U.S. EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
CHAIRMAN-DESIGNATE OF N.Z. BODY
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, Dec. 15. A further development in the activities of the United States Educational Foundation in New Zealand was announced to-day by its chairman, Mr Robert S. Service. First Secretary at the United States Legation. Mr Earl A. Dennis, a former professor of biology at the University of Chicago, will arrive at Auckland about February 6 by the Aorangi. and, although attached to the United States Embassy (as the legation will be by then) as attache, his primary duty will be to act as chairman of the, foundation. Mr Dennis will be accompanied by his wife and child. Mr Dennis, who has been acting assistant chief of the Division of the Internal Exchange of Persons (Cultural Relations Branch) within the State Department, last March, will administer in New Zealand a programme of the exchange of students, research specialists, and professors between the United States and New Zealand. His new post is described as public affairs officer. Born in Ohio in 1902. Mr Dennis was from 1935 till 1945 professor of biology at Chicago University and also dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25679, 16 December 1948, Page 8
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