HOFFMAN, PAUL G(RAY)

born April 26, 1891, Chicago died Oct. 8, 1974, New York City American automobile-manufacturing executive who administered international assistance programs of the United States and the United Nations. An employee of the Studebaker Corporation from 1911, he rose to become chairman of the board of directors in 1953 and chairman of the board of the company's successor, the StudebakerPackard Corporation, in 1954. From 1948 to 1950 Hoffman headed the U.S. Economic Cooperation Administration, which, with the Organization for European Economic Cooperation, directed the post-World War II European Recovery Program (Marshall Plan). During 195153 he was president of the Ford Foundation. A U.S. delegate to the UN General Assembly in 195657, he became managing director of the Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development in 1959. In 1966 the fund was incorporated into the United Nations Development Program, of which Hoffman was named administrator; he held that post till 1972. He was also a director of Encyclopdia Britannica, Inc., and of Encyclopdia Britannica Educational Corporation.