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Kyriakos Mitsotakis Visits Israel Prominent Dr S o C V st ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ W ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ E 101 ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald anniversa ry N www.thenationalherald.com a weekly Greek-american Publication 1915-2016 VOL. 19, ISSUE 979 July 16-17, 2016 c v $1.50 John Brademas, ex-Congressman, Majority Whip, NYU President, Dies at 89 Outpour of Affection and Admiration from Community for a Champion of Hellenism By Theodore Kalmoukos to Watergate to civil rights, Brademas was his party's major - John Brademas, an 11-term ity whip, winning landslide elec - Congressman from Indiana and tion after election in a predom - the 13th President of NYU and inantly conservative district. later Life Trustee of the Univer - After losing reelection in sity – died on July 11. 1980 during the conservative Andrew Hamilton, President revolution that swept Ronald of NYU in a statement said, AP Reagan into office, Brademas reported: "John Brademas was lobbied hard to become presi - a person of remarkable charac - dent of New York University, the ter and integrity. He exemplified Times noted, and essentially a life of service to causes and transformed the institution institutions greater than himself. "from a commuter school into Both in Congress and at NYU, one of the world's premier resi - he brought progress in difficult dential research and teaching times. He believed NYU should institutions." be at the center of the great civic The Times described Brade - discourses of our times and used mas as "looking collegiate in his influence to draw world tweeds and sweaters [and] dis - leaders to Washington Square. playing boundless energy," dur - And through his vision, opti - ing his NYU reign, and how he mism, self-assurance, and wis - joined the Federal Reserve Bank dom, he proved himself again of New York (later becoming its and again as a great builder of chairman), the New York Stock institutions and a champion of Exchange, and other prestigious education and the arts. bodies, reaching out to execu - "Prized and respected for his tives and philanthropists in the intelligence and dignity, he was name of bringing national and called on, time and again, to international recognition to tnH serve in prominent public roles: NYU. Then Indiana congressman John Brademas -left- along with Maryland Senator Paul Sarbanes were a great team who carried the as chair of the New York Federal As the Times noted, “by the fight against the Junta in Athens, and battled for justice in Cyprus to the highest levels of the US government after the Turkish Reserve, as a member of the invasion. Brademas, former president of New York University, who transformed that institution, has died at age 89. New York State Board of Re - Continued on page 3 gents, and as Chair of the Pres - ident’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, to name just a few." Adm. Stavridis Vetted as Possible VP for Hillary Clinton MR. EDUCATION Prominent As the New York Times noted, Brademas was known TNH Staff a quality sources close to Clinton Flynn is being vetted by pre - they go into the [peace] talks during his years in Congress – a Dr. and Prof. say she considers criteria impor - sumptive Republican presiden - that are undergoing right now. Democratic House Member James G. Stavridis, a retired tant enough to consider such a tial nominee Donald Trump. Stavridis strongly empha - from Indiana, as "Mr. Education, four-star Navy admiral who also candidate on her shortlist, the The National Herald has writ - sized that Russia’s objective was having sponsored bills that al - served as NATO Supreme Allied Times reported. ten a number of articles about to help Assad and that “no seri - most doubled federal funding Zervoudakis Commander, is being vetted by The source spoke anony - Stavridis over the years, most re - ous observer thought for a mo - for elementary and secondary Hillary Clinton’s campaign as a mously to the Times, and both cently about his comments in ment” that Russia’s real aim was education, and which created possible running mate for the Clinton and Stavridis declined March about Russia’s involve - to defeat ISIS. “It was all about the National Endowment of the Passes at 73 presumptive Democratic presi - the Times’ request for comment. ment in the Syrian civil war: propping up a puppet and Arts. He was also instrumental dential nominee, the New York The possibility of Admiral “Putin’s main objective was demonstrating to the world the in the passing of project Head Times reported. Stavridis being chosen as a run - to keep Assad in power and that power of Putin and that Russia Start, during the Great Society TNH Staff Currently Dean of the ning mate is the second such in - the Russians ‘are fairly confident lives up to its commitments, era of President Lyndon John - Fletcher School at Tufts Univer - stance this week; over the week - that they’ve attained that part of drawing a contrast to what some son. NEW YORK – Distinguished sity, Stavridis brings outstanding end it was reported that retired the outcome. This shows us that A staunch Democrat who Greek-American obstetrics & gy - military credentials to the table, Lieutenant General Michael they’re feeling pretty good as Continued on page 3 stood by his party from Vietnam necology physician and associ - ate professor Dr. Ioannis Zer - voudakis passed away in his home in Manhattan on July 8,surrounded by his family. He Greek Bank Cleanup Execs was 73. Born in 1943 in Greece, his father, Andreas, also a doctor Resign as Ind. Committee and Professor of Gynecology at the Univer - sity of Athens, and his mother, Deems Them Unqualified Aliki (nee Papaleonardou) strove to nurture their son with the highest virtues of Hellenism. TNH Staff SYRIZA-led government was He exceled at the First Pilot about to move ahead with High School of Plaka and sub - ATHENS – Appointed less cleaning up the financial sector sequently attended medical than a year ago, Aris Xenofos, due to pressure from Greece’s in - school at the University of chief executive of the Hellenic Fi - ternational creditors. A Athens. nancial Stability Fund (HFSF), committee of independent An associate professor of his deputy, Giorgos Koutsos, and experts determined the three top clinical obstetrics and gynecol - a third team member, Anastasios executives were not qualified to ogy at Weill Cornell Medical Gagalis resigned on July 6. The deal with the bad debt clean-up College as well as an associate scheduled to begin next month attending obstetrician and gy - focusing on Greece’s four major necologist at New York Presby - lenders, resulting in the resigna - terian Hospital, Dr. Zervoudakis tions of Xenofos, Koutsos, and was a well-respected and mul - Kostopoulis' Gagalis. titalented member of the Greek- It appears that Greek Prime American community and an Minister Alexis Tsipras is honoree of the Hellenic Medical Caring Ear & changing his previous strategy in Society of New York (HMSNY). the struggle to manage the non- He was featured in this performing loans crippling the newspaper’s sister publication, Hands at LIJ nation’s banking system. Tsipras National Herald –Ethnikos Kyrix’ and his government have at - May 30, 2015 Periodiko. tempted to shield small The funeral was scheduled TNH Staff businesses burdened with bad for July 12 at the Archdiocesan loans and borrowers delinquent Cathedral. VALLEY STREAM, NY – Eleni on their mortgage payments Zervoudakis is survived by Kostopoulis can be found every from banks freezing their assets Giannis PanaGoPoulos) his wife of 46 years, Rallou, his Tuesday morning at 9 at her which stalled efforts to reform France Honors Andreas Dracopoulos, SNF Co-President daughters Alice, Christina and small table in the main lobby of the way banks dealt with bad Laura, sons-in-law Jim and Long Island Jewish Valley loans. Syriza politicians oppose Christophe Chantepy, Ambassador of France in Greece presents SNF co-President Andreas Dra - Adam, grandchildren Natalie, Stream ready with the tools of selling bad debt in packages to copoulos with the rank of Officer of the Legion of Honor on July 12 in Athens (Story on page 2) John, Alexander and Andreas, her trade, a file, and nail polish. “vulture” funds that buy up and his sister Sophia and In her alcove at the hospital, she poorly performing loans and nephews Andreas and Konstan - gives free manicures to visitors resell them for profit. The resig - tinos Gouras. in the surgical waiting room, al - nations of the executives suggest Mrs. Zervoudakis described leviating some of the anxiety for the government is ready to make Kyriakos Mitsotakis Visits Israel her late husband to TNH as “an those with loved ones in surgery. changes in its method for dealing excellent doctor and human be - The service may seem a strange with the bad debt. Changing the ing; he loved his work, his fam - one for a hospital waiting room, top management at HFSF was TNH Staff Jerusalem, writing in the guest - every year, and stressed that ily, the people he worked with. but the time spent interacting one of the conditions called for book that he was “deeply moved there is very considerable scope He helped students who came with Kostopoulis over a mani - by the European Union and the Greece’s New Democracy by the greatest tragedy in the for cooperation in the high tech - from Greece and wished to cure is time not spent worrying. International Monetary Fund leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, vis - history of man, we vow to never nology sector, the agri-foods and work in the laboratory. It has The simple offer of a manicure bailout monitors for the third res - iting Israel, said that country forget the horror of this tragic water management too.
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