Background
Matthews, Allan Freeman was born on May 27, 1916 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ralph Freeman Matthews and Mary (Morrill) Hill.
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Sovereigns - Peacefully - Take Charge
(Strategizes how sovereign people can address 59 political...)
Strategizes how sovereign people can address 59 political issues by initiative, referendum, constitutional amendment. Involves redelegating powers from national government and corporations to local governments and to a democratic transnational political union. Proposes ending world poverty through the United Nations by doubling commodity prices and establishing minimum wages everywhere to pay for all essential human needs.
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Allan Freeman Matthews
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Allan Freeman Matthews, American Geologist. Achievements include evaluation of mineral resources adequacy and advancement of transnational constitutions. Recipient Meritorious award United States Agency for International Development, 1955, Commendation for Development Analysis, 1957; named Fellow in Geology, 1937-1939.
Education
Bachelor, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1937. Master of Science, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, 1939. Postgraduate, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1940.
Career
Technology editor Ceramic Industry Journal, Chicago, 1940-1941. Editor, section chief United States Bureau Mines, Washington, 1941-1951. Assistant director, staff President's Materials Policy Commission, 1951-1952.
Materials consultant National Security Resources Board, 1952-1953. Operations analyst Johns Hopkins Operations Research Office, Chevy Chase, Maryland, 1953-1954. Program officer United States Agency International Development, Washington, 1954—1975, Germany, Liberia, Yemen.
Editor, public Developing Country Courier, McLean, Virginia, 1978-1985. Delaware United Nations Global Modeling Conference, Paris, 1982. Initiated citizens transnational constitutional convention, The Hague, Netherlands, 1998.
Chairman constitution action group Alliance for Democracy, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1997-1999. Minerals consultant Global 2000 Project, 1978-1980. Participated in Global Exchange Reality Tour supporting grassroots social justice, Venezuela, 2007.
Consultant and presenter in field.
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Sovereigns - Peacefully - Take Charge
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Sovereigns - Peacefully - Take Charge
Membership
Director Streit Council for a Union of Democracies, Washington, 1957-2009. Core planner 20/20 Vision, Washington, 1991-1997. A founder The Reston Forum, 1990-1992.
President Waterford Square Condominium Association, Reston, 1992. Appointed advisory board Philadelphia Two Organization Direct Democracy, 2001, Signatory of National Initiative for Democracy, 2002. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1944-1946.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Civil Liberties Union, Democratic Socialists American, Natural Resources Defense Council, U N Association, World Federalist Movement, Unitarian Universalist Association, Federal American Scientists, Philadelphia Two Direct Democracy, Society for International Development (proposer continental federal unions at North America regional conference 2000), Initiative and Referendum Institute.
Connections
Married Shirley Jean Spencer, December 23, 1937 (divorced October 1955, deceased 1989). Children: David Allan, Kim. Married Mary Cerantonio Thomas, February 24, 1956, (divorced January 5, 1962).
Married Doris Olive Haignere, June 26, 1962 (December 2003).
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Green Party
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Recipient Meritorious award United States Agency for International Development, 1955, Commendation for Development Analysis, 1957. Named Fellow in Geology, 1937-1939.Recipient Meritorious award United States Agency for International Development, 1955, Commendation for Development Analysis, 1957. Named Fellow in Geology, 1937-1939.