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Visiting Fulbright Scholars and Occasional Lecturers 1988-89 Directory—Volume I Administration and Funding of the Fulbright Program The Fulbright Program is authorized by Public Law 87-256, the Mutual Educational and Cul tural Exchange Act of 1961. The purpose of the program is “to enable the government of the United States to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries . and thus to assist in the development of friendly, sympathetic, and peaceful relations between the United States and other countries of the world.” The primary source of funding is an annual appropriation made by the Congress to the U.S. Information Agency (USIA). Participating governments and host institutions in many countries and in the United States also contribute financially through cost sharing, as well as by indirect support such as salary supplements, tuition waivers, university housing, and other benefits. Grants are made to U.S. citizens and nationals of other countries for a variety of educational activities, primarily university teaching, advanced research, graduate study, and teaching in ele mentary and secondary schools. The Board of Foreign Scholarships (BFS), Since the Educational Exchange Program composed of twelve educational and public lead was passed by Congress and signed into law ers appointed by the President of the United by President Truman on August 1, 1946, States, formulates and develops policies and cri teria for the purpose of making final selection of over 156,000 men and women have partici all candidates for awards. pated. These people have acquired a capac The U.S. Information Agency develops poli ity for empathy and understanding between cies to assure fulfillment of the purposes of the program and administers the program with the cultures; they bring to their communities a assistance of binational educational commissions fresh awareness of other countries, their cus and foundations in more than 40 countries that toms, religions, and history. Such under have executive agreements with the United States for continuing exchange programs, United standing is essential if the community of na States embassies in more than 80 other coun tions is to find a way to adjust to the reality tries, and a number of major cooperating agen of nuclear weapons. cies in the United States. The binational commissions and foundations propose the annual country programs, which es Senator J. William Fulbright tablish the numbers and categories of grants based on requests from local institutions; review applications of nominated Americans and ar range or confirm their academic affiliation; make travel arrangements for grantees and their families; and provide orientations and facilitative services. In a country without a commission or foundation, the U.S. embassy develops the pro- gram and supervises it locally. The Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) is a private organization that facilitates international exchange in higher edu cation. Under a grant from USIA, CIES cooper ates in the administration of the Fulbright Scholar Program. Visiting Fulbright Scholars and Occasional Lecturers 1988-89 Directory — Volume I Council for International Exchange of Scholars Affiliated with the American Council of Learned Societies Visiting Fulbright Scholars and Occasional Lecturers Each year over 1,200 scholars from abroad are Responsibilities of Host Institutions invited to lecture and conduct research in American colleges and universities under the Institutions wishing to invite a visiting Fulbright Fulbright Scholar Program. Some 1,050 of the scholar should develop a comprehensive plan for scholars apply for grants through Fulbright comthe visit and inform the lecturer of arrangements missions or U.S. embassies in their home countries;well in advance. The length of the lecturer’s stay at another 150 are invited by colleges and universitieseach institution will depend upon the particular in the United States to lecture in their specific interests of the academic community and the fields under the Scholar-in-Residence Program. facilities available, but the period should be suffi cient to provide an opportunity for the visitor to To acquaint the American academic community become acquainted with the educational program with the visiting scholars and their fields of spe and the academic life of the host institution. A cialization, the Council for International Exchangeprogram of two to three days’ duration is suggested, of Scholars (CIES), which cooperates with the or a longer period if visits to several member United States Information Agency in administeringinstitutions of a consortium are planned. the Fulbright Scholar Program, annually publishes the two-volume Directory of Visiting Fulbright Host institutions are asked to provide local trans Scholars and Occasional Lecturers. The directoryportation, accommodations, and meals for the assists institutions that wish to participate in the lecturers. If possible, an honorarium should be Occasional Lecturer Program. considered. The lecturer should be advised in advance what the host institution will provide. In October of each year CIES publishes Volume I of the directory; Volume II is published later in theSuggested activities for the visiting academic year. Each directory contains a compre lecturer are: hensive listing by discipline, which includes the scholars’ names, home geographic areas, the • An initial general assembly or convocation American universities with which they are affiliated, where the lecturer can be presented to and topics on which scholars are prepared to students and faculty; lecture. In addition to the discipline listing, each • Lectures in classrooms where the lecturer can directory has three indices: an alphabetical list by make a contribution to the discipline; name of scholar, a list by home geographic area, • Faculty meetings where there can be an and a list by host state. exchange of ideas on higher education; • Informal coffees or teas with students and/or The Occasional Lecturer Program faculty; • Invitations to dinner in student living groups; Although colleges and universities are encouraged• Home hospitality provided by the faculty; to contact visiting scholars directly (using the • Meetings with community organizations or faculty associate names and addresses in the church groups that have a special interest in directory), visits may also be arranged through the international relations. CIES Occasional Lecturer Program. This program provides limited funds for the round-trip trans portation of scholars who accept lecturing invi tations. Special attention is given to the needs of institutions with little opportunity for international lecturers. For additional information on the Fulbright Scholar Program, write to the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Eleven Dupont Circle, Washington, DC 20036-1257, or call 202/939-5405. 3 Visiting Scholars by Academic Field 5 Agriculture Brozek, Stanislaw University of Kentucky, Department of Agronomy, Lecturer, Department of Forest Ecology, Lexington, KY 40546-0091; October 1988—July Agricultural University of Krakow, Krakow, Poland1989 Research on the Chemical Composition of Youngc/o Dr. Dennis TeKrony Forest Trees Growing in Soils with Mull Moder and Mor Type of Humus Kanninen, Markku University of Washington, College of Forest Research Manager, Foundation for Research of Resources, Seattle, WA 98195; January Natural Resources in Finland, Helsinki, Finland 1988—April 1989 Research on Shoot Elongation of Forest Trees: c/o Dr. Dale Cole Analysis of Weather Influences on Growth Rate and Seasonal Development El-Hag, Hassan M.A. University of Washington, Center for Quantitative Lecturer, Department of Animal Science, University Science in Forestry, Fisheries, and Wildlife, of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan Seattle, WA 98195; January 1989—August 1989 Research on the Role of Copper in Immunologicalc/o Dr. E. David Ford Expulsion of Nematodes University of Florida, Clinical and Community Procopiou, Ioannis Dietetics Program, Gainesville, FL 36210; August Director, Department of Land Structure and Group 1988—May 1989 Farming, Ministry of Agriculture, Athens, Greece c/o Dr. Robert Jackson Research for Agricultural Studies of the Pistachio Tree Golinski, Piotr University of California—Los Angeles, Laboratory Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, of Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, Los Agricultural University of Poznan, Poznan, PolandAngeles, CA 90024; June 1988—August 1988 Research on Mycotoxins Associated with the Fusariac/o Professor Arthur Wallace Species U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Sultan, Sufian A. Research Service, Department of Mycotoxin Head, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Research, Peoria, IL 61604; October 1987— An-Najah National University, Nablus, West Bank March 1989 Research on Plant Parasitic Nematodes and Other c/o Dr. Ronald Vesonder Grape Diseases University of California—Davis, Department of Hamze, Mouin H. Nematology, Davis, CA 95616; September 1988— Dean, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Lebanese May 1989 University, Beirut, Lebanon c/o Dr. Howard Ferris Research on Diagnostic Practices to Identify Iron Deficiency in Higher Plants Yurttas, Ziya U.S. Department of Agriculture—ARS, Soil Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Microbial Systems Laboratory, Beltsville, MD Economics, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey 20705; July 1988—September 1988 Research for Developing a Program-Planning