| Show T - A 1 (V FA O representative to address students Jacque Cochran Staff reporter Howard R Cottom North American representative of the and food Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will speak Tues April 10 at 9:30 am room 202 of the Ag Science Building Dr Cottam is a native of St George Utah He received his bachelor’s ’cTegree at Brigham Young University and his master’s and doctor’s degrees at the University of Wisconsin He is married to the former Katherine Stokes of Salt Lake City and has one daughter Mrs John M Williams FINE ARTS CONCERTS m mi ba® economist in War and Food Administration from 1942 to 1944 After moving to Rome in 1946 as US Agricultural Attache Dr Cottam successively became First Secretary and Counselor of the American Embassy where where he remained until Julv 1952 In 1951 when FAO moved its headquarters to Rome he was named the first resident US Liaison to Officer the In 1950 June he organization became Chief of the Food and Agricultural Division of the US AID Mission to Italy and after 1951 he served simultaneously as Counselor and Liaison Officer to FAO Jr Director of Aid Mission A Career Foreign Service Officer Cottam was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs in the US Department of State before his from 1960-6- 3 bassadorial appointment 25 am- Years In Foreign Service His 25 years in the Foreign Service began in 1944 in Paris as an agricultural economist for the ''American Embassy With an After one year at the US National War College he served from 1954 to 1965 as Deputy Director of the US AID mission to the Netherlands and Economic Counselor of the American Embassy at the Hague His next post was Director of the US AID Mission to Brazil and Economic Minister of the American Embassy at Rio de Janeiro where he served from 1956 until 1960 academic background "“fir He is sponsored by Inagricultural economics and rural ternational as a part of sociology Dr Cottam was an the MerrillPrograms Visiting Scholar assistant protessor at PennThe Series program is open to all sylvania State University from 1940 to 1942 served as an students and the public FAC FRI APRIL 13 STUDENTS FREE WITH "T 1 8:00 pm ACTIVITY CARD |
