Loft, George.

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Biographical Note

1915 January 27 Born, New York City 1931 Graduated, High School of Commerce, New York 1932 1942 Assistant to Economist, National Dairy Products Corporation, New York 1938 Graduated, Bachelor's degree in Accounting, New York University 1940 Completed Master of Business Administration, New York University 1942 Married Eleanor Riddle 1942 1945 Chief of Subsistence Requirements Section, Military Planning Division, Office of the Quartermaster General, Washington, D.C. 1945 1947 Executive Assistant to Director, Frozen Food Foundation, Inc., Syracuse, N.Y. 1948 January 1948 May Legislative Representative, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Washington, D.C. 1948 1953 Associate Public Relations Secretary, American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia 1953 1957 Director, Public Relations, Atlas Chemical Industries, Wilmington, Delaware 1957 1960 Representative in Sub-Saharan Africa, American Friends Service Committee, based in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia 1960 1961 Advisor on African Programs, American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia 1961 1963 Director, Quaker Program at the United Nations, American Friends Service Committee 1963 1966 Vice President, African-American Institute, New York 1966 November 1966 December Consultant, United Nations Development Program, Malawi 1967 1977 Employed by Field Foundation, New York 1969 July 1969 September Consultant, American Friends Service Committee, Kafue Self-help Housing Project, Zambia 1971 February Consultant, American Friends Service Committee, Kafue Self-help Housing Project, Zambia 1972 September 1972 October Special Mission to Rhodesia, with Eleanor Loft, on behalf of Friends Service Council, London, and American Friends Service Committee 1974 1979 Special Representative, African Service Programs and International Programs, American Friends Service Committee 1975 Consultant, American Friends Service Committee, Kafue Self-help Housing Project, Zambia 1976 Attended Rhodesia Conference, held in Geneva, as member of Quaker Rhodesia Conference group

From the guide to the George Loft Papers, 1957-1989, (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace)

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  • Malawi. (as recorded)
  • Zambia. (as recorded)
  • Zimbabwe. (as recorded)

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