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From www.halsema.org
Born Jan. 1, 1919 at Warren, OH, son of E. J. Halsema & Marie Boesel.
Graduate Brent School, Baguio (Philippines) 1936; B.A. with history honors Duke 1940; M.A. International Relations SAIS
(Johns Hopkins) 1949; National War College graduate 1958.
Married Margaret Alice Cleveland June 18, 1949. Children: Wayne, Louise, Margaret, Jane, Charlotte, Paul. Five grandchildren.
Contributor to Baguio edition of Manila (Philippines) Daily Bulletin 1934-36; Editor 1940-41
Interned by Japanese Army Baguio and Bilibid Prison Manila 1941-1945; Associated Press correspondent Philippines, Indonesia 1945-48..
U.S. Foreign Service officer with overseas information and cultural programs 1949-1979, serving in Washington, DC and posts at Singapore, Manila, Bangkok, Cairo, Santiago de Chile plus inspections of U. S. Information Service posts in Belgium (+NATO & EU), Ecuador, Poland, Romania,.South Vietnam. Retired April 1979.
Property owner and legal resident Wallace Township, Chester County, PA since 1949. Established full-time residence in converted barn 1982. Philippines specialist. Wrote Bishop Brent's Baguio School (Baguio, 1987) E. J. Halsema: Colonial Engineer (Manila, 1991).
Source: Halsema Family Web Site |