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N i e l s B r o c k A s s o c i a t i o n i N e w Y o r k
h i l s e r s k o l e n
On May ist
1963
a close and very good oldfriendsofours,
Niels
Brocks Handelsskole,
celebratesits
75
thanniversary. For »festskrifte«
beingissuedonthisoccasionwehavebeenassigned »foreigncore-
pondent«. We arehonored andgrateful for thisassignment which
givesusanopportunity to talk alittle about ourselves,
Niels Brock
Association USA,
a subject which we hope may have our friend’s
interest aswell asitsmanyfollowers.
Three years agoOber visited USA and on May
17
, i
960
a
brainstormbecame reality in the formof abigparty arrangedin
his honor here in New York. Present were former students from
NielsBrockHandelsskoleandKobmandsskolen, Rotaryfriendsand
manyothersof AageRasmussen’swide circleoffriendsresiding in
thiscountry.
It was onthisoccasionthat NBA USAwas founded. Asinso
manypreviousinstancesonceagainitwas AageRasmussen’sdoing.
Hissparklingenthusiasmwas catchingwiththeresult that we tok
upon us thejob of trying to gather Brockere in the USA into a
fraternitygroup.
Frankly speakingwefelt rather optimistic about it. We thought
therenowned
»Niels Brock-
aand«wasomethingthat wouldnot be
lost soeasily, regardlessofdistance in mileageor years. With this
spirit weset out onour first task: The membershipdrive.
FortheareaaroundNewYorkoureffortswerequicklyrewarded,
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