DRYFOOS CONFERENCE
More than a score of distinguished foreign and American scholars and journalists, including several alumni, participated in the second annual Orvil E. Dryfoos Conference on Public Affairs on May 22-23, exploring in off-the-record discussions the topic "European Views of America: Problems of Communication in the Atlantic World."
The conference, sponsored by the College's Public Affairs Center as a memorial to the late Orvil E. Dryfoos '34, President and Publisher of The NewYork Times and a member of the Dartmouth Board of Trustees, featured a keynote address by C. L. Sulzberger, special foreign correspondent for The New YorkTimes, "'Europe' or 'Atlantica' — The West's Biggest Problem."
The conference opened Saturday morning with the presentation of a paper, "European Views of America," by Gene M. Lyons, Orvil E. Dryfoos Professor of Public Affairs, and Michael K. O'Leary, assistant to the director of the Public Affairs Center.
Adalbert de Segonzac, correspondent in America for France-Soir, a Paris newspaper, then presented a paper on "Reporting American Society for Europe." A general discussion led by Prof. John Hohenberg of the Columbia School of Journalism followed.
In the afternoon papers on "European Views of the Atlantic Alliance" were presented by Henry W. Ehrmann, Joel Parker Professor of Law and Political Science, and on "Reporting Atlantic Relations from Washington" by Werner Imhoof, American correspondent for the Neue Zuricher Zeitung of Zurich, Switzerland. The general discussion was led by Ben T. Moore of the 20th Century Fund.
On Sunday morning, a summary session was held on the role of the press in European-American relations.
Other guest participants in the conference included: Edward W. Barrett, Columbia School of Journalism; Robert Christopher, Newsweek; Blair Fraser, McLean's; James Huntley, The Atlantic Council; Oliver Quayle '42, president of Oliver Quayle and Co., public opinion polling firm; Jan G. Reifenberg, FrankfurterAllgemeine; Joachim Schwelien, Stuttgarter Zeitung; Leonard Silk, BusinessWeek; Ronald I. Spiers '4B, U. S. Department of State; Jess Cook Jr., Time; Cushing Strout, Cornell University; David Watt, London Financial Times; Jeremy Wolfenden, London Daily Telegraph, and Arnold Zurcher, Sloan Foundation.
