Scope and Contents INSTITUTE OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS COLLECTION Lowenstein, medical doctor, discusses his work as a nutrition consultant for the IIAA in Brazil. He discusses living in Belem, his family, language problems, nutrition studies with the Ampa, Tome, Acu, and other Indian tribes, deficiency diseases, government policies, and his work with SESP (Servicio Especial de Saude Publica). He also briefly discusses his childhood and education in Germany, his immigration to U.S., medical practice, and...

Scope and Contents INSTITUTE OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS COLLECTION Lowenthal, worked for the IIAA, discusses work in foreign aid programs in Chile, Argentina, and Washington D.C.: administrative and cultural problems, U.S. security policies, economic and technical assistance and development, and political involvement. He also talks about his work with UNESCO in Paris and with the Economic Commission for Latin America. Also mentions family, education, service as a Navy Air Force pilot, and learning foreign...

Scope and Contents INSTITUTE OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS COLLECTION Glen W. McDonald, doctor of medicine, discusses his foreign service as head of the health programs in Iran and Haiti for the International Cooperation Administration (successor of IIAA). He discusses his family's foreign experiences, the ship Project Hope and his work as Chief of the U.S. Public Health Service Diabetes and Arthritis Program. Also recalls early life, medical school, private practice and military service in WWII. 54...

Scope and Contents INSTITUTE OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS COLLECTION Pease, doctor of medicine, discusses his career in the IIAA: work in Peru, Costa Rica, and Paraguay; public health policies and programs; medical developments; living in different cultures and environments; diseases, vaccines, and medications. He also discusses Agency for International Development central office in Washington D.C. and its policies, programs, and relations with Vietnam, Thailand, and Latin American countries. Also discusses...

Scope and Contents INSTITUTE OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS COLLECTION Charles Pineo, civil and sanitary engineer, discusses working for the IIAA from 1942-64 in Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, Honduras, and Washington D.C.: building water and sewerage systems, IIAA policies and personnel, responsibilities and duties, hospital programs, government foreign relations and policies, work with the Pan-American Health Organization, and work as a private consultant. He also discusses pre-IIAA work on dams in the U.S. and work...

Scope and Contents INSTITUTE OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS COLLECTION Evelyn Pineo, wife of Charles Pineo, discusses working for the IIAA with her husband in Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, Honduras, and other Latin American countries: traveling, adapting to different cultures, living conditions, raising a family, housing, going to market, friends, work on Panama Canal, Panama during WWII, and work with health organizations. Also talks about her life in Massachusetts and Vermont before leaving the U.S....

Scope and Contents INSTITUTE OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS COLLECTION Plaut, a nurse, discusses life and work in Brazil for the IIAA: nurse training program and facility, responsibilities and duties, policies and programs, cultural adaption, economic developments, women in Brazil and governmental policies. Also recalls her education and experiences before IIAA.Memoir, 46 pp. Interview by James D. Williams, 1985 Donated by the Oral History Research Office, Columbia University, New York RESTRICTED: May...

Scope and Contents INSTITUTE OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS COLLECTION Leonard Rosenfeld, doctor of medicine, discusses his experiences with the IIAA working in Nicaragua: health programs, Managua, drainage projects, people and language. He discusses President Somoza, his rise to power, government and politics, economics, WWII, and Nicaragua's relationship to the U.S. Also recalls his earlier life: education, medical school, and artistic interests. And discusses his more recent work in Saskatchewan, Canada, health...

Scope and Contents INSTITUTE OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS COLLECTION Mortimer Rosenfeld, doctor of medicine and obstetrics, discusses his experiences working for the IIAA in Brazil's Amazon Valley: health programs and policies, medical training and posts; government and politics, economics, people, religion, and culture; diseases and cures; transportation and travels. Also recalls his early education, time in the Boy Scouts, medical practice and military experiences before the IIAA. Also included is an essay by...

Scope and Contents INSTITUTE OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS COLLECTION This memoir is a "simulated interview" with Carol Reno Teixeira (actually compiled from written memoirs and reminiscences). Teixeira, nurse, discusses her work, travels, and experiences with the IIAA in Latin America and Africa. In the Amazon Valley of Brazil: weather, geographical features, and training women for a variety of health services, the San Francisco Valley, UNICEF milk program and child hygiene centers. In El Salvador: field and...