University of Minnesota. Office of International Programs

The Office of International Programs (OIP) at the University of Minnesota was established on August 1, 1963 upon the recommendation of the President O. Meredith Wilson's Ad Hoc Committee on International Programs Development. The Ad Hoc committee was established to represent the University to the Ford Foundation for support of University teaching, research and service on an international level. The Office of International Programs was created to coordinate all existing programs and implement proposed international activities. The first dean of OIP was Will M. Myers. During its first year of operation, the Office of International Programs secured a $1.25 million grant from the International Training and Research Division of the Ford Foundation to support an eight-year program of international development within the University, as well as provide educational assistance to the University of Concepción (Universidad de Concepción) and technical assistance in agricultural education to the Chilean government.

The Office of International Programs reported to the Vice President for Academic Administration and served primarily as an administrative unit of the University, handling all international programs. Its duties were to "stimulate interest in existing programs, to promote new programs and to enlist the resources on the various appropriate groups in order to coordinate international programs, and to encourage financial assistance from non-University resources."

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