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Gerald Louis Wendt, researcher, teacher, and editor, was born on March 3, 1891, to Johannes Heinrich and Dora (Albrecht) Wendt in Davenport, Iowa. He received his Harvard AB in 1913, his AM in 1914, and his Ph.D. in 1916. On September 5, 1916, Wendt married Elsie Paula Lerch; they had one child. After the marriage ended in 1938, he married Anne D. Powers on February 22, 1947. Wendt taught chemistry at the Rice Institute in Houston and at the University of Chicago. He later served as Dean of the School of Chemistry and Physics at the Pennsylvania State College. In 1936, he became director of the American Institute of the City of New York, where he developed an interest in the promotion of science. His work in the publishing industry included stints as science editor for Time, Inc., editorial director of Science Illustrated, and editor of The Humanist. In 1951, he began working for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in Paris. After retiring in 1956 and returning to the United States, Wendt set up the Unesco Publications Center in New York, which later became the National Agency for International Publications, Inc. He published several books on atomic energy and ethical humanism. Wendt died on December 22, 1973.
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