Announcement of the Appointment of John S. Conger as Industrial and Economic Advisor to the Autonomous Regional Corporation of Cauca, in Cali, Colombia

l>r&tt ·,Preea :Re'l•aa,·: Mi-... aohn, s. !l~~t- ~aiignaent For. Oplombi~_/P~)a,.:onl.y: ·to.;Oali.• Ooloa))j.a . _April. 16:, 1~3 . . . >·· . · ,.in\ ·fc3/2B15 ---:-~-:- -~.;;...._-;,._; · '?he 'wQr~~ 8-nlc annc:,unced today th•t Mr. Johns. Conger haa{ ~aan appol~ted I~d\lstrial and Economic Adviser to the Autonomua Regional Corporation e>t Cauca (OVC), ot Cali:, coio11bia, iri response to a CVC "quest. Mr. Conger 1• · ~cted to arrive in Cali on Apr11·25 for·a stay or two years. eve ia one of the .major regional development efforts in La.tin Merica. It· was establiah~d .in 1954 on the model ot the· T.·v .·,~ to dev~lop the ab1.U1dant resources of ·th•: Upper Cauca Valley. eve 1~ re.aponsible £or the development of the Valley·, in.clti\ding power, agt,icult~, industry and flood control:• Mr. . . Conger viU advise the management or eve and thQ, ·local Development Financing Corporation in the pa.ming and implement~tlon of industria.l projects and will assist ,in the tr11ining or Colombian peraQnnel in economic analysis am in• dustrial dev~lopment techniques • •• Mr. Conger, 48, was . born in the United, States and joined the World Bank~•a . Dev~lop•nt· •dviso~ ·Serv-ice in February-, ·1963 •. He graduf.ted troni the CoUeg.-. and ~w·School or the. University ot Penpsylvania and studied for his doctorate in In~e·rnational ~Oil()Jltos. at the Graduate Institute of Internatt~nal Studies in Geneva,.. Switzer~and~ Before joining the Bank, .MT, Cong,r wa, Vic•-President .ot George Fr:, -and Associates, a v.s..ti;nn ~£ Manag,ment Qonsultanta; in charge ot Middle East operatiQ~.,. ,nd · head•d ·:a. group a.dvising the Government or Iran on aU .aape'cts; of. ind11•tr1~1 ~vele>pmen.t. Previously he had ,held aenior manage~--nt . po,.itlons '4th,. -Budlfin _!Qcomc,t4.v.e iiforlcs -~. Mergenthaler Linotype Company. L'" .. > .- • • > -.: He has ·also·: ba;d ,xperie0:tj·-,>_1n· invea'tm,nt banking ·and .brokerage • .. ·~. -O~ngeia ts •~rittd and has \WO sons. His wife will jQin him later in Calt.