Foreign Aid in Africa

Vernon McKay, Ph.D., is Professor of African Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies of The Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D. C. He taught history at Syracuse University from 1936 to 1945, wrote on colonial problems for the Foreign Policy Association from 1945 to 1948, and worked on African problems in the Office of Dependent Area Affairs in the Department of State from 1948 to 1956. A member of many United States Delegations to sessions of the United Nations Trusteeship Council and General Assembly, he resigned his post as Deputy Director of the Office of Dependent Area Affairs in September, 1956, to organize a program of African studies at the School of Advanced International Studies. Mr. McKay has made four trips to Africa and has published numerous articles on African problems.