruyssens was nominated for promoting peace and international cooperation through his literary works.
 
Nominator:
Name:Hans Wehberg
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1885
Year, Death:1962
Profession:Member of Institut de Droit International
University:Institute of International Law (Institut de Droit International)