Economic Cooperation Administration

American  

noun

1. the U.S. government agency that administered the European Recovery Program. ECA, E.C.A.

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Example Sentences

He went to Paris, where he worked for the Economic Cooperation Administration, which oversaw the Marshall Plan for European recovery after World War II. He served in the Navy from 1952 to 1955, after which he entered Harvard Law School.

From New York Times

Later that year, he joined the Economic Cooperation Administration, which carried out the postwar economic aid package to Europe known as the Marshall Plan.

From Washington Post

After working as an analyst for the federal Bureau of the Budget, Mr. Schelling enrolled in Harvard and, on completing his course work, spent two years in Denmark and France as an economist for the Economic Cooperation Administration, the agency created to carry out the Marshall Plan, the American effort to revitalize Europe after World War II.

From New York Times

Onetime president of the Studebaker Corp. and then head of Economic Cooperation Administration, Hoffman seemed to have all the executive and international experience to make him ideal to head such a foundation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Economic Cooperation Administration mission to South Korea, directed relief and reconstruction programs in that country during the Korean War; of multiple myeloma; in Washington, D.C.

From Time Magazine Archive