Silbernagel-(Caloyanni), Dr. Alfred (1877-1938), son of a bourgeois Basel family.
Career:
Study of law, lawyer and notary, president of the country court of Basel (Stadt) from 1907 until 1923. He was actively involved in the childprotection mouvement and in reform of the juvenile penal law. The foundation of the "Office international pour la protection de l'enfance" (International Office of Child Protection) in Brussels was started by him. In Switzerland he was made honorary president of the "Association internationale pour la protection de l'enfance" (International Association of Child Protection). He was also president of the "Baselstädtische Aktionskomitee für den Eintritt der Schweiz in den Völkerbund" (Baseltown Action Committee in favour of Switzerland's entry into the League of Nations), which has been founded in reaction to the referendum on Switzerland's entry. Its purpose was to strengthen the support of League of Nations membership in the population.