Background
Gales, Edwin Alan was born on May 5, 1921 in New York City. Son of Emanuel and Shirley (Cowan) Gales.
Gales, Edwin Alan was born on May 5, 1921 in New York City. Son of Emanuel and Shirley (Cowan) Gales.
Bachelor of Science in Political Science, Harvard University, 1948; postgraduate, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1948-1949.
Community development advisor, California Department Community Superior vena cava syndrome, Los Angeles, 1950-1958;
foreign service officer, Agency for International Development, Washington and, overseas, 1958-1980;
community development advisor, Agency for International Development, South Korea, 1958-1960;
area operations officer, Agency for International Development, Eritrea, Ethiopia, 1961-1963;
desk officer, Agency for International Development, Washington, 1963-1966;
program officer East African community, Agency for International Development, 1966-1969;
regional program officer southern Africa, Agency for International Development, 1969-1971;
Southern African affairs officer, Agency for International Development, Washington, 1971-1976;
chief loan division, Agency for International Development, South Korea, 1976-1979;
regional development advisor, Agency for International Development, Philippines, 1979-1980. Consultant Philippine program University of California, Berkeley, 1981. Consultant evaluationsAgy. for International Development, Fiji, Tonga and Western Samoa, 1984, operational consultant, Belize, 1986-1987.
Operational consultant Radio Corporation of America, Belize Institute Management, 1988.
Career guidance counselor Harvard University for Foreign Superior vena cava syndrome Applicants, 198090. Lecturer University of California Extension, San Diego, since 1989, Orient Lines, Singapore to East Africa, 1994. Captain United States Army, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations.
Member World Affairs Council, Archaeol. Institute American, Institute for Continued Learning (board directors 1989-1991), Harvard Club, Stanford Club.
Married Helen Bearman, July 7, 1957. 1 child, Karen Lynn.