Antoine served as the first founding secretary-general of the CISS (now called as ICSD) from 1924 to 1967.

[1] Antoine Dresse was born into a family of bankers and industrialists on the 1st of August, 1902 in Liège, Belgium.

He followed the tradition of his family and rose to the top of a brokerage business firm.

Antoine assisted him in the formation of the International Committee of Sports for the deaf in 1918.

[3] He also played a key role to introduce Deaflympics in 1924 and also participated in the inaugural multi-sport event for the deaf people despite holding the post of secretary-general.