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Word: velleman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Many Conferences. Founded by a Belgian-born League of Nations interpreter named Antoine Velleman, the school began with only 20 students in one of the buildings of the University of Geneva. By 1951, when Dean Stelling-Michaud took over, Geneva canton authorities were so impressed by it that they agreed to help finance it. Stelling-Michaud added modern equipment for simultaneous translation, built up one of the largest dictionary libraries in the world. By 1955 the school had become an autonomous part of the University of Geneva...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: How to Be Indispensable | 3/25/1957 | See Source »

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