Background
Sollenberger, Howard Edwin was born on April 28, 1917 in N. Manchester, Indiana, United States.
Sollenberger, Howard Edwin was born on April 28, 1917 in N. Manchester, Indiana, United States.
Bachelor, Manchester College, 1941. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Manchester College, 1963.
Relief administrator Brethern Services Committee, also American Friends Service Committee, N. China, 1938-1940. Engaged in civilian public service, 1941-1944. Orientation officer United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, 1945-1946, liaison officer Shanghai, China, 1946-1947.
With Foreign Service Institute, State Department, 1947-1976. Director Chinese language and area school Fng. Service Institute, State Department, Peiping, China, 1947-1950, associate professor Chinese Studies Washington, 1950, 55.
Dean Fng. Service Institute, State Department (School Language and Area Studies), 1956-1965. Acting director Fng. Service Institute, State Department (Institute), 1965-1966, 69-71, associate director, 1966-1969, director, 1971-1976. Lecturer and consultant cross-cultural education and training, since 1976.
Member advisory committee language and area programs National Defense Education Act, 1962-1964. Advisory committee Center Applied Linguistics, 1959-1962. Adviser Georgetown University School Languages and Linguistics, 1964-1984.
Unitarian-Universalist representative Interfaith Action for Economic Justice, 1977-1988.
President McLean (Virginia) Parent-Teachers Association, 1960. Vice president Fairfax Unitarian Church, 1961-1962, 66-67. President Fairfax Meml.Soc., 1969-1974.
Board directors Northern Virginia Memorial Society, 1989-1995. Member Modern Language Association, Linguistics Society of America, Association Asian Studies, Tau Kappa Alpha.
Son of Oliver Clark and Hazel (Coppock) S. M. Agnes Hafner, December 31, 1944 (deceased November 20, 1995). Children– David Olaf, Roger Hafner (deceased), Zöe Hazel Karin.