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17 unusual facts about United States Information Agency


Abdul Aziz Said

His past and current public service includes consulting the United States Information Agency, United States Department of State, the United States Department of Defense, the United Nations Development Program, and the White House Committee on the Islamic World.

Alfred McAdams

His background in architecture stood him in good stead, however, for he worked extensively as an exhibit designer at the United States Department of State, the United States Information Agency, and the Smithsonian Institution.

Barbara M. White

White worked as a Foreign Service Officer, serving in Chile, Portugal, Spain, and Italy before becoming the deputy director of the United States Information Agency.

Charles Halpern

Prior to joining the Nathan Cummings Foundation, Halpern lectured throughout Asia on behalf of the United States Information Agency regarding public interest law and new directions in legal education.

David Nalle

In the 1950s he joined the United States Information Agency and was assigned to the Middle East desk and eventually sent to Afghanistan.

Geoffrey Cowan

He was the 19th director of the VOA, the international broadcasting service of the United States Information Agency, which had more than 100 million listeners each week and broadcast in more than 46 languages.

John Dee Holeman

Holeman toured both in the United States and overseas in the 1980s, which included performances at New York's Carnegie Hall, and abroad on behalf of the United States Information Agency's 'Arts America' program.

Joseph Duffey

Dr. Duffey was the former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (1977–1982), and former assistant Secretary of State for education and cultural affairs, and served as director of the United States Information Agency from 1993 to 1999.

Joseph E. Persico

In 1960 Persico joined the United States Information Agency working in Argentina, Brazil, and Washington as a Foreign Service Officer.

Larry Clamage

Ten years later, he started producing films for The United States Information Agency and The Voice of America.

Leo Sarkisian

At the time, Murrow was the head of the United States Information Agency (USIA) and he heard about Sarkisian through his West African recording trips.

Leslie Goodman

She was director of communications for the United States Information Agency from 1991-1992 and deputy communications director for the Bush/Quayle reelection campaign in 1992.

Marilou Awiakta

United States Information Agency, Abiding Appalachia and Rising Fawn & The Fire Mystery chosen for Global Tour of American Writers, 1986

Minas Hadjimichael

He has also received instruction in European Union concerns from the Civil Service College of London, and was a participant in a program hosted by the United States Information Agency (USIA) on the United States Federal Government System.

Samy Benmayor

He was also awarded scholarships by the United States Information Agency and the Foundation for Artist Colonies in 1988 and 1989 to study visual arts at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program in Woodside, California.

1988 United States Information Agency and the Fund for Artist Colonies Scholarship, United States.

Warren Rovetch

In England, he spent nearly six months giving current-events talks for the United States Information Agency and lectures on American history for a British army officers training program.


Krulak Mendenhall mission

Mecklin was the United States Information Service (USIS) director, while Phillips served as the director of rural programs for United States Operations Mission (USOM) and as an advisor for the Strategic Hamlet Program.

Margaret Clapp

After leaving Wellesley, Clapp served briefly as administrator of Lady Doak College, a women's college in Madurai, India, then as United States cultural attaché to India, then as minister-councilor of public affairs in the United States Information Agency until her retirement in 1971.

Mo Rothman

During the mid-1980s, Rothman loaned the now defunct United States Information Agency twelve of Chaplin's films, which were screened at American embassies worldwide as an example of American film and art.

Will Burtin

Fortune Magazine did allow Burtin to do freelance work on the side which led to his partnership with the Upjohn Company and many others, such as Eastman Kodak, IBM, the Smithsonian, Mead Paper, Union Carbide, Herman Miller Furniture, and United States Information Agency.

He designed many exhibits for companies, such as Eastman Kodak, IBM, the Smithsonian, Mead Paper, Union Carbide, Herman Miller Furniture, and United States Information Agency.