ASSESSMENT OF MEN, SELECTION OF PERSONNEL FOR U.S. OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87M00539R002504150011-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 22
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 14, 2009
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: September 10, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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NOTE FOR: Director of Personnel
FROM: DCI
SUBJECT: Assessment of Men, Selection
of Personnel for.U.S. Office
of Strategic Services
Attached for whatever it is worth.
Attachment:
Subject same as above
Distribution:
Orig - Addressee
1-DCI
1 - DDCI
ExDIR
ER File
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SELECTION OF PERSONNEL FOR
THE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES
THE OSS ASSESSMENT STAFF
RINEHART & COMPANY ? INC.
Publishers ? New York
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COPYRIGHT, 1948, BY RINEHART & COMPANY, INC.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BY THE HADDON CRAFTSMEN, INC., SCRANTON, PA.
STAFF MEMBERS
The following is a list of the men and women who, for one period or
another, served on the various assessment staffs. Most of them contributed
something to the contents of this book, at least in its initial stages.
t A single dagger signifies that the person participated in the final five-
month period of research and composition (September, 1945, to January,
1946) and/or wrote the first draft of a small section of the book.
$ A double dagger signifies that the person is one of the five-all partici-
pants in the final five-month period of research and composition-who not
only wrote the longest sections but assumed responsibility for the final over-
all revision of the book during the succeeding year (February, 1946 to April,
1947)?
The educational or medical institution with which each individual was
officially connected before his or her enrollment in the government service
is printed in parentheses. The rank of personnel who were in the armed
services is the highest attained while the individual worked for the OSS,
Schools and Training Branch.
The assessment station at which the person worked is indicated by a letter,
as follows:
C-Ceylon K-Kunming, China
F-Potomac, Maryland S-Fairfax, Virginia
H-Hsian, China W-Washington, D.C.
I-Calcutta, India WS-Doheny Park, California
Donald K. Adams, Ph.D. (Duke University) S, W
Egerton L. Ballachcy, Ph.D. (Michigan State College) S, W, C, F
t Urie Bronfenbrenner, Ph.D., S/Sgt. (Harvard University) S
G. Colket Caner, M.D. (Harvard University) F, S
t Dwight W. Chapman, Ph.D. (Bennington College) S, W
Robert Chin, Ph.D., 2nd Lt. S, K
Mabel B. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D. (Chestnut Lodge Sanitarium, Rockville,
Md.) W
t Robert A. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D., Comdr. (USNR) (Sheppard-Pratt Hospital,
Towson, Md.) W, F
Bingham Dai, Ph.D. (Duke University) S, K
Alfred P. Daignault, B.S., Cpl. W, C, I, K, H
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