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| title: | Herman Wells with the prime minister of Thailand |
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| image number: | P0077297 |
| description: | Mimeographed to reverse side of image, in part: "Field Marshall P. Pibulsonggram, the Prime Minister of Thailand, and President Herman B. Wells of Indiana University signed an FOA-financed contract on May 3, 1955, aimed at strengthening public administration in Thailand." This image appears on page 24 of the June 1955 edition of the Indiana Alumni Magazine. The caption is the same as that above. A short story accompanies the image and reads, in part: "A million and a half dollar contract...was signed in Washington [Executive Office Building]...The contract, which is sponsored and financed by the U.S. Foreign Operations Administration, provides a three-year cooperative arrangement between the Hoosier state university and Thailand's Thammasat University in Bangkok...Acceptance by I.U...is the second undertaking assumed by the University in Thailand. Last December the University entered into a similarly FOA financed contract amounting to $875,000 to assist in the development of teacher education...The major objective of the new public administration program will be the establishment of undergraduate and graduate training at the Thai university with facilities for training government officials and civil servants, conducting research, and providing consultative services to the government...Under the direction of Prof. Laves the University will send a staff of eight to Thailand to work with Thammasat officials..." |
| date taken: | 1955 May 3 |
| photographer studio: | Foreign Operations Administration, U.S. |
| donor image number: | FOA 146.2 |
| copyright owner: | Indiana University |
| personal name: | Bray, William Gilmer |
| personal name: | Laves, Walter H. C. |
| personal name: | Pibulsonggram, P. |
| personal name: | Wells, Herman B "Hermie" |
| personal name: | Adair, Edwin Ross |
| location of individuals: | (L to R) Indiana congressman William G. Bray (Class of 1927); head of the IU Dept. of Government Walter H. C. Laves; Thailand Prime Minister P. Pibulsonggram; IU president Herman B Wells; and Indiana congressman Edwin Ross Adair. |
| building name: | Executive Office Building |
| corporate name: | Foreign Operations Administration, U.S. |
| corporate name: | Government, Department of |
| corporate name: | International Programs |
| corporate name: | Thammasat University |
| corporate name: | Class of 1927 |
| topic: | College administrators |
| topic: | Foreign visitors |
| city: | Washington |
| state: | District of Columbia |
| series: | Groups |
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