Miriam Camps
 Miriam Camps     ( diplomat) | ||||||||||||
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 Camps in 1968 | ||||||||||||
| Born | Miriam Camps July 17, 1916 Lynn, Massachusetts, US | |||||||||||
| Died | December 15, 1994 (Age 78) | |||||||||||
Cause of death |  lung cancer | |||||||||||
| Nationality | US | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | • Mount Holyoke College • Bryn Mawr College | |||||||||||
| Parents | Burton Howard Camp | |||||||||||
| Interests | • Marshall Plan • OECD | |||||||||||
US State Department official and historian who attended the 1972 and the 1974 Bilderbergs
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Miriam Camp (born Camps) was a US diplomat who played a major role in the development and implementation of the Marshall Plan and the US-led economic integration of Western Europe. She attended the 1972 and 1974 Bilderberg meetings.[1]
Background
Miriam Camp was born in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1916, the daughter of Professor Burton Howard Camp and Rachel Caroline Rice. Her maternal grandparents were the Reverend Charles Francis Rice and Miriam Owen Jacobs.
Eduction
She was educated at Mount Holyoke College, graduating in 1937, and Bryn Mawr College, graduating with a master's degree in 1938.[2]
In 1954, she married the English classicist William Camps.
She was awarded an honorary degree from Mount Holyoke College in 1959 and became a fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge.
Career
She joined the United States Department of State during World War II and subsequently worked in the Board of Economic Warfare at the U.S. Embassy in London, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Economic and Social Affairs, the Policy Planning Staff and theBureau of European Affairs. She played a major role in the development and implementation of the Marshall Plan.[3] She said of herself, "There were many fathers of the OEEC (Organization for European Economic Cooperation ) but there was only one mother".[4]
She left the State Department in 1954 following her marriage and began writing a series of books on European economic co-operation and its relationship with the US.[5] She put forward the view that Britain had made a mistake in delaying its entry into the EEC for so long.[6] However, she later opposed the increasing power of the European Parliament.[7]
She returned to the State Department in 1961, initially as a consultant and subsequently had several roles in the office of the Secretary of State. She was the first woman to be vice chair of the U.S. State Department's Planning Council.[8] She continued to take an interest in issues surrounding economic growth and was a faculty member on session 188 of the Salzburg Global Seminar – New Perspectives for Long Term Growth.[9]
Death
She died of lung cancer in Cambridgeshire on December 30, 1994.[10]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1972 | 21 April 1972 | 23 April 1972 | Belgium Hotel La Reserve Knokke | The 21st Bilderberg, 102 guests. It spawned the Trilateral Commission. |
| Bilderberg/1974 | 19 April 1974 | 21 April 1974 | France Hotel Mont d' Arbois Megève | The 23rd Bilderberg, held in France |
References
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/02/obituaries/miriam-camps-78-a-writer-on-europe.html
- ↑ http://infomotions.com/sandbox/liam/pages/mshm261.html
- ↑ http://archives.eui.eu/en/isaar/176
- ↑ The Marshall Plan A Retrospective p.71
- ↑ Weisbrode, K. (2022). Real Influencers. South Bend: St. Augustine's Press. p. 52.
- ↑ Justin Adam Brummer, PhD thesis, p.15
- ↑ Booker, Christopher (2005). Great Deception: The Secret History of the European Union. A&C Black. p. 295 (note 7).
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150924170327/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2591301632.html
- ↑ https://www.salzburgglobal.org/calendar/1970-1979/1979/session-188.html
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/02/obituaries/miriam-camps-78-a-writer-on-europe.html
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