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1963 Press Photo American Bar Association - Edward Wright and Other Officials

This is an original press photo. American Bar Association - Edward Wright and Other Officials. Members of the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association in session at the Roosevelt Hotel Thursday approved a pilot Peace Corps program to recruit U.S. lawyers for legal projects in four African nations. From left the board members are (seated) Edward L. Wright, chairman, House of Delegates; Sylvester C. Smith, Jr., president of the ABA; Walter E. Craig, president-elect; (standing) Joseph D. Calhoun, ABA secretary, and Glenn M. Coulter, ABA treasurer. A pilot Peace Corps program to recruit 40 or more United States lawyers for legal projects in four African nations was approved here Thursday by the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association. The Peace Corps, in a letter to ABA president Sylvester C. Smith Jr., said that 30 of the volunteers would be assigned to Nigeria, Sierra Leone and West Cameroon. Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches. Photo is dated 02-01-1963.

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