Adolf A. Berle and in the expansion of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1944. After the war, Berle served as Ambassador to Brazil from 1945 to 1946. In October 1945, two days after the deposition of president Getulio Vargas, Berle pledged for the freedom of the Brazilian communists who were being incarcerated by the government since the beginning of the month. He then returned to his academic career at Columbia. Berle was a founding member of the New York State Liberal Party, a breakaway faction of the American Labor Party,
María José Vargas LPRT Rookie of the Year player in December 2013. Vargas has won multiple medals in international competitions. Her only gold medal came at the 2014 Pan American Championships in singles in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, where she defeated Susana Acosta of Mexico in the final, 15-4, 15-8, and there she also earned the silver medal in doubles with Véronique Guillemette after they lost the final to Acosta and Samantha Salas, 10-15, 15-8, 11-7. Vargas played for Argentina in this competition. Most recently, Vargas was dual silver medalist at the 2015 Pan American Games in both Women's Singles and Women's Doubles with