1932
Mr. Pfund is born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania to Harry William and Marie Pfund.
1954
Mr. Pfund graduates cum laude from Amherst College, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in history.
1959
Mr. Pfund marries Irina Maria Hasse and receives a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
1959
Mr. Pfund is admitted to practice in Washington, D.C. and begins service in the Office of the Legal Advisor of the U.S. Department of State.
1966
Mr. Pfund serves on secondment as an attorney in the legal division of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria.
1968
Mr. Pfund returns to the Office of the Legal Advisor of the U.S. Department of State.
1973
Mr. Pfund serves as a legal adviser for the U.S. Embassy in Bonn, Germany for five years.
1976
Mr. Pfund helps to found and serves on the board of the German American Lawyers Association (DAJV).
1978
Mr. Pfund returns to the Office of the Legal Advisor of the U.S. Department of State.
1979
Mr. Pfund becomes Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International Law in the U.S. Department of State.
1987
Mr. Pfund receives the Leonard J. Theberge Prize for Private International Law from the American Bar Association, Section of International Law and Practice.
1994
Mr. Pfund is as a lecturer of private international law at The Hague Academy of International Law in The Netherlands.
1997
Mr. Pfund retires from Legal in State and becomes a part-time legal counselor for the Office of Children’s Issues in the State Department.
2004
Mr. Pfund retires from the Department of State.