A city-planner and architect, Daniel C. Dunham was working in the Faculty of Architecture of the Engineering University of Dhaka in the sixties. He developed a deep affection for the people and a keen interest in the culture of Bangladesh. During the Liberation War, as an active member of the Bangladesh Information Centre, he sent many memos and letters to US Senators and Congressmen expressing concern about the genocide being committed in Bangladesh. In September 1971, he visited a number of refugee camps in West Bengal, submitted a report to the US Government depicting their plight and sufferings and suggested remedial actions. In November, he delivered a speech at the International Study and Research Institute, New York on 'Bengal: Background to the Indo-Pakistan Conflict' in support of the Bangladesh Liberation War. For his great contribution to the Liberation War of Bangladesh, Daniel C. Dunham is awarded Friends of Liberation War Honour (Posthumous).