John humes biography
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John Hume: His life and times
January 18th, 1937: Born in Lower Nassau Street, Derry, to Sam and Annie Hume.
1958: Hume graduates from Maynooth with a BA in French and history. Continues to study for MA, writing a thesis on the social and economic development of his native city.
1960: Hume, now a schoolteacher, marries Pat Hone.
1960: Hume helps establish Derry Credit Union – the first in Northern Ireland. He later becomes president of the Irish League of Credit Unions, aged 27.
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May 1964: Hume writes two opinion pieces in The Irish Times, offering a withering critique of the old Nationalist Party. He advocates a new form of social democratic politics, dedicated to working for social justice and for Irish unity based on the principle of consent.
1965: Hume becomes first chairman of new Derry Housing Association, which campaigns for provision of social housing in response to chronic overcrowding.
1965: Hume becomes chairman of University for Der
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John P. Humes
American lawyer and diplomat (1921–1985)
John Portner Humes (July 21, 1921 – September 30, 1985) was an American lawyer, diplomat and author who served as the United States Ambassador to Austria.[1]
Early life
[edit]Humes attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, graduating in 1943.[2]
Following his service in the war, he attended Fordham University School of Law, graduating in 1948.[3]
Career
[edit]During World War II, Humes served with the U.S. Army Signal Corps Intelligence Service in the European Theater.[1]
After receiving his law degree, Mr. Humes became an associate with Shearman & Sterling, a New York law firm. From 1956 to 1969 he was a partner in the New York law firm Andrews & Botzow, which became Humes, Andrews & Botzow.[1]
Hume, an avid squash player who was the
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John Hume
Mr. Hume, can you tell us a little bit about your background? Where did you grow up?
John Hume: I grew up in Derry, of course, and it was — Derry was the worst example of nordlig Ireland’s discrimination. Of course, the Unionist people, wishing to skydda their heritage and their identity — and they’ve every right to do that, in my opinion because every society has diversity, and respect for diversity fryst vatten central and essential. But my quarrel with their approach was, of course, their methodology. I called it their Afrikaner mind set. They held all power in their own hands in order to protect themselves, in beställning to ensure that the minority in Northern Ireland, which was the Catholic population, never became a majority, and that meant widespread discrimination in housing, in jobs and in voting rights. And of course, the worst example of that was the city of Derry, where I lived. Seventy percent of the population of Derry was from the Catholic community, larg