Last November pretty, blonde Guri Lie showed her father a report in a Norwegian newspaper that he might become secretary of UNO. Big, bluff Trygve Lie (pronounced TRIG-va Lee) boomed: “What is this?

One of the highlights of this extraordinary tour was an invitation to visit the original home of Secretary-General Trygve Lie in Forest Hills, one of New York City’s most exclusive and thoughtfully ...