Studentenalmanak 1966 - pagina 68

Fund assists developing nations in carrying out large-scale surveys of

their natural resources, establishing research institutes for applying

technology to development, and setting up training facilities to increase

agricultural, Industrial, engineering and teaching si<ills. Through these

activities, it helps low-income countries attract investments, use them

productively, and move toward self-sustaining economies.

Mr. Hoffman's involvement in international development began with his

appointment by President Truman in 1948 as the first Administrator

of the Marshall Plan (ECA). Resigning from this position in September

1950, he served for two years as President of the Ford Foundation. In

1956 he was a member of the United States Delegation to the Eleventh

Session of the United Nations General Assembly, concentrating his

activity in the work of the Economic and Financial Committee.

He is in his second term as President of the Society for International

Development, a leading professional organization in the field. From 1942

to 1948 he was also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Committee

for Economic Development. The CED, in whose founding he was a prime

mover, was originally organized to help American industry plan for

smooth conversion from war-time to peace-time production.

Starting his business career in 1911 as a salesman for the Studebaker

Corporation in Los Angeles, Mr. Hoffman had risen by 1925 to the

position of Vice-President. In 1935 he was named Studebaker President,

an office he held for thirteen years. He played a leading role in organizing

the Automotive Safety Foundation, and served as its Chairman from

1936 to 1948.

Mr. Hoffman, who studied at the University of Chicago, holds a number

of honorary degrees. He is the author of Seven Roads to Safety (1939),

Peace Can ße Won (1951), One Hundred Countries - One and a Quarter

Billion People (1960), World Without Want (1962), and many magazine

articles. He was received numerous national awards, including that of

Freedom House in 1951 and has been decorated by several foreign

governments.

Het ere-doctoraat werd verleend op grond van zijn uitstekende ver-

diensten door zijn werkzaamheden ten behoeve van internationale finan-

ciële hulpverlening in het bijzonder met betrekking tot de ontwikkelings-

landen.

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