Loft, George.

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)