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Vol 1 July 11 1947 No 6 BIOGRAPHIES

In order that we may know the interests and hobbies as well as the accomplishments of some of the outstanding people in the Bank who have come from other lands and are daily taking part in the management and operation of the Bank a series of biographical sketches will be published in International Bank Notes

Professor Varvaressos i piography is given in this issue

PROFESSOR VARVARESSOS

Destined to playa very important part in the economic and social progress of his country Kyriakos Varvaressos was born in At~ens Greece on March 4 1884 As a boy he was passionately fond of his studies and at the age of only 22 had already graduated as Doctor of Laws Two years later in open competition he was awarded a scholarshyship by the University of Athens for postshy ad from graduate work abroad and he continued his studies in Economics at the Universities of Munich and Berlin until 1911 He was then appointed Chief and subsequently Director of the Statistical Department in the Ministry of National Economy which post he held until 1919 when he was called to be Assistant Proshyfessor and in 1923 Professor of Economics in the University of Athens Following this he was given the rank of Economic Adviser to the National Bank of Greecewhich instishytution in 1928 was established as the Csectptral Be$ of the Country From 1932 c u-d he held success~ve appointments as Minister of Finance Deputy Governor and later Governor of the Bank of Greece In 1941 he left Greece for London with the King and Government to become Minister of Finance of the Greek Government in exile which appointshy

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M~ Bryce fcmiddotlLSr X F CU1 lVe Dl rector for Canada paid a flyinG lit d~wn to Washington a week or so ago but only had time for hello and goodbye to his friends

Mrs Clarke in Dr amp Shenis Office was visited over the weekend by her son Ritchie Bei~~lie who arrived from Corpus Christie Texas and is just out of the Armed 8~rvices having served 4t years as a Navy pilot

Holiday Trips and Vacations

MisaLucille Pr1meau Office of Exshyecutive Director for France spent the weekshyend with some of her car-owner friends from the French Embassy ~ They motored to Ocean City Maryland

Constance Ladue Legal Department drove to her home at Royal Oak Michigan for the 4th of July weekend

Mias Margaret Pahl Loan Department spent the Fourth of July weekend having fun on Chesapeake Bay

Mrs e Seymour Secretary ~ s Department spent the weekend with friends on Long Isshyland just outside Portcheater dancing swinnning and r~ving a gay time

Terry Schulz Loan Department decided to enjoy the weekend at Newark NeJo and ended up by sending an 808 on Monday mornshying - no possible way of getting back and as a last resort had to take a plane out of Newark on Monday aftel~oono

Epi Portela Dr Machadois office spent a good deal of the time last weekend relaxing and doing the rhumba

Mary Rateau Loan Department has left for a seven day vacation with her parents in Hamil ton Ontario Canada

Id8Jl1ae Armour Mr Baranski s office v1stted her parents jn Ohio over July 4th3

Mrs Dorothy Stewart Loan Department has been spendinr sev8ral 0ays at Bethany Beach Delavrare

Mr De Carmoy spent the weekend enjoj ing the outdoors on a farm in Virginia

Mrs Helen DeBlois Legal Department spent the weekend in Philadelphia

kl~C Cicely Byshpan Loan Department 1a vacationing at Beach Haven No J

Miss Jeanne Wells Smiddot - Gordon Munros office was in Mamaroneck New York visit shying fri~nds over the July 4th weekend~

Miss Lillian Breen Secretary 8s Departshyment recently spent a week at her home in Montreal Canada 0

General

Mr Rogers Johnson who is now fn the0

Organization and Methods Planning Division graduated on Saturday ~une 21 from Antioch College in Ohio He had previously on March 30 reported to the Bank fr~m the College as a student on a cooperat1ye job and for several months was assigned to the Pershysonnel Divisiono

Dre YTe Shen attended the wedding of Henry Luce III and Patricia Livingstone Lee at the home of Mrs Lila Tyr~ Lu Shan j Gladshystone New Jersey on June 27

Miss Winnifred Turner Office Services Division attended a Ukranian wedding in Tipton Michigan on 28th Juneo She was one of the bridesmaids

Farewell and best wishes to Beatrice Wollow (Office Services)vho resigned from the Bank last week and is returning to her home in Montre~l Canada

EDITORIAL STAFF

Elizabeth Geib - In Charge Employee Servi Harriet French - Staff Assistant Personnel Edward H Mahoney - Graphic Art Specialist

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WELCOME IS EXTENDED TO THE NEW MEMBERSmiddot OF THE STAFF WHOSE NAMES ARE LISTED BELOW ~

9~fice of Mro Beyen~

Miss Clara Wo Adams formerly with Office of Housing Expeditero

Loan Department

Mrs 0 Dorothy Ie Alexander formerly with National Housing Agencyo

Miss Dolores Snead formerly with Nationshyal Housing Agencyo

Mro Joseph J Barghahn formerly with the Library of Congress

Mre Robert F Skillings formerly a student 0

Mro Patrick Acheson formerly with the Chrysler Corporation~

Mro Gilbert Ho Clee formerly with Norman r Taber amp Company Consultants on Governmental Itlnance bull

Mrbullbull Nicholas AndrisatkiB formerly with UNRRAo

Besearch Department

Miss Virginia Co Hunter formerly with Federal Works Agencyo

Treasurers Department

Mro Arnold Ao Casson formerly with Edward Thompson Ltdo Public Works Contractor London England 0

Mr Ao Bang Carlsen formerly with Corn Exchange Bank amp Trust Coo New York No Yo

Mro Frank Jo McCarthy formerly with Reshystruction Finance Corporation New York

No Yo

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LONDON CONFERENCE Interest these ~s is centered in the

Second Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors which wjll start September 11 in London England It will be held in two buildings the Institute of Civil Engineers and the North Rotunda An advance party will leave New York0

on the Mautetania on July 11 and will make final arrangements on personnel housing and transportation matterso Those in the party will be Mro William Fegt Howell Personnel Manshyager for the Bank Messrs Avery and Lundquist middot from the Fund and Donovan from the Bank 0 Mr e

Howell wil l remain in London for about ten days and then will return 15y air transpor t a shytion however the other three in the rklrty will r emain in London through the Conference

VARVARESSOS (Contvd from Page It Greek Executive Director of the Internation~ al Bank in May 1946

It is interesting to note that during his school and college career Professor Var~ varessos was an ardent athlete and distinshyguished himself at discus throwing high jumping and footballe However despite his athlet1c prowess he claims he always conshysidered that dancing was too fast and complishycated for himg His hobby is classical music and particularly Wagnerian operas 0 As a student he saw many of these and followed the scores so carefully that even today he can still sing large portions of the arias which he heard in his youth 0 Professor Varvaressos has a very good sense of humor he enjoys reading biographies and the history of medishyeval European civilization but also appreshyciates Edgar Allan Poes works and Sherlock Holmes mysterieso

The Executive Directors have nickruuned him The Old Nestor because in Ancient Greek History there was a very wise man called Nestor to whom everyone went for advice and the Directors claim that it -is for the same reason that they gave this name to Professor Varvaressos but he modestly insists it is because he has the distinction of being the oldest member on the Board of Directorso

The Professor lives in a nice little bungalow here in Washington with his wife and daughter The latter is studying medicine at0

George Washington Universityo (Continued on Page 4)

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VARVARESSOS (Cont d from Page 3)

Professor Varvaressos has had several works published and holds the Degree of Doctor of the University of Bonn Bonn Germany

Jeanne Wells

WELCOME (Cant d from Page 3)

Treasurers Department (Contd)

Mrs Josephine M Coates formerly with UNRRA

Mrs Tayeko M Matsumoto formerly with War Assets Administration

Legal Department

Mr Franz M Oppenheimer formerly with Chadburne Wallace Parlee amp Whiteside Law Firm New York NoY

Miss Virginia Morsey formerly with the Department of Agriculture~

Public Relations Department

Mrs Margie B Schroeder formerly with Office of Housing Expediter

Administration Department~

Auditing DiTision

Miss Mildred Warford formerly with us Maritime Commission

Organization and Methods Planning Division

Miss Lucy K Cleaver formerly with Nashytional Housing Agency

Personnel Division

Mrs Jean Gel Clark formerly with War Assets Administration

Office Services Di1Tision

Mr co Richard Gunn formerly with Post Ofshyfice Department

Mr co James P Jones formerly with American Automobile Association

Mr Henry F Duvall formerly with the Treasury Department

TRAVEL ABROAD

Dr Yuen-Ting Shen left last Sunday fomiddot Shanghai and will be away five or six weeks

Mr Sundaresen recently left Washington for a trip to India

Mr G stewart Mason is now in Europe on official duties and will remain there for five or six months He is temporarily locatshyed in Basle Switzerlandu

SPANISH A1~ FRENCH CLASSES

If you should enter an office and be greeted with a cheery tgood morning in either Spanish or French when heretofore you have been greeted in Engl1sh~ dont be too surshyprised No dcubt your fe110wstaff member has joined one of the language classes recentshyly organized in the Bank and is merely pracshyticing up for the next class

Elementary Spanish classes started on Monday July 7 and elementary French claso I on Tuesday July 8

STYLE LECTURE

Charlotte Wilkinson author of ABCs of Fashion will give a free lecture on poise and style at 730 PM Sunday July 13 at the Walsh Center 1523-22nd Street NW Miss Wilkinson was adviser to Macy s Department Store in New York for seven years and now lectures before college groups and womens clubs

CAMPFIRE PROGRAM

In Rock Creek Park near 16th St4 amp Colorado Ave N W 8 30 P M Saturday July 12th

NATIONAL PARKS ALONG THE ROCKIES

H Raymond Gregg Park Naturalist will portray through color projection scenes in the National Parks of the Recky Mountain region For more than 10 years Mr f) Gregg was Park Naturalist of Bocky Mountain NatiL al Park He brings to his audience enthusishyastic accounts of experience in the cOUlltry he knows so well Follow signa from 16th Ste into the area e

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VARVARESSOS (Cont d from Page 3)

Professor Varvaressos has had several works published and holds the Degree of Doctor of the University of Bonn Bonn Germany

Jeanne Wells

WELCOME (Cant d from Page 3)

Treasurers Department (Contd)

Mrs Josephine M Coates formerly with UNRRA

Mrs Tayeko M Matsumoto formerly with War Assets Administration

Legal Department

Mr Franz M Oppenheimer formerly with Chadburne Wallace Parlee amp Whiteside Law Firm New York NoY

Miss Virginia Morsey formerly with the Department of Agriculture~

Public Relations Department

Mrs Margie B Schroeder formerly with Office of Housing Expediter

Administration Department~

Auditing DiTision

Miss Mildred Warford formerly with us Maritime Commission

Organization and Methods Planning Division

Miss Lucy K Cleaver formerly with Nashytional Housing Agency

Personnel Division

Mrs Jean Gel Clark formerly with War Assets Administration

Office Services Di1Tision

Mr co Richard Gunn formerly with Post Ofshyfice Department

Mr co James P Jones formerly with American Automobile Association

Mr Henry F Duvall formerly with the Treasury Department

TRAVEL ABROAD

Dr Yuen-Ting Shen left last Sunday fomiddot Shanghai and will be away five or six weeks

Mr Sundaresen recently left Washington for a trip to India

Mr G stewart Mason is now in Europe on official duties and will remain there for five or six months He is temporarily locatshyed in Basle Switzerlandu

SPANISH A1~ FRENCH CLASSES

If you should enter an office and be greeted with a cheery tgood morning in either Spanish or French when heretofore you have been greeted in Engl1sh~ dont be too surshyprised No dcubt your fe110wstaff member has joined one of the language classes recentshyly organized in the Bank and is merely pracshyticing up for the next class

Elementary Spanish classes started on Monday July 7 and elementary French claso I on Tuesday July 8

STYLE LECTURE

Charlotte Wilkinson author of ABCs of Fashion will give a free lecture on poise and style at 730 PM Sunday July 13 at the Walsh Center 1523-22nd Street NW Miss Wilkinson was adviser to Macy s Department Store in New York for seven years and now lectures before college groups and womens clubs

CAMPFIRE PROGRAM

In Rock Creek Park near 16th St4 amp Colorado Ave N W 8 30 P M Saturday July 12th

NATIONAL PARKS ALONG THE ROCKIES

H Raymond Gregg Park Naturalist will portray through color projection scenes in the National Parks of the Recky Mountain region For more than 10 years Mr f) Gregg was Park Naturalist of Bocky Mountain NatiL al Park He brings to his audience enthusishyastic accounts of experience in the cOUlltry he knows so well Follow signa from 16th Ste into the area e

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