Author. He was a 20th-century Austrian-born American author, along with being a philosopher and professor. He held doctorates in physical chemistry, linguistics, and existential philosophy. He was the author of many works in various languages, including: "The Philosophy of Sartre and Existentialist Psychoanalysis," "The Philosophy of History and the Problem of Values," "The Philosophy of Politics," "The Search for Meaning, ""Philosophical Problems of Science," "The Philosophy of Laughter and Crying," which has been published online, and others; as well as hundreds of articles and essays in magazines of Europe and the United States. Additionally, he authored an Educational Philosophy for his adopted home of Puerto Rico. Among his accolades, King Baudoin II of Belgium decorated him with the Order of Leopold II, and his country, Austria, honored him with the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Arts, first class. Professor Stern was president of the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division. France honored his meritorious services by awarding him the Academic Palms, the Legion of Honor, and, lastly, making him Officier de la Legion d'Honneur. In World War I, Stern served as a lieutenant in the cavalry of the Austrian army. In World War II, he enlisted as a volunteer in the French Infantry, being fully aware of the Nazi antisemitic agenda. After the fall of France by Nazi Forces in June of 1940, he fled to the United States via Mexico, with only the clothes on his back and a briefcase containing all of his academic degrees. During his career, he gave lectures and taught courses as a visiting professor at various universities both in Europe and America: Paris, Lausanne, Vienna, Buenos Aires, Ghent, the National University of Mexico, the University of Southern California, the University of California, Memphis State University, and the University of Tennessee. He and his wife retired to the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was a professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez campus for six years after his retirement as a Professor of Philosophy at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.