UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS' VISIT

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• Publication Date: October 17, 1978
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NFAC #4545/78
17 October 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR: See Distribution
Associate Coordinator for Academic
Relations and External Analytical
Support, NFAC
SUBJECT University Presidents' Visit
Presidents Theodore Friend, Swarthmore College;
-Josiah Bunting; Hampden-Sydney College; William Lavery,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute; H. Edwin Young, University
of Wisconsin; and Chancellor Wesley Posvar, University of
Pittsburgh have accepted Admiral Turner's invitation to
visit the Agency on 26 October 1978. Activities that day
will be substantially the same as on June 14th when four
university presidents participated. The schedule and
biographic sketches of the visitors are attached. The
five have been cleared for and agreed to Secret briefings,
Attachments:
As stated
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- ` T . ,THEODORE WOOD, 111, coll. pres.; b. Wilkins ur , P&,
Aug. 27, 1931; s. Theodore Wood and Jessica (Holton) F.; grad. St_
?s.Sc. -h., 1949,. Williams Coll. 1953; Ph.D., Yale, 1953; m.
Paul ~-..~.,
.Elizabeth Groesbeck Pierson, Feb. 20, 1960; children-71codore
Porter, Pierson, Elizabeth obinson. Asst. instr. Yale, 1955-57; mem.
).faculty State U. N .'Y.. at Bufalo, 19514-73, prof.. history, 1966.73,
faculty advisor to pres., 1968-69, exec. asst. to pres., 1969-7O; pres.
Swarthmore Coll., 1973---; trustee Phila. Savs. Fund Soc. Mer. exec.
corn. Pa. Cornn. for Ind. Coils. ' and Univs. Fulbright grantee in
Philippines, 1957.59; Rockefeller Found. fellow internat.. relations,
1961-62; Nat. Def. Fgn. Lang. postdoctoral fellow, 1966-67;
Guggenheim Found. fellow, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, 1967-6,.1.;
recipient.Bancroft prize in Am. History, 1966. Merv. Am. Hist. Asset.,
Assn. Asian Studies, Soc. Historians of Am. Fgn. Relations, Asia S( V.,
Phila. Corp.. on . Fgn. Relations, NAACP, Phi Beta Kappa.
Presbyterian. Club: Pundit (Buffalo). Author: Between Two. Empires;
The Ordeal of the Philippines, 1929-46, 1965; also articles. Editor.
e, Swarthmore
m
The Philip pine Polity, Japanese View, 1968. Ho
Coll Swart irnore PA 1.9091
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BUNTING, JOSIAH,. colt. pres.; b. Phila., Nov, 8,1939; s. Josiah I
and Mary (Duncan) B.; - .., .,...Va.:. il. Inst., 1963; M. A. (Rhodes
scholar), Oxford (Eng.) U.. 1966; doctoral candidate Columbia, 1970;
nn. Diana Cunningham,- A.u& 21, 1965; children-Elizabeth,, Josiah
IV. Formerly asst. prof.. history, U.S' Mil. Acad.; me M*. faculty d t.
strategy Naval War Coll., ?e pports .. p
., 1972; formerly resource
fellow Aspen inst., ~
pres. Briarcliff Coil., 1973-77; pres.
Hampden-Sydney (Va.) Coll., 1.977-. Enlisted in USMCR at
seventeen, and served 2 years prior to 19.63;. served to raj. S,
Vietnam.. em. Council on n. Relations. Author: The .icnheads 1972; Episcopalian.'
The Advent of Frederick Giles.
Cont . editor ' arper's'. nag. Office: Office ? of the Pres
Hampden-Sydney Coll Hampden-Sydney VA
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LAV RY, WILLIAM EDWARD, univ. pres.; b. Genesco, N.Y.,
Nov. 20, 1930; s. John Raymond and Mary Irene (O'Brien) L.; B.S.,
Mich. State U., 1953; M.A., George Washington U., 1959; Ph.D.. U.
Wis., 1962; rn. Peggy J. Johnson, Apr. 7, 1956; children---Debra,
Kevin, Lori, Mary. Tchr. Clarence (N.Y.) Central High Sch.. 1953-54;
asst. to adminstr. Fed. Extension Service Dept. Agr., Washington,
1956-66; dir.- adminstrn.-extension div. Va. Polytech. Inst. and State
U., Blacksburg, 1966-68, v:p. finance, 1968-73, exec. v.p., 1973-75,
pres.:, 1975-. AID cons. to El Salvador, 1969. Dir. Dominion
Bankshores Corp. Mem. United Fund-Community Fedn., 1968-72.
Bd. dirs. Montgomery County Hosp. Served with AUS. 1954-56.
Kellogg Found. fellow, l960-62. Mean. Omicron Delta Kappa.
Epsilon Sigma Phi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Kappa. Club: Rotary
(Blacksburg). Home: 604 Rainbow Ridge Blacksburg VA 24060
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l~ s. W iiliart and ' ? univ. Arks., b. Bonne Bay, Nfid.,
M.17 . Annie (McKenzie) 'Y.; B.S . May 3,.
1943 't~.t:~. U. ., U. Main*., ~~
Wis., 1950; M. Phyllis S
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trn--~,i1o John- o' art: .
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1hil + 7? oth r, Nathan, Barbara. Instv U. ern. faculty U. 1's., 1947-66 Maine,
1947.55, prof. dept. eecns. instr., asst. pref., 1955 assn. prof.,
dean Coll.
cL,~ 1961-65; pres. U. Maine, Or'
Wis., Madison' l96-? se. 1965-6; chancellor'
CoordIn3t0f 7, pres., U. ''his. System, is.- adja Mada (Indonesia) X971-Relations research -ssn. Pro,Iect. Mem. Indsi.
boy and {pres. I965-66. Editor: La. S Ave
the New deal, 1.957 (with M. Derber)
Madison wi 33705 Home: 6021 t
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husiastic Conservative." Religion: None. Horne:
I St., Longbridge Deverill, NR Warminster, Wil-
`:ngland. Agent: Curtis Brown Ltd., I Craven Hill,
WC2 3EW, England.
R: Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF), flight offi-
0-63; full-time writer, 1963-. Member: Mystery
of America. Crime Writers' Association.
VGS: Dover One, Scribner, 1964; Dover Two,
r, 1965: Dover Three, J. Cape, 1965. Scribner, 1966;
ream With Everything, Scribner, 1966; Dover and
indest Cut of All, Scribner, 1967; The Chinks in the
r, J. Cape, 1967, Scribner, 1968; Dover Goes to
-crihner, 1968; Neither a Candle Nor ca Pitch{ fork,
Meld & Nicolson, 1969, McCall Books, 1970: Rather
more Sort of Crime, McCall Books, 1970; Dover
(gain, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1970, McKay, 1973;
ithr a Bargepole, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1971,
1974: A Meddler and Her Murder, Weidenfeld &
11 -tn, 1972, McKay, 1973; It's Murder with Dover,
, 1973. Also author of The Package Included Mar-
,75.
IGHTS: Ms. Porter told CA: "Began writing in
o he able to retire from Air Force. Continue writing
.c it is easier than work. Consider sole duty of my
writer is to entertain." She speaks fluent Russian
d in Air Force), and is especially interested in the
is and equipment of the Imperial Russian Army, and
the Soviet Union by car in 1964. The first "Dover"
was published in nine European countries (besides
ul), and in Japan and Brazil; the later ones also have
to translations.
LETHWAIT, S(amrtel) N(oel) 191.8-
ANAL: Born April 16, 1918, in Willeysville, W. Va.;
Frank and Etta Postlethwait; married Sara M.
March 22, 1941; children: John, Robert. Education:
tint State College, A.B., 1940; University of West
in. M.S., 1947; University of Iowa, Ph.D., 1949, Pol-
Democrat, Religion: Church of Christ. Home: 3180
is Home Rd., West Lafayette, Ind. 47906. Office:
ical Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette,
'7907.
ER: Public school teacher in West Virginia, 1940-41;
?rsity of Iowa, Iowa City, instructor in botany and
' . 1948-49; Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.,
tnt professor, 1949-56, associate professor, 1956-63,
.sor of biology, 1963--. Militar'v service: U.S. Naval
ve. active duty, 1942-46; became lieutenant. Member:
aical Society of America, American Association for
.tlvancement of Science, International Society of Plant
'hotogists, American Society for Cell Biology. Na
Science Teachers Association, International Plat-
,Sssociation, International Society for Stereologoy,
na Academy of Science. New York Academy of Sci-
Torrey Botanical Club, Sigma Xi, Lambda Delta
~tta. Kappa Delta Pi, Omicron Delta Kappa. Atrard.s,
'National Science Foundation faculty fellowship
s:
POSVAR, Wesley \V(entz) 1925-
PERSONAL: Born September 14, 1925, in Topeka. Kan ,
son of Vladimir L. and Marie (Wentz) i'oss;ar; marnc 1
Mildred Miller (a solo artist in opera and concerts). April
30, 1950; children: Wesley William, Margot Marina, I +ss
Christina. Education: U.S. Military Academy. B.S.. 1946,
Air Tactical School, graduate, 1947; Oxford University.
R.A., 1951, M.A., 1954: Harvard University. M.P.A. and
Ph.D., 1964. Religion: Episcopalian. Office: Office of the
Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, P.
15213.
CAREER: U.S. Army Air Forces and U.S. Air Force.
1946-67, with rank of colonel, 1960-67; Air Prosrng
Ground, Fla., aircraft project officer and fighter test pilot,
1946-48; U.S. Military Academy, West Point. N.Y.. 1941-
54, began as instructor; became assistant professor, dep.tn-
ment of social sciences; U.S. Air Force Headquartcn,
Directorate of Plans., Washington, D.C., member of long-
range objectives and programs group, 1954-57: U.S. Air
Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo., professor and
head of department of political science, 1957-67. chairman
of Division of Social Sciences, 1960-62; University of Pitt,-
burgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., chancellor, 1967-- Consultant to
various government agencies. Member: Association of In-
ternational Relations Clubs (member of advisory council).
American Political Science Association. American
Academy of Political and Social Science, International
Studies Association (president, 1961-62), Institute for Stra-
tegic Studies, Operations Research Society of America.
Association of American Rhodes Scholars, Western Polst.
ical Science Association (member of executive council.
1958-60), Rocky Mountain Social Science Association
(president, 1959-60), Rotary Club.Awards, honors: Rhcxici
Scholar at Oxford University, 1951-54: named one of ten
outstanding young men of America, U.S. Chamber of
Commerce, 1959; L.L.D., Carnegie-Mellon University.
1968, Temple University, 1970; L.H.D., Miami University,
1968.
WRITINGS: (With others) American Defense Policy.
Johns Hopkins Press, 1965. Contributor to periodicals.r
POTOK, Chaim 1929-
PERSONAL: Given name pronounced Hnh-yim; born
February 17, 1929, in New York, N.Y.; son of Benjamin
Max (a businessman) and Mollie (Friedman) Potok: mar-
ried Adena Sarah Mosevitzky, June 8, 1958: children:
Rena, Naama, Akiva. Education: Yeshiva University.
B.A. (summa cum laude), 1950; Jewish Theological Semi-
nary, M.H.L., 1954: University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D.
(philosophy), 1965. Residence: Philadelphia, Pa.
CAREER: Ordained rabbi (Conservative). 1954. Jewish
Theological Seminary, New York, N.Y., national director.
Leaders Training Fellowship, 1954-55: Camp Rarnah, Los
Angeles, Calif., director, 1957-59: University of Judaism.
Los Angeles, Calif., instructor, 1957-59: liar Zion Temple,
Philadelphia, Pa., scholar-in-residence, 1959-63: Jcvtish
ical Seminary, member of faculty of Teachers- In-
Theolo
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1963-64; Conservative fudaisrrr, New York, N.Y..
stitute
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I1,VGS: Workbook in Plant Science, Burgess, 1948: managing editor, 1964-65; Jewish Publication Society. Phii-
.,ook of lnarrmediate plant Science, Burgess, 1950: adelphia, Pa., editor, 1965-74, special projects editor.
Science-A Workbook with an Audio Pro 'rom ip- 1974--. Military, .service: U.S. Army. chapain in Korea.
hi. Burgess, 1963, revised PPCRlY t gr,,ROlgaSe 2001/0 227: C?1J!Au 8t6 9-95P2660' 1 , &2 l "
rience Approach to Learning with Emphasis on fade- sembly, P.E.N., Authors Guild. Awares, ronors: dward
nt Sail'. Burgess, 11964; Thae Audio Tutorial System, Lewis Wallant Award, for The Chosen; Atheneum Award.
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?;Attached,,theschedule for
the 26 October visit by-university
presidents and bios of the five
`university presidents-attending.
Your ,approval -.is' requested
to incite the following. persons
to:?luncheon inyour dining room:
Would be ten.
likely should attend, Space in
your conference room of course
would permit additional attendance.
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