Theodore
Cloak
Cloak
left his position as Professor of Drama at Lawrence College to manage
a "Far Eastern" orientation course for the Office of Strategic
Services (OSS). The two week course taught men how to work with
resistance forces in China and the Dutch East Indies. The program
ran from December 1944 to August 1945. The government replaced OSS
with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 1947.
Theodore
Cloak (third from left) stands next to instructors at Georgetown
University in Washington, circa 1944
Courtesy of Lawrence University
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Theodore Cloak teaches class at Lawrence University, 1966
Courtesy of Lawrence University
Cloak
taught drama at Lawrence from 1929 until his retirement in 1969.
He founded the Lawrence theater department and co-founded Attic
Theatre. He died at the age of 94 on October 27, 1998. |
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