“With respect to the creation of the program, I introduced the bill in September 1945, immediately after the end of the war with Japan, in August of that year. A number of considerations, of course, entered into my decision to introduce the bill, growing from my own experience as a Rhodes scholar and the experiences our government had had with the first Word War debts, [Herbert] Hoover's efforts in establishing the Belgian-American Education Foundation after World War I, [and] the Boxer Rebellion indemnity.”
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J. William Fulbright
J. William Fulbright was a prominent United States Senator from Arkansas, serving from 1945 to 1975. He is best known for establishing the Fulbright Program, which promotes international educational exchange. Fulbright was a member of the Democratic Party and was deeply committed to the principles of peace, education, and international understanding. more
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