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Advisers to the world hunger programme
Participants at the Working Meeting 22 - 26 September 1975, Tokyo
Dr. George H. Beaton, Professor and Chairman, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Dr. Moisés Béhar, Chief, Nutrition Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Dr. Stanislaw Berger, Professor and Director, Institute of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Food Technology, Warsaw Agricultural University, Warsaw, Poland.
Dr. Ricardo Bressani, Head, Division of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP), Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Mr. Chauncey William Wallace Cook, former Chairman, General Foods Corporation, Austin, Texas, USA.
Sir John Crawford, Chairman, Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research, Deakin, Canberra, Australia.
Dr. Yujiro Hayami, Agricultural Economist, International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines.
Dr. Kenzo Henmi, Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Mr. Namet Ilashi, Joint Secretary in Charge, Nutrition Cell, Planning Division, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Dr. Mogens Jul. Director, Danish Meat Products Laboratory, Professor of Food Preservation, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Dr. Shigeto Kawano, Research Adviser, Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, Japan
Mr. William B. Murphy, Director and former Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Comapny, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, USA.
Dr. Ade Omololu, Professor of Nutrition, Director, Food Science and Applied Nutrition Unit, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Dr. H.A.B. Parpia, Senior Officer, Food and Agricultural Industries Service, Agricultural Services Division, Food and Agricultural Organization, Rome, Italy.
Dr. V. Ramalingaswami, Director, All-lndia Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw, Professor and Head, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Dr. Bo C. Vahlquist, Professor of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
Dr. Aree Valyasevi, Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Remathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
Dr. Roger G. Whitehead, Director, Dunn Nutritional Laboratory, Cambridge, UK.
Participants at the First Planning Meeting 20 - 21 November 1975, New York
Dr. B.L. Amia, Director, Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore, India.
Dr. Francis Aylward, Head, Department of Food Science, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, UK.
Dr. Marie-Therese Basse, Director, Institute of Food Technology, Dakar, Republic of Senegal.
Dr. Sol H. Chafkin, Division of National Affairs and Social Development, Ford Foundation, New York, New York, USA.
Dr. John A. Pino, Director, Agricultural Sciences, Rockefeller Foundation, New York, New York, USA.
Dr. Fred T. Sai, Assistant Secretary-General, International Planned Parenthood Federation, London, UK.
Dr. Jacobo Schatan, Director, PAG Secretariat, Protein-Calorie Advisory Group of the United Nations System, New York, New York, USA.
Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw, Professor and Head, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Senior Adviser, UNU World Hunger Programme.
Dr. L.J. Teply, Senior Nutritionist, Office of the Executive Director, UNICEF, United Nations, New York, New York, USA.
Dr. P.S. Venkatachalam, Assistant Secretary, Protein-Calorie Advisory Group of the United Nations System, New York, New York, USA.
Participants at the Second Planning Meeting 13 June 1976, Geneva
Dr. Moisés Béhar, Chief, Nutrition Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Dr. Edouard Demeyer, Deputy Chief, Nutrition Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Dr. Gunawan Nuproho, Medical Officer, Strengthening of Health Services Division, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Dr. Kayode Osuntoken, Dean, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Dr. V. Ramalingaswami, Director, All-lndia Institute of Medical Sciences., New Delhi, India.
Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw, Professor and Head, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Senior Adviser, UNU World Hunger Programme.
Members of the Advisory Committee June 1976-June 1978
Dr. Marie-Thérèse Basse, Director, Institute of Food Technology, Dakar, Republic of Senegal.
Dr. George H. Beaton, Professor and Chairman, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Dr. Moisés Béhar, Chief, Nutrition Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Dr. Stanislaw Berger, Professor and Director, Institute of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Food Technology, Warsaw Agricultural University, Warsaw, Poland.
Dr. R. Alexander Buchanan, Australian Liaison Officer, ASEAN Sub-Committee on Protein, Australian High Commission, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Dr. Sol H. Chafkin, Division of National Affairs and Social Development, the Ford Foundation, New York, New York, USA.
Dr. José E. Dutra de Oliveira, Professor of Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, "Ribeirao Preto", São Paulo University, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
Dr. Mamdouh Gabr, Professor of Pediatrics, Mounira Children's Hospital, Cairo, Egypt.
Dr. Mogens Jul. Director, Danish Meat Products Laboratory, Professor of Food Preservation, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Dr. Darwin Karyadi, Director, Nutrition Research and Development Centre, Jalan Semboja, Bogor, Indonesia.
Dr. Ade Omololu. Professor of Nutrition, Director, Food Science and Applied Nutrition Unit, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Dr. H.A.B. Parpia, Senior Officer, Food and Agricultural Industries Service, Agricultural Services Division, Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy.
Dr. Frank C. Ramsey, Director, National Nutrition Center, Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies.
Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw, Professor and Head, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Senior Adviser, UNU World Hunger Programme.
Dr. Tokuji Watanabe, Director, National Food Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
Dr. Roger G. Whitehead, Director, Dunn Nutritional Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Current Members of the Advisory Committee
Dr. Moisés Béhar,, Chief, Nutrition Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Dr. Sol H. Chafkin, Division of National Affairs and Social Development, Ford Foundation, New York, New York, USA.
Dr. Freda U. Chale, Programme Officer, United Nations Children's Fund Office for Tanzania, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
Dr. Wenche Barth Eide, Institute for Nutrition Research, School of Medicine, University of Osio, Norway.
Dr. Yujiro Hayami, Professor, Faculty of Economics,
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Mogens Jul. Danish Meat Products Laboratory, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Dr. Paul Lunven, Chief, Food and Nutrition Assessment Service, Food Policy and Nutrition Division, Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy.
Dr. H.A.B. Parpia, Senior Adviser, United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development, AGDR, Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy.
Dr. D. Picou, Eastern Caribbean Medical Scheme, University of the West Indies General Hospital, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, West Indies.
Dr. Roger Whitehead, University of Cambridge and Medical Research Council, Dunn Nutritional Laboratory, Cambridge, England.
Professor Tasho A. Tashev, Institute of Nutrition, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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