Dr. Gilbert M. Melilin has ieen elected chairman of the New Orleans council for UNESCO, the educational,- scintific and cultural arm of the United Nations.
The ele-ction was held last
ight as part of an annual me,et-
ng which featured a panel dis-
ussion "Why Study Latin
American Culture?"
Other officials named were:.
Ralph N. Jackson, vice-chairman; Dl. Marion Hood, record-
ig secretary; Mrs. Lewis-\T$l
raham, treasurer; Miss Violet Poindexter, corresponding secretary, and Findley Raymond, publicity chairman.
Other officers are Dr. Ruby £. Worner, program chairman; Mrs. Allen S. Hackett, arrangements chairman; Mrs. Alphoftse del Marmol, librarian, and Mrs. Arthur M. Shaw, nominating committee chairman.
Panelists taking part in the Latin American discussion included Dr. William J. Griffith, chairman of the Latin American studies program for the history department of Tulane - university; Dr. Donald Robertson, specialist in the history of art of the Newcomb college art department; Dr. Kalman H. SI1-vert, professor of political science at Tulane university; and Dr. C. H. Fisher, director of the Southern utilization research and development of the department of agriculture; Mrs. Moise Cahn, executive committee member for UNESCO from the United States for four years, was moderate* for the panel. PHOTO: DR. GILBERT MELLIN
