Luther H. Evans

Luther Evans
3rd Director-General of UNESCO
In office 1953–1958
Secretary General	Dag Hammarskjöld
Preceded by	John Taylor (acting)
Succeeded by	Vittorino Veronese
Librarian of Congress
In office December 19, 1944 – July 5, 1953 Acting: December 19, 1944 – June 29, 1945
President	Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	Archibald MacLeish
Succeeded by	Verner W. Clapp (acting)
Personal details
Born	Luther Harris Evans (1902-10-13)October 13, 1902 Sayersville, Texas, U.S.
Died	December 23, 1981(1981-12-23) (aged 79) San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Education	University of Texas, Austin (BA, MA) Stanford University (PhD)
Academic background
Thesis	The Mandates System and the Administration of Territories under C Mandate (1927)
Academic work
Discipline	Political science
Institutions	New York University Dartmouth College Princeton University

Luther Harris Evans (October 13, 1902 – December 23, 1981) was an American political scientist. He was the tenth Librarian of Congress from 1944 until 1953. He later was the third Director-General of UNESCO from 1953 to 1958.^[1]