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The International who's who ; who's who in the world, incorporated with the International blue book … a biographical dictionary of the world's notable living men and women, 1910
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1Europos 1959, Origine et évolution du panthéon de Tyr, Les Chausson de la Salle 1963, Le dieu-Griffon à Palmyre et chez les Hittites 1963, Les origines du panthéon Palmyrénien 1964, Le dieu Ousô sur des monnaies de Tyr 1965, Le drame des deux étoiles du matin et du soir dans l’antiquité orientale 1967, Le décor des deux cuves de Tell Mardikh 1967, Le Manoir d’Argentelles, Guide du visiteur, Origines phéniciennes des Dioscures, Le décor asiatique du couteau de Gebel el-Arak 1969, Etudes sur les dieux phéniciens hérités par l’Empire Romain 1970, Nouvelles études sur les dieux et les mythes de Canaan 1973, Géographie et astronomie mythiques, Les voyages de Gilgamesh 1974, Le mythe de la Tour de Babel 1976, Le cylindresceau archaïque de Byblos réexaminé 1976, Origine et évolution de la ville de Sées 1977. Leisure interests: Preservation of buildings and art objects in the Orne region of France. Address: 63 rue de Varenne, Paris 7e, France, and Château de Champobert, par 61310 Exmes (Orne), France. Telephone: (Paris) 705-00-06; (Orne) 33-67-93-61.
3MESSER, Thomas M., B.A., M.A.; American museum director; b. 9 Feb. 1920, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia; s. of Richard and Agatha (Albrecht) Messer; m. Remedios Garcia Villa 1948; ed. Thiel Coll. (Greenville, Pa.), Boston, Paris and Harvard Univs.; Dir., Roswell Museum, New Mexico 1949-52; Asst. Dir. in charge of Nat. Exhibitions Programme, American Fed. of Arts 1952-53, Dir. of Exhbns. 1953-55, Dir. 1955-56, Trustee 1972-; Dir., Boston Inst. of Contemporary Art 1957-61, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York 1961-; First Vice-Pres. American Fed. of Arts 1973-75; Pres. Asscn. of Art Museum Dirs. 1974-75; Chair. Cttee. for Museums and Collections of Modern Art, Int. Council of Museums 1974-77; Chair. Int. Exhbns. Cttee. 1976-78; Adjunct Prof., Harvard Univ. 1960; Adjunct Prof. of Art History, Barnard Coll. 1966, 1971; Sr. Fellow, Center for Advanced Studies, Wesleyan Univ. 1966; Trustee Center for Inter-American Relations 1974-77; Trustee U.S. Int. Council of Museums 1970-; Trustee and Chair. Admissions Comm. of MacDowell Colony Corp. 1977-78; Trustee, Wooster School; mem. Museum Advisory Panel of Nat. Endowment for the Arts, Art Advisory Panel to Commr. of Internal Revenue Service 1974-77, Visiting Cttee. on Art Museums, Harvard Univ., Bd. of Visitors, School of Visual Arts, Boston Univ., Cttee. on Art, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; Dr. Fine Arts h.c., (Cttee. Century Asscn.) 1973-76; Dr. Fine Arts h.c., (Univ. of Mass.); Knight, Royal Order of St. Olav (Norway). Publications: Edvard Munch 1973; Museum Catalogues on: Vasily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Edvard Munch, Egon Schiele, etc.; articles and contributions to art journals, Art in America, Art International, American Scholar, Arts, Art News, Saturday Review/World, Studio International, The Art Gallery. Leisure interests: the theatre, literature, music. Address: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10028; 1105 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. (Home). Telephone: (212) 860-1309.
5MESSERER, Asaf Mikhailovich; Soviet choreographer and dancer; b. 19 Nov. 1903; ed. Moscow School of Choreography; joined the Bolshoi Theatre Co. 1921, Lecturer Moscow choreographical Inst. 1923-60; ballet instructor for Bolshoi Theatre 1946-; Honoured worker of the Arts of Lithuania 1953; mem. CPSU 1944-; Premier Danseur to 1954; People’s Artist of the R.S.F.S.R. 1951; State prize-winner 1941, 1947, other decorations. Principal roles in: Swan Lake, The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky, Don Quixote by Minkus, Flames of Paris, Fountain of Bakhchisarai by Asafiev, Red Poppy by Gliere, Petrushka by Stravinsky, etc. Publications: Exercises in Classical Dancing 1967. Address: State Academic Bolshoi Theatre, 1 Ploshchad Sverdlova, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
7MESSIAEN, Olivier; French composer and organist; b. 10 Dec. 1908, Avignon, Vaucluse; s. of Pierre Messiaen and Cécile Sauvage; m. 1st Claire Delbos (died 1959), one s.; m. 2nd Yvonne Loriod 1961; Organist, Trinité, Paris 1931-; Co-founder Jeune-France movement 1936; Prof. Ecole Normale and Schola Cantorum 1936-39; Prof. of Harmony, Paris Conservatoire 1941-47, of Analysis, Aesthetics and Rhythm 1947-, of Composition 1966-; mem. Institut de France, Akad. der Künste, Berlin, Bayerische Akad. der Wissenschaften, Munich, Royal Acads. of Sweden, London and Madrid, American Acad. of Arts and Letters; Erasmus Prize 1971; Sibelius Prize 1971, Von Siemens Prize 1975, Leonie Sonning Prize 1977; Grand Officier de la Légion d’honneur, Grand Officier de l’Ordre national du Mérite, Commdr. des Arts et des Lettres. Compositions include: Le banquet céleste for organ 1928, Préludes for piano 1929, Le diptyque for organ 1929, L’ascension for organ 1933, La nativité du Seigneur for organ 1935, Poèmes pour Mi for voice and piano 1936, Chants de terre et de ciel for voice and piano 1938, Les corps glorieux for organ 1939, Quatuor pour la fin du temps for violin, cello, clarinet and piano 1941, Visions de l’amen for two pianos 1943, Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus for piano 1944, Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine for choir and orchestra 1944, Harawi song cycle 1945, Turangalila Symphonie for piano, onde and orchestra 1946-48, Cinq rechants for choir a capella 1949, Etudes de rythme for piano 1949, Messe de la Pentecôte for organ 1949, Livre d’orgue 1951, Rêveil des oiseaux 1953, Oiseaux exotiques 1955, Catalogue d’oiseaux for piano 1956-58, Chronochromie for large orchestra 1959, Sept Haïkaï for piano and small orchestra 1963, Couleurs de la cité céleste for orchestra 1964, Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum for orchestra 1965, La transfiguration de notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ for choir, orchestra and seven instrumental soloists 1969, Des canyons aux étoiles for piano and orchestra 1970-74. Address: 230 rue Marcadet, 75018 Paris, France.
9MESSMER, Pierre Auguste Joseph, LL.D.; French politician and overseas administrator; b. 20 March 1916, Vincennes; s. of Joseph and Marthe (née Farcy) Messmer; m. Gilberte Duprez 1947; ed. Faculté de droit de Paris; mil. service with “Free French” forces 1940-45; Sec.-Gen. Interministerial Cttee. for Indochina 1946; Dir. of Cabinet High Comm. in Indochina 1947-48; Gov. Mauritania 1952, Ivory Coast 1954-56; High Commr. Cameroon 1956-58; High Commr.-Gen. French Equatorial Africa 1958, French West Africa 1958-60; Minister for the Armed Forces 1960-69; Minister of State for Overseas Depts. and Territories Feb.-July 1972; Prime Minister 1972-74; Deputy to Nat. Assembly 1974-; Commdr. Légion d’honneur, Compagnon de la Libération, Croix de guerre. Address: 1 rue de Général-Delanne, 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
11MESTIRI, Mahmoud; Tunisian diplomatist; b. 25 Dec. 1929, Tunis; s. of Mohamed Mestiri and Zohra Lasram; divorced; one s. one d.; ed. Inst. d’Etudes Politiques, Univ. de Lyons; served in several Tunisian Dels. to UN; Alt. Rep. to UN 1958, 1959; Head of Tunisian special Diplomatic Mission to Congo (Leopoldville) 1960; Asst. to Personal Rep. of UN Sec.-Gen. to Govt. of Belgium 1961; Deputy Perm. Rep. of Tunisia to UN 1962-65; Sec.-Gen. for Foreign Affairs, Tunis 1965-67; Perm. Rep. to UN 1967-69; Chair. UN Special Cttee. on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples 1968-69; Amb. to Fed. Germany 1971-73, to U.S.S.R., also accred. to Poland 1973-76; Perm. Rep. to UN 1976-. Leisure interests: ping-pong, swimming, watching football. Address: Permanent Mission of Tunisia to the United Nations, 40 East 71st Street, New York, N.Y. 10021, U.S.A.
13MESYATS, Valentin Karpovich; Soviet politician; b. 1 May 1928, Prokopyevsk, Kamerovo Region; m. Irina Mesyats; three d.; ed. Timiryazev Agricultural Acad., Moscow; Chief Agronomist, Dir. Motor Tractor Station, Moscow District 1953-58; engaged in party and state work 1958-63; Second Sec. for Agric., Moscow District Cttee. CPSU 1963-64, Sec. 1964-65; Second Sec. Cen. Cttee. CPSU, Kazakhstan 1971-76; Deputy Minister of Agric. R.S.F.S.R. 1965-71; Minister of Agric. U.S.S.R. March 1976-; Chair. All-Union Council of Collective Farms 1976-; mem. Presidium of Supreme Soviet, Kazakhstan S.S.R. 1971-76; del. to U.S.S.R. Supreme Soviet; Chair. Mandate Comm. of the Soviet of the Union 1972-76; mem. CPSU 1955-; Order of Lenin. Leisure interests: sports. Address: Council of Ministers, The Kremlin, Moscow; 1/11, Orlikov per., Moscow, U.S.S.R. (Home).
15METCALF, George C.; Canadian business executive; Pres. and Man. Dir. George Weston Ltd.; Chair. of numerous cos. including Eddy Paper Co. Ltd., E. B. Eddy Co., Mawen’s Ltd.; G. J. Hamilton & Sons Ltd., Howardsgate Holdings Ltd., Loblaw Inc., Nat. Tea Co., Westfair Foods Ltd., Somerville Industries; Pres. Loblaw Cos. Ltd., Loblaw Groceratias Co. Ltd., Paulin Chambers Co. Ltd., Perrin Investments Ltd.; Dir. Weston Biscuit Co. Inc., etc. Address: George Weston Ltd., 25 King Street, West, Toronto, Ontario; 22 Rosemary Lane, Toronto 10, Ontario, Canada (Home).
17METCALF, Gordon M.; American business executive; ed. Morningside Coll., Iowa, and Northwestern Univ. School of Commerce; joined Sears, Roebuck and Co. 1933, Gen. Man. Kansas City zone 1945, Asst. to Pres. in charge of retail admin. 1946, Gen. Man. Chicago area 1948-57, Vice-Pres. Midwest Territory 1957-67, Chair. of Bd. and Chief Exec. Officer 1967-73, now Dir.; Chair. U.S. Industrial Payroll Savings Cttee. 1970; Dir. Allstate Insurance Co., First Nat. Bank of Chicago, First Nat. City Bank of New York, Simpson-Sears Ltd., TRW Inc., U.S. Steel Corp., Radio Free Europe; Trustee, Nat. Industrial Conf. Bd.; mem. Business Council. Address: Savings and Profit Sharing Fund of Sears Employees, Sears Tower, Chicago, Ill. 60684, U.S.A.
19METCALF, Keyes DeWitt, A.B., LITT.D., L.H.D., LL.D.; American librarian; b. 13 April 1889, Elyria, Ohio; s. of Isaac Stevens and Harriet Howes Metcalf; m. 1st Martha A. Gerrish 1914 (died 1938), 2nd Elinor Gregory 1941; one s. one d.; ed. Oberlin Coll.; Exec. Asst. Oberlin Coll. Library 1912, Acting Librarian 1916-17; Chief of Stacks New York Public Library 1913-16 and 1917-18, Exec. Asst.
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