Howard Kennedy
Howard Kennedy was UNRWA's first Director from 1950 to 1951. He was a former Major-General in the Canadian Army.[1]
Kennedy was a leading engineer in Ottawa before the World War II. Joining the Canadian Army in 1939, he rose to be Quartermaster-General in 1943-44.[2]
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References
- ↑ Benjamin N. Schiff, Refugees Unto the Third Generation: UN Aid to Palestinians, (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995), p. 292
- ↑ J. L. Granatstein, The generals: the Canadian army's senior commanders in the Second World War, University of Calgary Press, 2005, p.206
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| Preceded by None |
Director for United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East May 1950–June 1951 |
Succeeded by John Blandford Jr. (U.S.) |
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