2002 Drivers' Reunion
orty-six drivers and their spouses, family and friends - a total of 80 people - gathered near Baltimore in late September for a memorable reunion of former AFS drivers.
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The reunion was held at the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies just outside Baltimore, which was also hosting a meeting of the leadership of AFS programs around the world - the Directors and Chairs of the AFS organizations in 50 countries, the Board of Trustees and AFS International staff. It is the first time the two groups have met jointly and the current AFS leaders enjoyed the inspiration provided by the drivers. The first event bined group at about the AFS that has united
of the reunion was a cocktail party and dinner for the comwhich Art Howe (ME-2 and former AFS President) talked legacy of volunteer service and international understanding the organization for nearly a century.
The following morning, while the international delegates worked in meetings, two buses transported the drivers' reunion group to Washington, for three major events. First was a reception at the German Ambassador's residence, a spectacular building with a sweeping view of the nation's capital.
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The German ambassador, Wolfgang Ischinger, was an AFS student to the U.S. in 1963-64 and has maintained active ties to AFS in Germany. Following the events of September 11 he founded the German American Solidarity Fund, vvhich is helping build ties between the countries in many ways, including providing AFS exchange opportunities for students from New York and Washington,
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Driver Ed Masback (ME-37) responded on behalf of the group to the remarks by Ambassador Ischinger. Lunch at the elegant Citronelle Restaurant in Georgetown followed the German Ambassador's reception. Joining the drivers at lunch were representatives of the embassies of Great Britain, Ed Masback and Wolfgang Ischinger, Canada, France, Germany, and New Zealand and Ambassador of Germany to the United States. from Lufthansa Airlines, sponsor of the lunch. Tony Blair, British Ambassador Christopher Meyer, Mrs. Deborah Bean, Chief Correspondence Officer for Queen Elizabeth, French Ambassador Franyois Bujon de l'Estang, and Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass) sent written tributes to the drivers. After lunch the group moved to the Embassy of New Zealand for a reception given by Ambassador Sir John Wood. After remarks by the ambassador, Driver Bill Cantrall (CM-92) responded on behalf of AFS. The following day, the buses took the reunion group to the beautiful Baltimore Inner Harbor area, where they had lunch on the outdoor deck of the Maryland Science Center overlooking the harbor. The program included remarks by AFS-USA President Alex Plinio, and a dramatic talk by Alice Kern, a survivor of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, which was evacuated by AFS drivers during World War II. Mrs. Kern had journeyed to Baltimore to thank the drivers in person for her rescue and tell them about the years she has spent since then. She has written a book "Tapestry of Hope" (1988) about her experiences. Three World War II ambulances - an India-Burma jeep ambulance and two Dodges - that have been restored by Hugh Gemmell, son of AFS Driver Colin Gemmell (CM-92) were on display outside the MITAGS center and an exhibit of photos taken in Syria, the Western Desert of North Africa and Italy by Jock Cobb (ME-26) was featured inside the Center .
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The exhibit,
hung by Dr. Cobb and his wife Holly, drew the interest of the drivers but also of the AFS international leaders representing 50 countries where AFS operates today. Another artifact on display that attracted drivers' interest was a World War II scrapbook put together by Mrs. Elizabeth Henderson, the mother of Bruce G. Henderson (IE-IS), a driver who died in Burma in 194,5. Bruce's brother James Henderson provided the scrapbook. Culmination of the reunion was a banquet where Art Howe and Ward Chamberlin called upon Norman Eddy, Charles Book, Tom Hale, Bill Hannah, and Norman Kunkel to speak. Bill Cantrall updated drivers on veterans' benefits legislation. Dessert consisted of a wedding cake commemorating the recent marriage of Tom Hale (CM-47) and Margie Haven. Certificates honoring drivers signed by Alex Plinio, AFS-USA President, and Paul Shay, AFS International President, were handed out.
John Wood, Ambassador of New Zealand States and Bill Cantrall.
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received local and national publicity. The Baltimore Sun published an large article on the reunion in its Sunday edition on September 22.
National Public Radio in the United States aired an interview with Ward Chamberlin and Howard Mayhevv (CM-96, IE 59- T) and CBS Evening News featured the reunion as the closing segment on their broadcast on September 22. The CBS videotape is available from the Archives for a $10.00 duplication fee. Ward Chamberlin, Arthur Howe, Jr., Dan Hastings of AFS Travel, Eleanora Golobic of AFS Archives and Marcela Zuchovicki of the AFS-USA staff organized the reunion.
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REUNION ... AFS...2002 By Daniel F. Spallone (IB 3, eM 91- T)
They came, some fifty of them, Now aged and aging. Some cane aided, all gray. Each different but sharing a common bond, All did what they did not have to, All served because they wanted to, Where and when they were needed. They were the same men, Who, over a half century ago, When called, dashed out and leaped Into their ambulances Went where they had to, Without regard to personal safety, Picked up and delivered the injured. They experienced the burning sun And the sand blasts of the Sahara, Subjected to the stifling heat, The monsoon rains of India and Burma, And the cold, the rain and the mud of Italy and France. They were bombed, shelled and sniped at, Drove over mines and evaded booby traps. Sought shelter in foxholes, Under ambulances, behind rocks and buildings, But always their mission was foremost.
The Hon. Daniel E Spallone, although retired from the Connecticut Appelate Court, is still actively engaged as a Trial Judge Referee. Judge Spallone served as an AFS ambulance driver in India-Burma and Italy in World War II. He is married to the former Jeanne Field, who recently retired as a Judge of the probate court. The Spallones reside in Deep River, CT and summer on Block Island, RI.
When their vehicles were stuck in desert sand Or in the mud of Italy, France, India or Burma, Or when the ambulances broke down, After transferring the casualties, Alone, each stayed with his vehicle Until it was freed or repaired. They saw the horrors of war, Experienced the sound, the smell And the feeling of war. But over all was the ultimate sadness of war, The huge price paid in soldiers and civilians Throughout the world. Now some were together again, Relivingsome memories, Telling their stories, Of when they were together, And of the intervening years. Justified in feeling great pride In a job well done ... In a cause well served .
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TRIBUTE FROM PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR
10 DOWNING STREET LONDON
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The United Kingdom and Europe owe a great debt to all the heroic individuals who fought against fascism for freedom and democracy.
The free
society we enjoy today is a direct result of the selfless acts and bravery displayed by groups like the American Field Service Ambulance Corps.
Countless
thousands owe their lives directly to the efforts of your Corps during the war.
I wish you all the best for your reunion, as you rekindle old friendships and remember those who fell. We will always be deeply grateful for the contribution
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NEW PROGRAM INITIATIVES
Group of AFS participants
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from the United States to Saudi Arabia New York, 2002.
Three AFS participants from the United States to Saudi Arabia at AFS-USA headquarters, New York, 2002.
In July and August 2002 AFS-USA sent 20 students on a four week home stay exchange to Saudi Arabia, under the joint sponsorship of the Saudi Gazette (a leading newspaper in that country) and the US Department of State. The US students were the first AFS student ever to go to Saudi Arabia (Eight students came from Saudi Arabia to the United States in the 1960s). The students were from small towns and big cities, suburbs and farms in 1 1 states. They represented the religious and cultural diversity of the United States. Because there is no AFS organization at this time in Saudi Arabia two staff members from AFS-USA accompanied the students. In addition to a home stay experience the Gazette arranged tours and special cultural opportunities for the students. The exchange was very successful and provided the opportunity to explore further exchanges with Saudi Arabia.
The Council of Europe ESSSE program allowed students Herzogovina, Bulgaria, and Romania to participate in AFS exchanges year. The European Federation for Intercultural Learning (EFIL) Europe, continues to develop opportunities for sponsored exchanges terranean countries .
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from Croatia, Albania, Bosnia with other European countries this the AFS umbrella organization in with Central European and Medi-
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JAPAN EXPANDS EXCHANGES IN ASIA WITH GRANTS FROM UNESCO
THE ASEAN
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Students from Malaysia represent their country at the ASEAN Japan Junior Summit, an event sponsored by AFS Japan that allows students from across Asia to share their views and display their culture.
The ASEAN Foundation has provided AFS Japan with the opportunity to develop exchanges with ten Asian countries, Singapore, Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. Only Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia are currently part of the AFS network. The ASEAN exchanges have ranged from four weeks to a school year and have gone both to and from Japan. Japan also has developed exchanges with Mongolia, Costa Rica, Panama and Honduras in cooperation UNESCO.
China, with A student from Laos listens to the discussion at the ASEAN Japan Junior Summit.
AFS International Diversity Scholarships provided 17 students with the opportunity 2002 and AFS the opportunity to open new exchange relationships.
to study abroad in
International Diversity scholarships, for example, took a student from southeast Turkey to Finland. They allowed two students from Iceland to go to Indonesia and one from Hungary to go to Malaysia. Diversity Scholarships brought a low-income student from Panama to the US and one from Paraguay to Jamaica. Five students from diverse communities in the US were able to participate in AFS programs as the result of the scholarships.
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DRIVER IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
hen Follman Kreis (CM-41) signed up in 1942 as an AFS driver, he had already fought in a European war and piloted a stunt plane in Hollywood, activities he shared with few, if any, other drivers.
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And today, as the owner of a Crow Indian trading post near Las Vegas, Follman still seems to be hammering out an atypical AFS driver's fantasy. Earlier this year, Follman (now known as Jack Running-Deer Kreis) sat down with Janus to reminisce about some of his fascinating life. At 93, he recalls more than he wants to discuss about his preAFS days, which included flying in the Spanish Civil War in the mid-1930s, until the Loyalists' airfield was bombed and all 15 planes destroyed.
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And after he no longer had a plane to fly, Follman and another American pilot turned instead to driving ambulances. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Follman listed Indianapolis as his residence at the time of his AFS enlistment on Dec. 1, 1942. He had received a commercial pilot license at Love Field in Texas, and took a job as a pilot with Delta Crop-Dusting Service, which later became Delta Airlines. While Follman was working for Delta, on weekends he flew passengers two at a time at $5 per head in one of the open-cockpit planes.
Follman Kreis in the Italian campaign, ca. 1943 (Holton photo).
An ad in the Dallas paper caught Follman's eye - a Hollywood company making a film called "The Dawn Patrol" wanted pilots with 1,000 hours of flying experience who could fly World War I planes. He and another Delta pilot applied and were hired immediately. In 1936, Follman reports, "We learned of the Spanish Civil War. Things were slow at the studio, so we decided to help the Loyalists out if possible, especially as pilots." Follman today declines to discuss how he got to Spain (or, for that matter, how he got back to the US. later), but reports that in their first week, he shot down two Franco planes and his friend shot down three. Several days later, the Germans strafed the airdrome, wiping out the Loyalist air force. Follman and his friend switched to ambulances. They figured that they transported 300 to 400 casualties, including members of the Lincoln Brigade, until they left Spain in 1937, "The things I saw and lived through have been with me all my life." Returning to the US., Follman was turned down by the US. Army Air Corps. After various flying jobs, he signed up in late 1942 with AFS, traveling with unit CM-41 to the Middle East via Egypt.
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After spending about five months at Baalbek in Lebanon, Kreis traveled with about half of 485 Company to Egypt and later to Italy. There, he drove with Section 4 of 485 Company's "B" Platoon. He served with 10 Corps at Cassino and was repatriated to the U.S. on June 15, 1944.
After the war, Follman Kreis lived in Florida and other states. His mother was Shah-Na-Shon, a native American of the Crow tribe, and he retained an interest in the Crow culture. He now runs a Crow trading post in Boulder City, outside Las Vegas, Nevada. His wife died some 12 years ago. At 93, he lives in Boulder City near his wife's granddaughter and her husband. And he has a whole lot to think about.
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JOINS THE NATIONAL VETERANS' HISTORY PROJECT
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To further our mission of preserving the AFS founders' legacy we began videotaping oral histories of AFS ambulance drivers at the reunion in Baltimore. The videotaping effort was supported by a gift from Eduardo Enmanuel, AFS International Trustee, who wanted to create a lasting legacy of recorded interviews of AFS founders. Douglas Manger, folklorist of the Library of Congress American Folklife Center, conducted interviews with nine drivers chronicling their wartime experiences. Thanks to Mr. Enmanuel's generosity we were able to gather this important historical documentation and will be able to edit the videos as well to make them more useful for documentary film projects. As a result of this project the Archives is now an official Partner of the Library of Congress Veterans History Project and is recognized on the Veterans History Project Web site.
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We support the effort of the Veterans History Project run by the Library of Congress American Folklife Center to record and preserve memories of war veterans for future generations. We encourage AFS veterans to participate in the project as they possess a valuable educational resource in their war recollections. For further information on the project please visit the Library of Congress website. http:// www.loc.gov Ifolklife/ vets/ A major part of the Veterans History Project will be listing the names of those interviewed online in a National Registry of Service. Please view the Registry website at: http://www.loc.govlfolklife/vets/ vets-registry.html. If you would like to participate in the project or donate documentation that tells your story, please contact Eleanora Golobic at the AFS Archives .
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GALATII AWARD HONORS AFS VOLUNTEERS
he Galatti Award, named after Stephen Galatti the founder of the AFS student programs, is the most prestigious commendation awarded by AFS. The award is presented annually to one or more AFS volunteers who, over a sustained period of time, have provided outstanding support to AFS at the grass roots level. We are pleased to introduce four AFS volunteers from three countries who represent the very best of AFS.
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Masaichi and Mieko Hattori (Japan) first became a part of AFS when they hosted a student from the United States in 1987. Their daughter was an AFS student to the US in 1990, followed by their son Yoshi in 1992. Sadly, Yoshi died in a tragic accident during his AFS year. Despite their personal experience the Hattoris continue to be active supporters of AFS in Japan and have maintained a strong belief that those who experience life in peaceful societies will contribute to peace in the world. They have established a fund in Yoshi's name that provides a full scholarship each year for a US student who The 2002 Galatti Award is presented to Masaichi and spends an AFS year in Japan. Nine students have now Mieko Hattori in their home city of Nagoya, benefited from Yoshi scholarships. The Hattoris meet and Japan, December 2002. mentor each of these students and frequently serve as a transition family for other students. They are key members of the Japan Louisiana Friendship Foundation that promotes exchanges between Louisiana and Japan and are active in social causes in the United States and Japan. The Hattoris serve as a source of true inspiration to the volunteers of AFS Japan - and will now do so for AFS volunteers around the world
Professor Jose Luis Villanueva Olalla (Venezuela)
is the founding president of AFS Venezuela. He led the group that registered the bylaws of the organization and became the first president of the national board in 1979. At 74 he still attends every meeting of AFS Venezuela, ready to encourage and help wherever he is needed. He can talk with anyone and is respected as a counselor and arbiter. Professor Villanueva provides a strong moral reference point for AFS in Venezuela, much as the founding ambulance drivers provide a compass for the worldwide organization. He represents the history, the values and the vision of the organization to the volunteers today.
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AT THE UNITED NATIONS
iplomats from more than 30 countries were the guests of the AFS at a lunch at the United Nations on December 6. The lunch provided an opportunity to give key internationalleaders information about AFS, to thank governments for their continuing support of our programs and to remind ourselves to focus on world issues and our mission in those issues.
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Victor Oporto, Chair of the AFS International Board of Trustees, Dr. JOrgen Drews, Elizabeth Ranson, Paul Shay, President of AFS International.
The speakers at the lunch represented AFS over a span of more than fifty years. Elizabeth Ranson went to Saudi Arabia from the US in 2002. Professor Dr. JUrgen Drews was an AFS student from Germany to Princeton, New Jersey in 1951-52. He had a distinguished career in medicine and biological research in Germany, Switzerland and the United States.
A year in Princeton, New Jersey. A year lived with a delightful family, a school that was so different than what I had been used to, a year in symbiosis with one of the great universities of the world. Travels to many places in America. Many things done for theji"rst time. Drive a car without a license, date many girls, be on a varsity soccer team. What has remained over the years was the experience of an offer of friendship that was truly overwhelming, an offer of goodwill and the optimism and the vitality of a society which had just emerged from a bitter war yet seemed to hold the conviction that it was within our reach to build a better world. The credo that I most frequently encountered went like this: People are basically good. They can be misled to do terrible things. Under bad circumstances, they can become destructive and greedy and selfish, but if given a fair chance and the freedom to make their own choices, they would become good citizens of their respective societies and of the world. Sometimes, I would assume, my friends of the American Field Service, you must have had your moments of discouragement. You must have been haunted by the feeling that, whatever you do the world over, you may be losing the race against stupidity, injustice, hate and fanaticism. But, then, where would the world be without you? I remain confi"dent and still optimistic that your iffort is profoundly worthwhile. As long as we stay in the race, the race is not lost. There are few organizations in the world, if any, that have influenced so many lives, have inspired so many dreams and, in spite of everything, given the world more reason for optimism than the American Field Service. AFS operates internationally, and yet it started in the United States. This should never beforgotten, especially not at times (when) this country is often harshly criticized, even by its allies. This organization, likefew others, embodies thefi"nest and most noble traditions of the United States: optimism, the famous "can do" attitude, generosity, the willingness to share and to help others to help themselves.
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DRIVER NEWS WARD
CHAMBERLIN
AT AFS-USA
JR. AND KENAN SAHIN
2002
HONORED
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Ward Chamberlin, Jr., AFS Driver and Life Trustee, and Dr. Kenan Sahin were honored at AFS-USA's 2002 fundraising gala "Celebrating the Journey", held on May 9 in New York City.
Kenan Sahin and Ward Chamberlin, Jr. at the AFSUSA Gala, New York, May 2002.
Chamberlin is an AFS founder who has had a celebrated career in public television. Dr. Kenan Sahin, an AFS returnee from Turkey to USA 1957-58, is a philanthropist and distinguished business leader in global communications.
Arthur Howe Jr., OBE, former AFS President and Major 567 COYwill be one of two honorees at the AFS-USAGala in New York on May 15, 2003.
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IN THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC CELEBRATE
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AFS Intercambios Interculturales in the Dominican Republic celebrated the achievements of the organization over 40 years at an event held in Santo Domingo in March 2002. To help the AFS program in the Dominican Republic mark its 40th Anniversary, C. B. (Chick) Squire (ME-37, IB-57) journeyed to Santo ~ / Domingo. He was a guest speaker at the celebration and also atC.B. Squire and Paul Shay with Hipolito tended a workshop for volunteers, where he talked about volunteerism Mejia, the President of the Dominican from a driver's perspective. Highlights of the trip were an interRepublic, Santo Domingo, March 2002. view with a popular late-night television host, a visit to Hip6lito Mejia, the President of the Republic, and a birthday banquet for the organization. Squire has been a frequent visitor at AFS events, along with a dozen or so other drivers. He has attended AFS International events in Germany, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Italy and England, among other places.
AFS Life Trustee Ed Masback (ME 37) was a guest speaker at the 2002 General Assembly of AFS Argentina Programas Interculturales on May 30- June 2, where his speech on the history of AFS was warmly received. Vfctor Oporto, Chair of the Board of AFS International, and Tachi Cazal, InterJ1ational Director, Program and Partner Services, spoke on AFS volunteerism and mission at the event. Both Cazal and Oporto are former AFS students.
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Once again this year, the American Field Service was honored with an invitation to share the 2002 Armistice Day services with the veterans of the Federation des Anciens Combattants Fran<;ais (Federation of French Veterans). The service for the French and American volunteers who died in the service of France in WWI and WWII was held on November 10 at the Memorial in the Church of St. Vincent de Paul in New York. Deputy Consul General Benedicte Contamin represented the French government. AFS Driver and Life Trustee Ed Masback represented AFS at the ceremony and gave a short speech. Wreaths were placed under me- Ed Masback attending the 2002 Armistice Day service, New York, November 2002. morial plaques bearing the names of AFS drivers and French volunteers who made the supreme sacrifice. Phyllis Masback and Suzanne Sebert, International Director of External Relations also attended the service and ceremony.
Karen Elizabeth Hapgood (United Kingdom) began her journey of 45 years with AFS as a student from the USA to Germany. After college, and volunteer positions with AFS in the United States, Karen moved with her family to London in 1976 and eventually became a British citizen. For a short time she was an AFS staff member in the UK and Brussels and then returned to a volunteer role. In addition to filling many grassroots volunteer positions Karen has been a board member and chair of AFS UK and a member of the Board of Trustees. Karen was chair of the organizing committee of AFS UK's 50th Anniversary celebrations. She has been on the steering committee of many EFIL seminars and is co-author of the book Intercultural Learning in the Classroom, which reflects her belief in the value of intercultural learning as a significant element of global citizenship. Despite being wheelchair bound with multiple sclerosis in recent years, Karen has insisted on carrying a full load on the National Counselling Network and being involved in all London AFS activities. She is the organization's mentor, historian and volunteer extraordinaire. The Galatti Award recognizes and honors Karen's lifetime dedication to AFS .
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AFS Intercultural Programs lost one of its most distinguished founders, Livingston L. Biddle, Jr., who passed away on May 3, 2002 in Washington, Biddle helped write legislation to establish a National Arts and Humanities Foundation for first time in U.S. history. He was later Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Biddle was born on May 26, 1918, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania to a Philadelphia banking family. He graduated from Princeton University in the class of 1940 and was a reporter at the Philadelphia Bulletin when he joined the American Field Service in November of 1942. Biddle was sent overseas with the Unit ME 32 on February 5, 1943 and served as an ambulance driver in the Middle East, North Africa, Italy, France and Germany. He was Officer Commanding of "B" Platoon of 485 Ambulance Car Company and was promoted to a rank of lieutenant and later captain. Biddle was twice decorated for the front-line service in the Mediterranean Theater and returned to the U.S.
in 1945. Biddle came to Washington in 1963 to work for his classmate, Senator Claiborne Pell. He drafted legislation that in 1965 established the National Endowment for the Arts, The National Endowment the Humanities, and the National Council on the Arts.
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He served as Deputy Chairman for the Arts Endowment in 1966-67 and was a professor and the Chairman of the Arts Division at Fordham University at Lincoln Center in New York City from 1968 to 1970.
In 1977, President
Carter named Biddle Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and he served in this post until 1981. Biddle remained involved in major arts planning and was a lifelong advocate of excellence in the arts and of government funding to bring the arts to greater number of people. He was also instrumental in the enactment of the legislation to enhance the work of nation's museums. He was a recipient of seven honorary degrees. Biddle wrote four novels Main Line, Debut, The Village Beyond and Sam Bentley's Island. All have a Philadelphia base and two became bestsellers. He also authored a definitive history of the National Endowment for the Arts. Biddle supported the AFS student exchange program and served as Chairman of AFS Philadelphia Committee after the war. He served as an AFS Trustee in 1964-1970. He was a Member of the AFS Veterans Executive Committee and the Archives Advisory Committee.
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AFS is sad to report the death of Robert Whitehead, an AFS ambulance driver in World War II, and the legendary producer of Broadway plays. Mr. Whitehead passed away at 86 on June 15, 2002, in Pound Ridge, New York. Born in Montreal , Canada , Whitehead served with the AFS in 1942-45, first in North Africa and Italy, and later in India Burma. During his nearly 60 years in show business, he presented plays by Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Eugene O'Neill, Thornton Wilder, Friedrich Duerrenmatt and Jean Anouilh. Whitehead was awarded three Tony Awards and a Special Tony for Lifetime Achievement shortly before his death. His wife Zoe Caldwell, an Australia-born actress and four-time Tony Award winner ("The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" , "Medea" and "Master Class"), survives him.
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Daniel D. Adams, CM 43 Charles E. Bachman, ME 16 Lindsley P. Baldwin, ME 12 Denes G. Balo, CM 42 Ralph B. Bennett, Jr., IE 2 John G. Birkett, IE 1 C. John Burke, CM 94, IE 60- T Bedford Chapin, FR 4 Wallace A. Chapin, CM 87 Henry George Cooper, ME 4, FFC David S. Dennison, ME 19 Charles R. Gurney, IE 57 Eugene R. Hammond, ME 16, CM 92 Robert P. Harrington, CM 52, FR 8 Allan F. Henry, IE 54 Charles H. Horton, IE 1, CM 89- T Arthur L. Howard, CM IE Harry T. Lashmet, CM 86 Maurice Z. Michelman, CM 92, IE 59- T William P. Powning, ME 32, FFC, FR 8 Eli Rock, FR 4 George P. Stacy, II, CM 53 John F. Stryker, CM 92, IE 60- T Jon Thoresen, FR 40 Torleif C. Torland, ME 2 David C. Viall, CM 79 William A. Weaver, IE 59 Thomas G. Wonson, IB 18 Robert L. W Whitehead, ME 10, CM 55, IE 54-T James B. Whitlatch, ME 37 Craig Williams, ME 4 Lloyd R. Winters, ME 4, Charles M. Wright, IE 2
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AFS Archive's Treasures: Famous Photos from The Archives
Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa and Patricia Bayonet Robles (Dominican Republic to USA 1991-92) at the Miss World beauty pageant, Sun City, South Africa, 1995. Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General, Jaroslava Moserova, Czech Senator (Czechoslovakia to USA1947-49), and Nane Annan, Geneva, Switzerland, 2000.
Johannes Rau, President of Germany, with AFS students: Alis Cantano Boyano (Spain), Marcela Labajova (Slovakia), Lucy Baker (New Zealand)and Mitsushiro Kashiyama (Japan), Duesseldorf, Germany, 1995.
Eleanor Roosevelt with Wolfgang Orth (Germany to USA 1956-57), and his host brother Dennis Hiles, Fresno, California, USA, February 1957.