1895: Born in Walzenhausen, Switzerland (Appenzell Canton, March 30)

1910-1913: Studies and commercial training at a textile mill (in St. Margrethen)

1913: Settles in the United States

1913-1918: Worker in Granite City, Illinois

1918-1920: Studies at Central Wesleyan College (Warrenton, Missouri)

1920: Summer job as correspondent at the Swiss Embassy, Washington, D.C. (June-September)

1920-1926: Counselor of the Swiss Embassy in Washington, D.C. Begins studies at the Department of Law and History, George Washington University

1924: Graduates at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. BA degree

1926-1934: Counselor of the Swiss Consulate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and St. Louis, Missouri

1935-1941: Vice-Consul in Jaffa; official in charge of German interests in Tel-Aviv

1942-1945: Chief of Department for Foreign Interests, Swiss Embassy, Budapest

1945-1954: Official in charge of foreign interests at the Federal Political Department, Bern and Zurich

1951: Special Commissioner of the World Association of Lutherans in Israel

1961: Resigns from consular service

1975: Passed away in Bern (February 13)