John N. Plank

PLANK, John N. John N. Plank, 81 of Storrs, Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of Connecticut, died Saturday (April 30, 2005). He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, in the North African and European campaigns. He received his B.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University, where he was a member of the Government faculty from 1959-62. He was Director of the Office of Research and Analysis for American Republics in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State, during the Kennedy administration, and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution from 1964-70. He joined the faculty at the University of Connecticut in 1970, retiring in 1985. A convinced Quaker, he was an active member of the Storrs Friends Meeting. He is survived by his wife Eleanor; his brother Stephen of San Rafael CA; children David of East Lansing, MI, Margaret of Silver Spring, MD, and Geoffrey of Oak Park, IL; and many devoted grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and friends. A memorial meeting will be held at Storrs Friends Meetinghouse, 57 Hunting Lodge Road, Storrs on May 14, at 2 p.m. Contributions in his memory can be made to the American Friends Service Committee, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia PA, 19102-1403. For online memorial guestbook, please visit at www.potterfh.com.