Herbert J. Cummings

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Herbert J. Cummings (born September 2, 1915 in Knox Dale , Jefferson County , Pennsylvania , † December 14, 2000 ) was an American economist .

Life

Herbert J. Cummings made his bachelor's degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1937 and his master's degree in economics from Northwestern University in Evanston in 1940 . He was on the faculty of the Department of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh. He joined the United States Department of State and was transferred to the consulate in Istanbul .

At the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force , he was a political delegate. As a trade councilor, he was with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations in Geneva and with Allen Welsh Dulles in Bern . In 1944 he was with Samuel Klaus from the Foreign Economic Administration ( FEA ) on a fact-finding mission for the SAFEHAVEN project ( economic war ) in neutral and non-belligerent Europe. He led US trade missions in Athens , Ankara and Lagos . He created an investment-friendly climate among East African governments. He helped identify needs and provided management training for East African governments. He was head of the Africa-Middle East Division at the United States Department of Commerce . In 1961 he headed the US trade association Changing Trade Patterns in a Changing Africa .

Publications

  • Vincent La Vista report on illegal immigration in and through Italy, May 1947
  • Assessing Investment Prospects in a Changing Africa, in Problems and Opportunities Confronting Negroes

Individual notes

  1. ^ Sharad Chauhan, Inside CIA: Lessons in Intelligence , p. 168
  2. ↑ UNESCO , École pratique des hautes études, Monde d'outre-mer, passé et présent: Bibliographies et instruments, Section des sciences économiques et sociales - 1963 p. 88
  3. ^ The New York Times , June 22, 1986, THE SECRET OF SCHLOSS LABERS
personal data
SURNAME Cummings, Herbert J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vincent La Vista
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American economist
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Knox Dale, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH December 14, 2000