LETTER TO MR. BENJAMIN H. [NOME] FROM ALLEN W.DULLES

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• Publication Date: June 15, 1958
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President DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
United States of America
President RENE COTY
Republic of France
Chairman
ELLIOTT H. LEE
Vice-Chairman
JAMES A. FARLEY
President
BENJAMIN H. NAMM
Treasurer
PHILIP CORTNEY
Secretary
VADA HORSCH
Executive Vice-President
MICHAEL M. NISSELSON
JOHN D. CONNORS
HENRY CROWN
ARTHUR H. DEAN
IRENE DUNNE
BENJAMIN FINE
L. ARNOLD FRYE
SYLVAN GOTSHAL
JOSEPH M. HARTFIELD
FREDERICK E. I IASI.ER
Louts JOHNSON
MESSMORE KENDALL
OGDEN R. REID
MRS. HENRY P. RUSSELL
MRS. GEORGE A. SLOAN
WALTER BEDELL SMITH
JOSEPH P. SPANG, JR.
ROBERT M. STROZIER
ORVILLE TAYLOR
HERMAN B. WELLS
DONALD R. WILSON
MRS. HENRY M. WRISTON
LAFAYETTE FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION, INC.
June 6th, 1958
To: Members of the National Dinner Committee,
Directors and Sponsors, Lafayette Fellowship
Foundation, Inc.
I am attaching the program which was distributed at
the Lafayette Gold Medal Award Dinner to General Alfred
M. Gruenther on Tuesday, May 27th, 1958.
May I take this opportunity to thank you for your
cooperation in helping to make this dinner sucessful.
The importance of the evening, under the inspiring
chairmanship of Mr. Philip D. Reed, was enhanced by a
capacity attendance of distinguished guests. We feel
that the objectives of the evening, to honor the General,
reaffirm our support of Franco-American friendship and
the program of the Lafayette Fellowship Foundation, were
well accomplished.
With kind regards,
Scholarship Fund
Chairman
GEORGE W. BALL
Education Committee
Chairman
DR. GRAYSON L. KIRK
President, Columbia University
OR. BENJAMIN FINE
DR. ROBERT F. GOHEEN
President, Princeton University
DR. ROBERT M. STROZIER
President, Florida State University
Executive Secretary
DON EPSTEIN
Sincerely yours,
Benjamin H.
President
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LAFAYETTE SCHOLARSHIP FUND
National Sponsors
S. C. ALLYN
President, The National Cash Register Co.
CHESTER I. BARNARD
COL. SIDNEY H. BINGHAM
DR. HORACE MANN BOND
HENRY P. BRISTOL
Chairman, Bristol-Myers Co.
HON. DAVID K. E. BRUCE
COL. ROGER E. BRUNSCHWIG
Brunschwig & Fils
HARRY A. BULLIS
Chairman, General Mills, Inc.
THOMAS D. CABOT
. President, Godfrey L. Cabot, Inc.
ERWIN D. CANHAM
Editor, Christian Science Monitor
MARGARET CLAPP .
President, Wellesley College
JOHN S. COLEMAN
President, Burroughs Corporation
GARDNER COWLES
President, Cowles Magazines, Inc.
DONALD W. DOUGLAS
Chairman, Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc.
ALLEN W. DULLES
Director, Central Intelligence Agency
LEON FALK, JR.
DEAN VIRGINIA C. GILDERSLEEVE
BERNARD F. GIMBEL
Chairman, Gimbel Brothers, Inc.
GENERAL LESLIE R. GROVES
Remington Rand, Inc.
THOMAS J. HARGRAVE
Chairman, Eastman Kodak Company
HAROLD H. HELM
Chairman, Chemical Corn Exchange Bank
PAUL G. HOFFMAN
DEVEREUX C. JOSEPHS
Chairman, New York Life Insurance Co.
MEYER KESTNBAUM
President, Hart Schaffner & Marx
MILTON C. LIGHTNER
Chairman, Singer Manufacturing Co.
WALTER LIPPMANN
RALPH LOWELL
President, Boston Safe Deposit & Trust
FOWLER MCCORMICK
STANLEY MARCUS
President, Neiman-Marcus Co.
HON. DELESSEPS S. MORRISON
Mayor, New Orleans, La.
EDWARD R. MuRRow
CHARLES G. NICHOLS
President, G. M. McKelvey Company
THOMAS E. PARADINE
MOREHEAD PATTERSON
Chairman, American Machine & Foundry Co.
CARL H. PFORTHEIMER, JR.
MRS. R. I. C. PROUT
President, General Federation of Women's Clubs
ELMO ROPER
PAUL J. SACHS
Miss DOROTHY SHAVER
President, Lord & Taylor
JAMES T. SHOTWELL
ADMIRAL LEWIS STRAUSS
Chairman, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
EDWARD STREETER
WAYNE C. TAYLOR
REGINALD TOWNSEND
JUAN T. TRIPPE
President, Pan-American World Airways System
THORNTON WILDER
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Executive Ilegiatxp
G-his
President DWIGHT D. EisENHOWER
United States of America
President RENE COTY
Republic of France
Chairman
ELLIOTT H. LEE
Vice-Chairman
JAMES A. FARLEY
President
BENJAMIN H. NAMM
Treasurer
PHILIP CORTNEY
Secretary
VADA HORSCH
Executive Vice-President
MICHAEL M. NISSELSON
JOHN D. CONNORS
HENRY CROWN
ARTHUR H. DEAN
IRENE DUNNE
BENJAMIN FINE
L. ARNOLD FRYE
SYLVAN GOTSHAL
JOSEPH M. HARTFIELD
FREDERICK E. HASLER
Louis JOHNSON
MESSMORE KENDALL
OGDEN R. REID
MRS. HENRY P. RUSSELL
MRS. GEORGE A. SLOAN
WALTER BEDELL SMITH
JOSEPH P. SPANG, JR.
ROBERT M. STROZIER
ORVILLE TAYLOR
HERMAN B. WELLS
DONALD R. WILSON
MRS. HENRY M. WRISTON
Scholarship Fund
Chairman
GEORGE W. BALL
LAFAYETTE FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION, INC.
78 EAST 56TH STREET, NEW YORK 22, N Y.
June 6th. 1958
To: Members of the National Dinner Committee,
Directors and Sponsors, Lafayette Fellowship
Foundation, Inc.
I am attaching the program which was distributed at
the Lafayette Gold Medal Award Dinner to General Alfred
M. Gruenther on Tuesday, May 27th,`1958.
May I take this opportunity to thank you for your
cooperation in helping to make this dinner sucessful.
The importance of the evening, under the inspiring
chairmanship of Mr. Philip D. Reed, was enhanced by a
capacity attendance of distinguished guests. We feel
that the objectives of the evening, to honor the General,
reaffirm our support of Franco-American friendship and
the program of the Lafayette Fellowship Foundation, were
well accomplished.
With kind regards,
Sinrely yours,
Education Committee
Chairman
DR. GRAYSON L. KIRK
President, Columbia University
DR. BENJAMIN FINE
DR. ROBERT F. GOHEEN
President, Princeton University
DR. ROBERT M. STROZIER
President, Florida State University
Executive Secretary
DON EPSTEIN
Bene.min H. X.
President
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GRAND BAI_' ROB; .' * i~-_DORF ASTORIA.
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 Devoted to the cause of liberty, Lafayette, together with
many of his fellow citizens, came to our support at a time when
we desperately needed aid. On many occasions since, Ameri-
cans and Frenchmen, side by side, have joined in the defense
of their land's and freedom.
We cherish the historic friendship between the Republic
of France and the United States of America. This bond adds
.Lafayette, it is a privilege to reaffirm our common devotion lo
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
President of the United States of America
(From a statement issued Aunusl 27 7957 nn A. -i
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This soldier.of liberty of both our countries and:champion
of the friendship: which unites them remains for :us, :..too,
hero of,devotion:?to .the noblest of causes: the cause. of';th
dignity of'rnan
We .do `not forget?those: who, faithful to his example, iwtco
crossed the,. Ocean, in their turn, under outstanding leaders, tor`."
ensure, by:-their valor; the-triumph of liberty:
Rene, Coty.
President of the Republic of France;
(From amessagesentto President .Eisenhower an the:occasion:of the-Yofayetfe;;.
Bkentennlat Sept mben 7; 1953:1 y[:c
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The Honorable Dwight I). Eisenhower
President of the C'nited States
The Honorable Rene Cotv
President of the Republic of France
the Lafayette Fellowship Foundation, Inc. is dedicated to the preservation
and strengthening of the historic bonds of friendship between the United
States and France;
Y44.< the Lafayette Fellowship Foundation, Inc. has established two-year schol-
arships for exceptionally gifted young French students for graduate studies
iii American universities, out of the conviction that, in the present struggle
for men's minds. it is vital that those who are preparing to assume active
roles in the social and economic life of France develop a better understand-
ing of lmerica;
Y&; .s the Lafayette Gold Medal has been established by the Board of Directors
of the Lafayette Fellowship Foundation, Inc, to be awarded to that person
who, in their opinion, symbolizes the above stated Foundation aims and
purposes;
YfX e General Alfred \1. Gruenther, in the course of his brilliant career, has dis-
charged the duties of the high offices which he has held in this country and
abroad in the finest tradition of democratic friendship;
s ,~ ~Fr~/,~ ,P?1 d That the first Lafayette Gold Medal shall be presented to
kea( y(' 9,ue. d es~
at the
Lafayette Gold Medal Award Dinner
Grand Ballroom, Waldorf Astoria, May 27. 1955
~ ore `.A . B,i11, Chairnatn Philip D. Reed, Chairman
'e ly lar,hip Fund Lafayette Gold Medal .Award Dinner
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Chairman
Philip D. Reed
Vice-Chairmen
I Ion. C. Douglas Dillon Bernard E Gimbel
Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
Milton C. Lightner
Treasurer Chairman, Women's Committee
Philip Cortney Vada Horsch
Hon. Winthrop W Aldrich
Thomas D. Cabot
G. Keith Funston
Stanley C. Allyn
George Champion
Robert M
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Frank Altschul
Paul F. Clark
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Walter H. Annenberg
Gen. Lucius D. Clay
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Paul Grad
Alex H. Ardrev
J. Luther Cleveland
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Isaac B. Grainger
William R. Baker, Jr.
Lester L. Colbert
Elisha Gra
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John A. Barr
Peter Colefax
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Crawford H
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Bruce Barton
John L. Collyer
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Albert M. Greenfield
Hiland C. Batcheller
Harold W. Comfort
Charles B
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Charles E. Beard
Sidney B. Congdon
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Stephen D. Bechtel
Ralph J. Cordiner
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Gardner Cowles
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John D. Biggers
Henry P. Davison
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James B. Black
William C. Decker
James Hill
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Arthur O. Dietz
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Joseph L. Block
Donald W Douglas
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Henry Francis du Pont
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Lloyd D. Brace
Orvil E. Dryfoos
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Albert Bradley
Angier Biddle Duke
Arthur A. Houghton
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Frederic W. Ecker
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W F Bramstedt
Victor Emanuel
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Theodore V Houser
Frederic H. Brandi
Benjamin F Fairless
Walter Hovin
Ernest R. Breech
Boy K. Ferguson
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Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr.
Fred E Florence
Roscoe C
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Edward G. Budd, Jr.
Frank M. Folsom
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Ilarry A. Bullis
Albert E. Forster
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Dr. Ralph J. Bunche
Arthur B. Foye
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Arthur H. Bunker
Clarence Francis
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William A. M. Burden
Gen. John NI. Franklin
Frederick R. Kappel
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Hon. James S. Kemper
Edward J. Noble
Spyros P. Skouras
David M. Kennedy
Floyd B. Odium
Ellis D. Slater
James M. Kennedy
John M. Olin
Robert B. Smallwood
J. R. Kimberly
Raymond Orteig. Jr.
George F. Smith
Meyer Kestnbauin
Frank Pace, Jr.
W. Cordes Snyder, Jr.
Mills B. Lane. Jr.
Morehead Patterson
Philip Sporn
Sigurd S. Larmon
William A. Patterson
Hans Stauffer
Roy E. Larsen
Mundy I. Peale
Herman W. Steinkraus
Fred Lazarus, Jr.
Charles W Perelle
Hon. Robert T. Stevens
Robert Lehman
George W Perkins
Roger L. Stevens
Barry T. Leithead
Carl H. Pforzheimer, Jr.
Hon. R. Douglas Stuart
John P. Levis
Warren Lee Pierson
Hon. Charles P. Taft
Augustus C. Long
Philip WW'. Pillsbury
George C. Textor
Robert A. Lovett
Henning W. Prentis. Jr.
H. L. Titus
Ralph Lowell
Gwilym A. Price
Adolph J. Toigo
Henry R. Luce
H. F. Priolean
Clare M. Torrey
Joseph A. Martino
John W. Queenan
Juan T. Trippe
Hon. T. F McAllister
Hobert C. Ramey
Maxwell M. Upson
Thomas B. McCabe
Ralph T. Reed
Harry F. Vickers
John L. McCaffrey
R. S. Reynolds, Jr.
Lowell P. WVeicker
Leonard F McCollum
Mary G. Roebling
Sidney J. Weinberg
Dr. John E. McKeen
Philip Ryan
Joseph C. Welman
Robert J. A-1cKim
Gen. David Sarnoff
Richard H. West
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Harry Scherman
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Ward Melville
M. Peter Schweitzer
William K. Whiteford
William H. Moore
Dale E. Sharp
Langbourne M. Williams
Adm. Ben Moreeli
Edward L. Shea
Charles E. Wilson
Sterling Morton
Howard C. Shepherd
Norman W Wilson
Hon. Robert Moses
John A. Sibley
Robert E. Wilson
George A. Murphy
Igor I. Sikorsky
C. K. Woodbridge
Thomas S. Nichols
Albert C. Simmonds, Jr.
Herbert B. Woodman
Albert I._ Nickerson
Grant G. Simmons
R. W. Woodruff
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93 Exam.
Philip D. Reed, presiding
_ Xt v,c alion
His Eminence, Francis Cardinal Spellman
Archbishop of New York
b;ficna/ ~`at~frem
Martial Singher
Metropolitan Opera Association
, /l JJa e
The Honorable Dwight D. Eisenhower
President of the United States of America
The Honorable Rene Coty
President of the Republic of France
His Excellency Herve Alphand
Ambassador of the Republic of France
Elliott H. Lee
Chairman, Lafayette Fellowship Foundation, Inc.
xelenfotion n~G~ie . /i e?7e Ndl -%Lec1V
Philip D. Reed
?~FJ~4IfJP
General Alfred M. Gruenther
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Hearts of Celery Ripe and Green Olives
Prime Ribs of "Blue Ribbon Beef au Jus
Champs-Elysees Potatoes
Baby Stringbeans Chasseur
Dessert Glace Fantaisie
Sauce Fraisette
Petits Fours
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Honorary Co Chairmen
The Hontnahle I)wight 1). Eisenhower The Honorable Ilene Coty
President of the United States President of the Republic of France
l:lllott 11. I.ec
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nnan
\. Farley
President Secretary
Benjamin 11. Nannn Vada llorsch
Treasurer Executive Vice-President
Philip Cortnev Michael M. Nisselson
Chairman Emeritus
Walter Bedell Smith
( (?or-e \V Ball
John D. Connors
Philip Cortnev
I Icurv Crown
Arthur H. ])can
Irene Dunne
James A. Farley
Benjamin Fine
L. Arnold Frye
Chairman, Scholarship Fund
George \\: Ball
Board of Directors
Sylvan Cotshal
Joseph M. llartfield
Frederick E. Hasler
Vada Horsch
Louis Johnson
Messmore Kendall
Elliott H. Lee
Benjamin H. Namm
Ogden B. Reid
Mrs. Ilenry P. Russell
Mrs. George A. Sloan
Walter Bedell Smith
Joseph P Spang, Jr.
Robert M. Strozier
Orville Taylor
Herman B Wells
Donald R. Wilson
Mrs. Henry M. Wriston
Education Committee
Dr. Grayson L. Kirk Chairman
Dr. Robert F Goheen
Dr. Benjamin Fine
Dr. Robert \1. Strozier
Dr. E. B. O. Borgerhoff
Secretary
Executive Secretary
Doll El pstcin
S. C. Allen
(:pester I. Barnard
Col. Sitluev H. Bingham
Dr. lit tract Mann Bond
IIeitrv P Bristol
I lot. David K. E. Bruce
Cttl. Iiugcr E. Brunscli ig
11,111 -A. Bullis
"I l toss 1). Cabot
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Cardn(~r Cowles
Donald \V Douglas
Allen W. Dulles
Icon Falk, Jr.
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Dean \'. C. Gildersleeve
Bernard E Gimbel
Gen. Leslie R. Groves
Thomas .1. Hargrave
Harold 11. Helm
Paul G. Hoffman
I)evrrt uy C. Josephs
\I(v& r Lestttbanrtt
Milton (.. Lightner
\V alts r 1 ippmanu
Ralph Lowell
Fowler McCormick
Stat Icy- Marcus
lion. del.rSseps S. Morrison
Samuel \V'. Meek
Edward 11. Murrow
Charles G. Nichols
Thomas E. Paradine
Morehead Patterson
Carl II. Pforzheimer, Jr.
Mrs. R. I. C. Prout
Elmo Roper
Paul J. Sachs
Dorothy Shaver
James T. Shotwell
Adin. Lewis Strauss
Philip Sporn
Edward Streeter
Wayne C. Taylor
Reginald Townsend
Juan T. Trippe
Thornton Wilder
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The basis of the Lafayette Fellowship Foundation, Inc. is the conviction
that in the present struggle for men's minds, it is vital that potential
leaders of the French nation develop a better understanding of America.
To this end, the Lafayette Fellowship Foundation was established to
provide two-year scholarships to exceptionally gifted young French stu-
dents for graduate studies in American universities. Our program affords
these young people the opportunity to acquire first-hand knowledge of
American social and economic organization, which it is hoped will prove
of mutual benefit when they participate in the political and economic life
of their own country.
This program provides a unique opportunity to perform a service of
great value in our own national interest. It carries on the tradition of the
\iarquis de Lafayette who once said, "Liberty must always be a living
tflin~_r' never laid away in the archives.'
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"Liberty must always he a living thing,
never laid away in 1 [u archives."
l.-!M. do f afayettc
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