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1MENNER, Vladimir Vasiliyevich; Soviet geologist and paleontologist; b. 24 Nov. 1905, Shatsk, Ryazan Region; ed. Moscow State Univ.; on staff Moscow section Geological Cttee. 1927-29; Asst. Prof. Moscow Mining Acad. 1929-30; Lecturer, Moscow Geology Investigating Inst. 1930-65; Head of Dept. Paleontology, Moscow State Univ. 1965-; Pres. Stratigraphic Comm., Int. Union of Geological Sciences 1968-72, Vice-Pres. 1972-, and Pres. sub-comm. on stratigraphy of paleogens; scientific research work Petroleum Prospecting Inst. 1932-34; U.S.S.R. Acad. of Sciences Paleontological Inst. 1935-36; Senior Scientific Worker, Dept. Chief, Asst. Dir. U.S.S.R. Acad. of Sciences Geological Inst. 1934-; Corresp. mem. U.S.S.R. Acad. of Sciences 1963-66, mem. 1966-; mem. French and London Geological Socs.; Kirov Prize 1951, and various decorations. Publications: Biostratigraphic Foundations of the Comparison Maritime, Lagoon and Continental Series 1962. Address: U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, 14 Leninsky Prospekt, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
3MENNIN, Peter, M.MUS., PH.D.; American composer; b. 17 May 1923; m. Georganne Bairnson 1947; one s. one d.; ed. Eastman School of Music and Rochester Univ.; Mem. Composition Faculty, Juilliard School of Music, New York City 1947; Dir. Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore 1958-62; Adviser State Dept. Cttee. on the Arts 1963-; Pres. Juilliard School of Music 1962-; Nat. Music Council, Naumberg Music Foundation; Officer of Nat. Inst. of Arts and Letters; Board of Dirs. A.S.C.A.P., American Music Center; Pres. Nat. Music Council; Pres. Naumberg Music Foundation; works commissioned by Koussevitsky Foundation, Coolidge Foundation, Library of Congress, Juilliard Music Foundation, etc.; works have been performed throughout U.S.A., and in Europe, South America and the Far East; American Acad. of Arts and Letters Award, first George Gershwin Memorial Award, two Guggenheim Awards, Columbia Records Chamber Music Award, Naumburg American Music Recording Award, Bearns Prize (Columbia Univ.). Compositions include: eight symphonies, cello concerto, piano concerto and other orchestral works, Sonata Concertante for violin and piano, and other chamber and piano works, choral music, Cantata de Virtute for mixed chorus, children's chorus, soloists, narrator and orchestra, voices for soprano and chamber ensemble, Reflections of Emily for chorus of treble voices and chamber ensemble. Address: Juilliard School, Lincoln Center, New York, N.Y. 10023, U.S.A. Telephone: (212) 799-5000.
5MENNINGER, Karl Augustus; American psychiatrist; b. 22 July 1893, Topeka, Kan.; s. of Charles Frederick and Flora Knisely Menninger; m. 1st Grace Gaines 1916 (dissolved 1941), one s. two d.; m. 2nd Jeanetta Lyle 1941, one d.; ed. Washburn Coll., Indiana Univ., Univ. of Wisconsin and Harvard Univ. Medical School; Chief of Staff, Menninger Clinic 1925-, Dir. Dept. of Educ., Menninger Foundation 1946-62, Dean, Menninger School of Psychiatry 1946-69, Chair. Menninger Foundation 1954-; Pres. American Psychoanalytic Asscn. 1941-43; Chair. Cttee. on Reorganisation, American Psychiatric Asscn. 1944-49; Dir. Nat. Citizens Comm. for Public Schools 1953-55; mem. Editorial Board, Journal of American Psychoanalytic Asscn. 1954-56; Vice-Pres. American Soc. of Criminology 1960-62; Consultant, Bureau of Prisons, Dept. of Justice 1956, Forbes Air Force Base 1960-73; Chair. Educ. Cttee., Topeka Inst. for Psychoanalysis 1960-70; Senior Consultant Topeka State Hospital, Topeka Veterans Admin. Hospital; Prof. Univ. of Health Sciences, Chicago Medical School; mem. Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, Presidential Task Force, Prisoner Rehabilitation 1969, also mem. numerous boards, asscsns. and acads.; Hon. mem. Royal Medico-Psychological Asscn., Environmental Research Foundation; mem. Board of Trustees Fund for Advancement of Camping; Hon. D.Sc.(Washburn Univ., Univ. of Wisconsin) 1965, Hon. L.H.D. (Park Coll., DePaul Univ.) 1974, Hon. LL.D. (Jefferson Medical Coll., Parsons Coll., Kansas State Univ.) 1962, (Saint Benedict's Coll., Baker Univ., Kansas) 1965, (Okla. Univ.) 1966, (Pepperdine Univ.) 1973; numerous awards. Publications: Man Against Himself 1938, Love Against Hate 1942, The Human Mind 1945, A Guide to Psychiatric Books 1956 (3rd edn. 1972), A Manual for Psychiatric Case Study 1962, Theory of Psychoanalytic Technique 1958 (revised 1973), A Psychiatrist's World 1959, The Vital Balance 1963, The Crime of Punishment 1968, Whatever Became of Sin 1973, Sparks (with Lucy Freeman) 1973. Leisure interests: horticulture, soil conservation, wildlife preservation, chess, recorded music, American Indians, wines. Address: The Menninger Foundation, Box 829, Topeka, Kansas 66601 (Office); 1819 Westwood Circle, Topeka, Kansas 66604, U.S.A. (Home).
7MENON, Chelat Achutha, B.A., B.L.; Indian politician; b. 27 Jan. 1913, Trichur; s. of M. Achutha Menon; m. Lakshmykutty Amma 1943; one s. two d.; District Court Pleader, Trichur; took part in congress and trade union activities; restricted for one year for anti-war speech 1940; joined Communist Party and detained for communist activities 1942; Sec. District Cttee. of Communist Party 1943-47; underground 1948-52; elected to Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly 1952; mem. Kerala Legislative Assembly 1957, later Finance Minister; mem. Rajya Sabha 1968-69; Chief Minister of Kerala Nov. 1969-77. Publications: Translation of Short History of the World by H.G. Wells, Soviet Nadu, A Kissan Text Book, Kerala State—Possibilities and Problems, translation of Man Makes Himself by Gordon Child, Sheafs from Memory. Leisure interest: literature. Address: c/o Communist Party of India, Ajoy Bhavan, Kotla Marg, New Delhi 110002, India.
9MENON, K. P. S.; Indian diplomatist; b. 18 Oct. 1898; ed. Madras Christian Coll. and Oxford Univ.; joined ICS 1921; Deputy Sec. to Govt. of India in Foreign and Political Dept.; Agent to Govt. of India in Ceylon 1929-33; fmr. Minister of Bharatpur State; Agent-Gen. in China 1943; Alternate Rep. U.N. Gen. Assembly, N.Y. 1946; Amb. to China 1947-48; Chair. U.N. Temporary Comm. on Korea 1947; Sec. Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1948-52; Amb. to U.S.S.R. 1952-61. Publications: The Flying Troika 1963, Many Worlds (autobiog.) 1966, China Past and Present 1969, The Indo-Soviet Treaty—Setting and Sequel 1973. Address: Palat House, Ottapalam, Kerala State, India.
11MENON, Lakshmi N., M.A., L.T., T.DIP., LL.B.; Indian politician; b. 1899, Trivandrum; d. of Rama Varma Thampan; m. Prof. V. K. N. Menon 1930; ed. H.H. Maharaja's School and Coll. for Women, H.H. Maharaja's Arts Coll., Trivandrum, Lady Willingdon Training Coll., New Delhi, and Maria Grey Training Coll., London, Lucknow Univ.; Lecturer, Queen Mary's Coll., Madras 1922-25, Gokhale Girls Schools, Calcutta 1928-30, Isabella Theburn Coll., Lucknow 1930-33; Alt. Del. to UN Gen. Ass. 1948, 1950, 1953, 1954, to UN Comm. on Status of Women, Beirut 1949; Chief, Section on Status of Women, Human Rights Div., UN Secr., Lake Success 1949-50; Principal, Women's Training Coll., Patna 1951-53; Rep. Cttee. on Information from Non-Self Governing Territories 1953; Parl. Sec. to the Prime Minister 1952-57; Dep. Minister of External Affairs 1957-62; Minister of State, Ministry of External Affairs 1962-66; State Commr. for Guides, Bihar 1952-; Pres. All India Women's Conf. 1955-59, Indian Fed. of Univ. Women 1961-67; mem. Rajya Sabha 1952-66; Chair. Kasturba Gandhi Nat. Memorial Trust 1972-; Life mem. Cochin Univ. Senate 1973-. Publications: The Position of Women and articles on women's status, education and participation in public affairs. Leisure interests: reading, writing, work among women and children. Address: Plain View, Trivandrum, India.
13MENON, Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar, M.SC., PH.D., F.R.S.; Indian physicist; b. 28 Aug. 1928, Mangalore; s. of Kizhekepat Sankara Menon and Mambillikalathil Narayaniamma; m. Indumati Patel 1955; one s. one d.; ed. Jaswant Coll., Jodhpur, Royal Inst. of Science, Bombay, Univ. of Bristol; Research Assoc., Univ. of Bristol 1952-53; Senior Award of Royal Comm. for Exhbn. of 1851, Univ. of Bristol 1953-55; Reader Tata Inst. of Fundamental Research, Bombay 1955-58; Assoc. Prof. 1958-60, Prof. and Dean of Physics Faculty 1960-64, Senior Prof. and Deputy Dir. (Physics) 1964-66, Dir. Tata Inst. of Fundamental Research 1966-75; Chair. Electronics Comm. and Sec. to Govt. of India Dept. of Electronics 1971-; Scientific Adviser to Minister of Defence, Dir.-Gen. Defence Research and Devt. Org. and Sec. for Defence Research 1974-78; Pres. Indian Acad. of Sciences 1974-76; Fellow, Indian Nat. Science Acad.; Chair. Cosmic Ray Comm. of Int. Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) 1973-75; Pres. Asia Electronics Union 1973-75; council mem. Royal Soc. 1977-79; Hon. Fellow, Inst. of Electronics and Telecommunications Eng. of India; Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for Physical Sciences, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research 1960; Repub. Day (Nat.) Awards, Govt. of India; Padma Shri 1961, Padma Bhushan 1968; Sec. to Govt. of India, Dept. of Electronics; Chair. Electronics Comm.; Scientific Adviser to Minister for Defence 1971-; Foreign Hon. mem. American Acad. of Arts and Sciences; Hon. D.Sc. (Jodhpur, Delhi, Sardar Patel and Allahabad Univs.). Publications: 60 papers on cosmic ray and elementary particle physics. Leisure interests: bird-watching, photography. Address: Department of Electronics, Vigyan Bhavan Annexe, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi 110011; 81 Lodi Estate, New Delhi 110003, India (Home). Telephone: 381310 (Office); 611533 (Home).
15MENON, Nedyam Balachandra, B.A.; Indian diplomatist; b. 18 March 1921, South India; s. of K. M. R. Menon; m. Aneet Menon 1947; three s. one d.; ed. Allahabad Univ.; Indian Navy 1943-46; Indian Embassy, The Hague 1949; Indian Mil. Mission, Berlin 1951; Indian Embassy, Katmandu 1954; High Comm. of India, Ottawa 1957; Indian Embassy, Washington 1959; Ministry of External Affairs Dir. (China Div.) 1961; Nat. Defence Coll. 1964; Indian Embassy, Bangkok and Perm. Del. to ECAFE 1965; Deputy High
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