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P ~-s h prospect of representing Ameri- Dur am era - u ca's oldest industry, and one Asheville Times. tWhile at of its largest, is most interest- Harvard for his master's degree, d Charles t th e e cove iug and challengmg. he won = Sumner Prize in International Relations. A m Entering the Foreign Service in 1930, he held consular posts in Jamaica, Greece and Egypt- His first ambassadorial post was to Iran in 1946, and since then he has been U.S. ambassador to India and Nepal, Yugoslavia and Greece. He was assistant secretary of state for public af- fairs under President Truman and in this time directed the Office of International Informa- tion, progenitor of the U.S. In- formation Agency Allen was chairman of the U.S. delegation to the UNESCO conferences at Bierut and Paris in 1948 and 1949. He also par- ticipated in major international conferences at Moscow, Cairo and Potsdam, and the United Nations Conference at San Fran- cisco in 1945. tt k. 1 hv ALLEN '1 w'2 6 1~5,+~4b PIT'ISBURGfi PRESS Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania November 12, 1960 To : rT. ' : : . . .. .. .. . George V. Allen, director of the U.S. Information Agency, ~ i has been elected president of ~. ` The Tobacco Institute Inc., na-. ~ ) tional organization of tobacco ~- manufacturers. :• first crop from Virginia in 1612. This announcement was made Tobacco has been a cornerstone Saturday by Bowman Gray, of the nation's economy and it ~ chairman of the Executive Com- "mittee of The Tobacco Insti- has contributed to the economic ~ welfare and pleasure of man• tute. kind for over 350 years. The To- Allen duties at will Ehe assume Institute's his new Wash- bacco Institute will continue to ington headquarters on Dec. 1. work for the advancement of ~. all segments of this great in- He will succeed James P. Rich- dustry and for public under- ards, ards, former Congressman from standing of its past, present and ~ South Carolina and former future." ~_ chairman of the House Foreign Allen decided to enter the For- ittee i Co ff rs mm a A . eign Service while he was still +~ DURHAM MORNING HERALD • `.,.'Duirham, North Carolina r;.Novemben 13, 1960 Ulen's Election As 'resident Announc'e A native of Durham, Allen acco "Institu } "Our country's tobacco leaf and tobacco products have been one of the nation's finest am- bassadors of good will, ever since John Rolfe shipped his an undergraduate at Trinity College (now Duke University). To help pay for his education, he worked in a cigarette fac- tory in Durham. After graduation, he became a school teacher and principaL and'worked as a reporter for the H ld'S n and the leaves a long career in the U.S. Foreign Service. He is one of only eight' persons who hold' the title of Career Ambassador. "While it was a difficult de- cision to leave the government, which I have served for 31 years," Mr. Allen said, "the NEWSWEEK New York, New York November 21, 1960 ~ lo-Georgc V. Allen, one of America's mosf ~ distinguished career diplomats, became m president of the Tobacco Institute, Inc., replacing former Congressman James P. O Richards who resigned. Allen resigned last week as director of the U.S. Infor- ~ mation Agency in Washington. George V. Allen, director of the U. S. Information Agency, will become president of the Tobacco Instt• = tute, Inc., Dec. 1, the National .~ Organization of ' Tobacco hlanu- ~ ! facturers h a s z ~s announced. Mr. Allen an- 3Ir. Allen n o u n c e d his resignation, effective Dec. 1, from the USIA yesterday. ,