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Accession #MU2017/28
TopicSollenberger, Howard,
TitleHoward Sollenberger
LocationAlumni Large Box 187, iis.
CitationHoward Sollenberger, MU2017/28, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana.
AccessResearchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials.
ProvenanceCollection of the Archives and by Ferne Baldwin, former archivist
Scope and ContentMaterial related to Howard Sollenberger including interview from his service as Director of the Foreign Service Institute. 
Date of AccessionUnknown
Bio History Note

The son of Church of the Brethren missionaries to China, relief worker, tractor unit leader, director of the US State Department's Foreign Service Institute, and an alumnus of Manchester College, Howard Sollenberger, enjoyed rank equivalent to an Assistant Secretary of State, and in the opinion of Ralph Smeltzer, the highest position attained by a man of Brethren background in the government. [See "Messenger, October 1977 and Archives website for a book and a film titled, "Church of the Brethren China Relief," and "Plowboys in China: The Story of the Brethren Service Commission's Tractor Unit."]

Howard Sollenberger donated the Chinese rubbings (now located outside of the Archives' entrance) to Manchester College.

Note: Howard Sollenberger made remarks at the dedication of Cordier Auditorium 23 September1978. Ambassador Andrew Young, U. S. Representative to the United Nations gave the dedicatory address.

Archivist NoteDescription updated 28 August 2017 by Jeanine Wine.
 


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