RICHARD SYMONDS

Education

Oxford University, 1936-1939, Master of Arts. Spoken languages: English, French, German.

Career

Resident Representative, Greece, United Nations Development Program since 1971. Representative in Europe, United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Geneva, 1969-1971. Professorial Fellow, Institute, Institution of Development Study, University of Sussex, United Kingdom, 6669.

Regional Representative, Technical Assistance Board/SF, United Nations, Southern Africa, 1965. Senior Research Officer, Oxford University Institute, Institution of Commonwealth Study, 1963-1965. Regional Representative, Technical Assistance Board/SF, Europe, 1959-1962.

Acting Regional Representative, Technical Assistance Board/SF, East Africa, 1961. Resident Representative, Technical Assistance Board, Yugoslavia, 1956-1959. Resident Representative, Technical Assistance Board, Sri Lanka, 1954-1955.

Liaison Officer, Technical Assistance Board, Geneva, 1951-1953. Program(s) Officer, Technical Assistance Board, New York, 1950-1951. Assistant Secretary, United Nations Commission for India & Pakistan, Kashmir, 1948-1949.

Friends Service Committee, India & Pakistan, 1947-1948. Distribution Officer, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, Austria, 1945-1946. Deputy Director, Relief & Rehabilitation, Government of Bengal, India, 1944-1945.

Friends Ambulance Unit, United Kingdom & India.

Achievements

• Solomon won several awards for his scientific achievements, including the Distinguished Scientific Contribution award of the American Psychological Association and the Howard Crosby Medal of the Society of Experimental Psychologists. Additionally, he was elected to both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences.

Works

• book

  • THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE POPULATION QUESTION
  • The making of Pakistan
  • United Nations and the Population Question

Membership

International Union for Scientific Study of Population. Royal Institute, Institution of International Affairs. Society for International Developement.

Interests

• International organisation, modern history, popn.

Connections

Father:

Charles Symonds

Mother:

Janet (Poulton) Symonds

Spouse:

Ann H. Spokes