Coombs speaks at the Dance Magazine annual award ceremony, April 28, 1961.
Coombs was appointed by President John F. Kennedy to be the first Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Culture in February, 1961. He was an advocate for overhauling the educational system, saying that every school district should put 2% of its money into educational research and hire a "Vice President in charge of heresy." During his stint in this post, he went to live in Paris, organizing the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning. This UNESCO-created group advised countries on improvements to their systems of education. Being dissatisfied with the pace of change, he resigned from the U.S. State Department in 1962 and, from 1963 to 1968, held the post of Director of the IIEP. He served as vice-chair and chair of the International Council of Economic Development until 1992, when he retired.
During his career he wrote several books on foreign policy and education. He was married to Helena Brooks for 65 years and had two children, Peter B. Coombs and Helena H. Weeks.
Published works
Problems of economic mobilization (Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Washington, D.C. Economic mobilization course), by Philip H Coombs, 1947
Education and Foreign Aid: Ways to Improve United States Foreign Educational Aid (from the Burton Lectures) by Philip H. Coombs, 1965
The World Educational Crisis: A Systems Analysis, Oxford University Press, 1968
Managing Educational Costs, by Philip H. Coombs and Jacques Hallak. 1972
Attacking Rural Poverty: How Nonformal Education Can Help, A research report for the World Bank. Edited by Barbara Baird Israel, by Philip H. Coombs with Manzoor Ahmed, 1974
Education for Rural Development (Praeger special studies in international economics and development) by Manzoor Ahmed and Philip H. Coombs, 1975
Meeting the Basic Needs of the Rural Poor: The Integrated Community-Based Approach (Pergamon policy studies on international development), by Philip H. Coombs, 1980
The World Crisis in Education: The View from the Eighties, by Philip H. Coombs, 1985
Education and Foreign Aid: Ways to Improve United States Foreign Educational Aid (Burton Lectures) by Philip H. Coombs, 1988
Fourth Dimension of Foreign Policy, by Philip H Coombs, 1990
philip, coombs, philip, hall, coombs, 1915, holyoke, february, 2006, chester, american, teacher, undergraduate, study, amherst, college, post, grad, work, university, chicago, taught, economics, williams, college, program, director, education, ford, foundation. Philip Hall Coombs 1915 at Holyoke MA February 15 2006 in Chester CT is an American teacher An undergraduate study was at Amherst College and post grad work was at the University of Chicago He taught economics at Williams College and was a program director for education at the Ford Foundation Coombs speaks at the Dance Magazine annual award ceremony April 28 1961 Coombs was appointed by President John F Kennedy to be the first Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Culture in February 1961 He was an advocate for overhauling the educational system saying that every school district should put 2 of its money into educational research and hire a Vice President in charge of heresy 1 During his stint in this post he went to live in Paris organizing the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning This UNESCO created group advised countries on improvements to their systems of education Being dissatisfied with the pace of change he resigned from the U S State Department in 1962 and from 1963 to 1968 held the post of Director of the IIEP He served as vice chair and chair of the International Council of Economic Development until 1992 when he retired During his career he wrote several books on foreign policy and education He was married to Helena Brooks for 65 years and had two children Peter B Coombs and Helena H Weeks Published works EditProblems of economic mobilization Industrial College of the Armed Forces Washington D C Economic mobilization course by Philip H Coombs 1947 Education and Foreign Aid Ways to Improve United States Foreign Educational Aid from the Burton Lectures by Philip H Coombs 1965 The World Educational Crisis A Systems Analysis Oxford University Press 1968 Managing Educational Costs by Philip H Coombs and Jacques Hallak 1972 Attacking Rural Poverty How Nonformal Education Can Help A research report for the World Bank Edited by Barbara Baird Israel by Philip H Coombs with Manzoor Ahmed 1974 Education for Rural Development Praeger special studies in international economics and development by Manzoor Ahmed and Philip H Coombs 1975 Meeting the Basic Needs of the Rural Poor The Integrated Community Based Approach Pergamon policy studies on international development by Philip H Coombs 1980 The World Crisis in Education The View from the Eighties by Philip H Coombs 1985 Education and Foreign Aid Ways to Improve United States Foreign Educational Aid Burton Lectures by Philip H Coombs 1988 Fourth Dimension of Foreign Policy by Philip H Coombs 1990External links EditObituary Foreign Service Journal at the Wayback Machine archived July 13 2007 New York Times obituary Obituary from the IIEP newsletter Apr June 2006 International Institute for Educational Planning websiteGovernment officesPreceded byNew Office Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural AffairsMarch 23 1961 June 4 1962 Succeeded byLucius D Battle Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Philip H Coombs amp oldid 1117622229, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
