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A.
The late J. de Castro
B. In
memoriam
C. Eighth McDougall memorial lecture
D. Presentation of the B.R. Sen Awards for
1972 and 1973
E.
Tribute to A.G. Orbaneja
1. The Conference paid tribute to the memory of the late Josué de Castro of Brazil, Chairman of the Council from 1951 to 1955, who had died in 1973.
2. The Conference paid tribute to the staff members named below, who had died in the service of the Organization since its Sixteenth Session in November 1971:
Name |
Title |
Duty Station |
1971 | ||
Bruce de Aguilar, Mrs. A. (United Kingdom) |
Bilingual Secretary, Plant Production and Protection Division | Mérida, Spain |
Raheja, P.C. (India) |
Project Manager, Fisheries Department | Cairo, Egypt |
1972 | ||
Brunori, P.G. (Italy) |
Senior Agricultural Adviser/FAO Country Representative | Colombia, Bogotá |
Conti, M. (Switzerland) |
Technical Officer (Hides and Skins), Animal Production and Health Division | Kigali, Rwanda |
Davies, G. M. (United Kingdom) |
Agricultural Officer, Plant Production and Protection Division | Gulu, Uganda |
Dix, A. (Germany, Fed. Rep. of) |
Agricultural Officer, Plant Production and Protection Division | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
Geldhof, J. (Belgium) |
Agricultural Officer, Plant Production and Protection Division | Kairouan, Tunisia |
Ghiglino, R. E. (Peru) |
Agricultural Economist, Policy Analysis Division | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
Haddad, A. (Italy) |
Accounting Assistant, Office of Controller | Rome, Italy |
Holly, N. A. (Haiti) |
Rural Institutions Officer, Human Resources and Institutions Division |
Conakry, Guinea |
Martinelli, U. (Italy) |
Accountant, Office of Controller | Rome, Italy |
Moroni, F. (Italy) | Administrative Clerk, Plant Production and Protection Division | Rome, Italy |
Obuchowski, A. (Poland) |
Technical Officer, Land and Water Development Division | Porec, Yugoslavia |
Pissot, P. (France) |
Technical Officer (Soil Fertility) | Alger, Annaba Algeria |
Rao, K.K.P.N. (India) |
Senior Nutrition Officer, Regional Office for Asia and the Far East | Bangkok, Thailand |
Ramaccini, T. (Italy) |
Mail and Cable Supervisor Administrative Services Division | Rome, Italy |
Roy, A. (India) |
Project Manager and Animal Production Officer, Animal Production and Health Division | Teheran, Iran |
Valerio, V. (Italy) |
Foreman Plumber Administrative Services Division | Rome, Italy |
Vinkers, D. H. (Netherlands) | Associate Expert, Human Resources and Institutions Division | Paysandú, Uruguay |
1973 | ||
Blydenstein, J. (United States of America) |
Agricultural Officer, Plant Production and Protection Division | Santiago, Chile |
Crowther, T. (United Kingdom) |
Agricultural Engineer, (Mechanics), Agricultural Services Division | Apia, Western Samoa |
Ban, M. (Yugoslavia) |
Regional Statistician, Regional Office for Africa | Accra, Ghana |
Dupuis, H. F. (France) |
Fishery Technology, Department of Fisheries | Fortlamy, Chad |
Feys, P. H. C. (Belgium) |
Associate Expert (Food Technology), Regional Office for Latin America | Santiago, Chile |
Gabrielli, A. (Italy) |
Boiler Room Mechanic, Administrative Services Division | Rome, Italy |
Gianfreda, H. (Belgium) |
Rural Institutions Officer, Human Resources and Institutions Division | Kigali, Rwanda |
Kamel, S. A. (Egypt) |
Agricultural Officer, Plant Production and Protection Division | Bagdad, Iraq |
Kristjanson, L.B. (Canada) | Chief, Farm Management Unit, Agricultural Services Division | Rome, Italy |
MacInerney, Miss M. (United Kingdom) | Nutrition Officer, Nutrition Division | New Delhi, India |
Ruess, Mrs. G. (Austria) |
Administrative Officer, Commodities and Trade Division | Rome, Italy |
Shaker, M. H. (Egypt) |
Rural Institutions Officer, (Agricultural Education), Human Resources and Institutions Division | Khartoum, Sudan |
Sri Ram, V. (India) |
Technical Officer, Land and Water Development Division | Rome, Italy |
C. Eighth McDougall memorial lecture
3. The Eighth in the series of lectures at regular Conference sessions in memory of Frank Lidgett McDougall, a founding father of the Organization, was delivered by Saburo Okita, President of the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund of Japan.
D. Presentation of the B.R. Sen Awards for 1972 and 1973
4. The Chairman of the Conference presented the B.R. Sen Award for 1972 to Antonio Aimé (Haiti) and Paul Daniel (Switzerland) who were sharing the Award for that year. The former, a rural institutions officer, and the latter, a rural broadcasting specialist, had served as a team in Dahomey successfully developing together plans for a national extension service and assisting in the establishment of a rural youth club programme. The B.R. Sen Award for 1973 was presented to Abdul Hafiz (Pakistan). He had served in promoting cereal improvement and production in the Near East and in Africa, making also an outstanding contribution to development,
5. The Conference paid tribute to Antonio Orbaneja, who had succeeded Adrian Janssen as Secretary General of the Conference and Council in 1970 and who would retire from the Organization in the spring of 1974. Antonio Orbaneja had joined FAO in 1950 after previous service with the United Nations and ICAO.
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