Adolf A. Berle and in the expansion of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1944. After the war, Berle served as Ambassador to Brazil from 1945 to 1946. In October 1945, two days after the deposition of president Getulio Vargas, Berle pledged for the freedom of the Brazilian communists who were being incarcerated by the government since the beginning of the month. He then returned to his academic career at Columbia. Berle was a founding member of the New York State Liberal Party, a breakaway faction of the American Labor Party,
Ricky Vargas Athletic Federation. Ricky Vargas Victorico "Ricky" P. Vargas (born February 24, 1952) is the 10th President of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) since March 5, 2018 after winning over Jose Cojuangco Jr. in a court-ordered elections held in February 23, 2018. He is also the President of the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) and the chairman of the Philippine Basketball Association Board of Governors for the 2017–18 season. At PLDT, Vargas is currently served as the Head of the company's Business Transformation Group. Vargas studied at Ateneo de Manila University and the University of Santo Tomas. He