Published December 10, 2020
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BOERMA, Addeke Hendrik
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- 1. Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- 2. The College of Wooster, United States
- 3. Geneva, Switzerland
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Dutch agronomist and first Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) 1962-1967 and fifth Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 1968-1975 Was born 3 April 1912 in Anlo, The Netherlands and passed away 8 May 1992 in Vienna, Austria. He was the son of Harm Boerma, farmer, and Janke Wilkens. On 1 August 1935 he married Maretta Gerardina Hendrica Postuma, correspondent, with whom he had three daughters. After their divorce on 10 January 1953 he married Dinah Johnston, FAO employee, on 13 April 1953. Entry in IO BIO, Biographical Dictionary of Secretaries-General of International Organizations.
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