b"Ralph Bunche (1904-1971) Pedro Alonso Nino (1468-1502) R alph Bunche, political scholar and winnerP edro Alonso Nino sailed with Columbus on his historic voyage of the Nobel Prize, was born in Detroit,to the New World. Columbus' three shipsthe Nina, the Pinta Michigan. He grew up in Los Angeles whereand the Santa Maria'-each carried a pilot; Nino was the pilot on hehadgonetolivewithhisgrandmotherthe Nina. after the death of his parents. Bunche gradu- Nino and the other sailors suffered many hardships in crossing atedmagnacumlaudefromtheUniversitythe ocean. There was little food and drinking water and many of ofCaliforniaandreceivedafellowshiptothe men became ill. After many months they finally saw land birds continue his studies at Harvard. He receivedflyingovertheirshipsandbranchesandleavesfloatinginthe the Tappan Prize at Harvard for the most out- water and they knew this meant land was near. Finally on Friday, standingdoctoraldissertationandstudiedOctober 12, 1492, land was sighted. also at Northwestern University, the LondonNinocameashorewith SchoolofEconomicsandtheUniversityofColumbus.Theyfelltotheir Capetown in South Africa.knees to thank God for bringing His brilliant career included chairmanship of the political science depart- themsafelyacrosstheocean. ment at Howard University; he was also a specialist during World War II forColumbus and his party stayed the Office of Strategic Services and associate chief of dependent areas inintheNewWorldforseveral the State Department.weeksandduringtheirstay During the explosive Arab-Israeli crisis in 1948 Bunche became actingColumbus' ship the Santa Maria, mediator when Count Folke Bernadotte was killed by an assassin's bullet.was destroyed by a storm. With much patience and tact Bunche achieved a settlement between theItwasNino'sship,theNina, two warring parties. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for his greatthatcarriedColumbusandthe efforts. He further advanced the cause of world peace by serving as thenews of the New World back to United Nation's special peace envoy during the revolution in the CongoSpain.and as undersecretary-general of the United Nations.12 FEBRUARY 2021 BOCNEWS.com"