T.W. PALMER JR EDUCATOR, 36, DIES

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• Publication Date: January 13, 1957
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EDUCATORVI,DIES:
Associate,.History Pro'fessor'
at"8ostoh: t~ ,W s -Expert
on Latin Ameriea
Spectral to3'he N?w York Thies. `
-WHITE PLAINS; Jan.. 12-Dr.
Thomas Waverly Palmer r.,
Associate Professor of History
at ,Boston University, died, today
in White Plains Hospital after-
a brief .illnes. He was'86 years
old.
Dr.. Palmer was taken 111 dur-
ing Christmas holidays while
visiting his, ?parents `in: Scar
dale: Hishome wat in- Boston.
An authorityon Latin Amer-
ica; -lie recently was.named co-
ordinator; Vt , Latini-Ameridan
studies.,at',Boston University and,
waS:: lecturer-.at the Fletcher)
'School of Law-;and. -Diplomacy'
of,wPu#ts University. He com-
pletedt recently -a book oi the
Latin=American policy of the
TJit1ted .19tates.
Dr.Palmer -was born? in Chile,
where ;his father was legal Coun-
Bel t4- ,a copper. --company.,,. He
attended- thy. Taft: School and
graduated in 1941 from Amherst
College, where!:he:.was -elected; to
Phi Beta Kappa..-
; .11e received M. A. -and Ph.; D.
degr-ees in history from Columbia
Wniver?Jy. - During.,-World Was
II Dr,,.aliner was'a lieutenant
iar theNaY~y in the - intelligence
branel}` ill. IBrazil,. Uruguay: and
.Argentina. -Re-spoke both. Pox-
tugueae andSpanish.. After 'the
ware was an official of the
Ppp'int-,Four- program in South
Alneripa acrd in 1953-54 he was
wr the sl Tn 1 1 e ~ ce.
en a Vtltorr,
r .9 ,tp 1951 Dr.. Palmer.
wasa.jlecture ,irk undergraduate
studies in Latin-American.&i'fairs
at Yaje,TJniyersity,:A few,Weeks
ago. h~- was appointed Professor
of Xntgrnational-Relations at the
Naval. ;. War ? College? ~ Newport,'
.R. I,, and'lwas to have been on
.leave gf-absence after next duly 1
f orn, $ostnn University.
riuiv-ivrng. are his .parents, a
ster,.Miss Marguerite .. J'almer
r f ZTew Yank, :and ,ia,'l rotirex,
F ichs;Yd R: Palmer.
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