CARNEGIE TRUST

Taranaki Daily News, 19 January 1935, Page 2

CARNEGIE TRUST

VISIT OF PRESIDENT.

DR. PAUL KEPPEL’S CAREER. The president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Dr. Frederick Paul Keppel, is expected at Auckland from Los Angeles by the Monterey on Friday of next week. He will make a visit of four weeks to New Zealand primarily to acquaint himself with the work of the Carnegie Corporation and to get in touch with its libraries, universities and museums with which the corporation is concerned. He is accompanied by Mrs. Keppel, and their itinerary will enable them to see some of the most attractive scenery. They are to spend four days at Auckland, and on arrival Dr. Keppel will immediately confer with the authorities of the University College and of the public library. Dr. Keppel was • bom in 1875, and has held the office of president of the Carnegie Corporation Since 1923. His distinction as a scholar is attested by the fact that he holds the degree of doctor of literature from no fewer than six United States and Canadian universities. From 1910 to 1918 he was a faculty dean of Columbia University, and from 1908 to 1918 he was Secretary to the American Association for International Conciliation. For two years at the close of the War he directed the foreign operations Of the American Red Cross, and afterwards he became for three years commissioner for the United States International Chamber of Commerce. The Carnegie Corporation has become an immensely powerful institution, controlling assets valued at about 160,000,000 dollars. It Was founded irt 1911 for the advancement and diffusion of knowledge. It is the largest of the institutions founded by Carnegie, and some of its funds are disbursed by other independent bodies, such as the Carnegie Institution of Washington, for scientific research, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The Carnegie Corporation is responsible for the expenditure of large sums annually throughout the British Empire for educational purposes. In New Zealand alOne there are about 30 Carnegie library buildings, Which the corporation assists in the training Of competent librarians Ohd the purchase of books.