2. Early years
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Born in Pender, Nebraska, 1894
Welsh and Irish lineage
Oldest of seven children
Went to Princeton University
There, worked on undergraduate Red Cross
Committee
• Worked for a bank until finally being
persuaded to work with Herbert Hoover
3. Later years and death
• Died suddenly of cardiac arrest in Manhattan,
1965
• Left UNICEF with more than 550 long-term
programs and helped more than 55 million
children in 116 countries.
4. Early career
• Worked with Herbert Hoover in Commission
for Polish Relief
• Became director of American Red Cross
• Conducted food surveys with Herbert Hoover
in 38 countries for 76 days.
5. UNICEF
• Founded UNICEF with Hoover
• Aimed to help children of “ex-enemy countries” combat famine
• Consulted secretariats of FAO, WHO to aid governments in
programmes complementing milk distribution and the search for
other manufactured protein sources
• Conducted nutrition surveys
• Conducted training for personnel to carry out programmes
alleviating famines in developing countries.
• Encouraged milk consumption and found ways to solve the
problems of milk handling in tropical countries by distributing:
– Buffalo milk
– Milk of vegetable origin
