Fulbright ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER Vol. XX Nos. 1 & 2 Winter 1997/Spring 1998

Fulbright Program to Help Bosnia FY '99 Budget Request $5 Million Increase Prepare for the 21st Century Proposed for

By Eric S. Howard ( 1989) President Clinton's budget would Editor's Note: Eric Howard, a member of increase Fulbright Program funding the Fulbright Association's Board of from $94 million to $99 million for the Directorsand chairman of the associa­ next federal fiscal year, beginning on tion's Task Forceon Science and the October 1. The proposal would Environment, served last fall in Sarajevo restore some money to the Fulbright as an environmental specialist with the Program after a 25 percent decline U.S. Agency for International Develop­ since 1995, when Fulbright funding ment (USAID) Business Finance Office stood at $125 million. which providesfunds for reconstruction As the newsletter went to press, the and development of private businesses. Richard Kauzlarich, U.S. ambassadorto relevant subcommittees of the House Bosnia, and Eric S. Howard, at the cere­ and Senate Appropriations After five years of war following mony announcing the opening of Committees had begun to consider the breakup of the Socialist Federal Fulbright exchanges between Bosnia and the fiscal year 1999 budget request for Republic of Yugoslavia and the clos­ the . the United States Information Agency ing of the Fulbright Program with the (USIA), which includes funding for former Yugoslavia in 1992, Bosnia is infrastructure suffered great damage the Fulbright Program and other currently rebuilding its academic sys­ during the war. The campuses of the international exchanges. tem. As recognition of that move­ Universities of Sarajevo and Mostar Although the administration's bud­ ment, Fulbright exchanges between were on the front lines, and many get requested an additional $5 million Bosnia and the United States were university buildings were damaged. for Fulbright exchanges, it did not inaugurated in September 1997. Books, technical equipment, and sci­ significantly increase USIA's interna­ At the ceremony instituting the entific instruments were destroyed or tional educational and cultural exchanges, Richard Kauzlarich, U.S. looted. exchange line item, which covers the ambassador to Bosnia and As a result of shelling and mortar Fulbright Program and a number of Herzegovina, said, "I salute all of you attacks, part of the Scientific and other academic, professional, and citi­ who have made it possible for Bosnia Technical Faculty at the University of zen exchanges. Members of Congress to stand on the threshold of the 21st Sarajevo was destroyed. The univer­ have registered support for the century in celebrating a renewal of sity lost to a fire its herbarium collec­ (continued on page 22) academic growth as the 121st country tion, which included indigenous [currently] participating in the plants collected in the pre-industrial Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program." era. The upper -floor office of Prof. In This Issue Approximately 60 academics, gov­ Sulejman Redzic, a leading botanist Members Elect President, Directors ...... 2 ernment officials, and businessmen and president of the Society for Fulbright at Fifty Town Meetings ...... 3 attended the program held at the Environment Protection and Hotel Bosnia in downtown Sarajevo. Improvement of Bosnia and Institutional Member Fulbright Profiles ...... 4, 5 Ambassador Kauzlarich noted that Herzegovina, was also damaged. from 1964 until 1992 when the war While tangible items may be Institutional Member Roster ...... 6 began, more than 2,550 former replaced, Bosnia's greatest loss may Member Editorial ...... 7 Yugoslavian Fulbrighters crossed be the flight of talent . Thousands of Chapter Events & Activities ...... 8-10 miles of oceans to participate in the academics, students, and recent grad­ 20th Anniversary Art Exhibition ...... 11-13 unique cultural experience the uates left their homes and became Global Fulbright Network ...... 14,15 Fulbright program offers. One of them refugees who have now started new Alumni Achievements ...... 16-19 was Prof. Biljana Plavsic, the current lives in other parts of the world. International Education Task president of the Republic of Serbska. Many may not return to participate in Force Proposed ...... 23 Fulbright exchanges with Bosnia the reconstruction and rebirth of their are especially important because the native state. country's academic community and (continued on page 22) Fulbright Fulbright \ ~ '- !I ! . I \ T I O '\ The Fulbright ers' New slett er ------The Fulbrighters' Newslett er ' ,, "' ' '' '"'

1958, and a Ph .D. degree from correct balance among student, Members Elect President, Directors Columbia University in 1968. He was teacher and faculty grants, the report a Fulbright scholar to Germany in Town Meetings Proposed on calls for a slight increase in the num­ Hillcrest Hospital and president of 1961. ber of student grants, while maintain­ Hillcrest Radiology Associates in Dr. Anderson is a member of the Fulbright Program Report ing the current emphasis in the schol­ Cleveland . He earned his medical Association of Collegiate Schools of ar grant program on awards for degree from the Albert Einstein Architecture, the British Society for scholarship and lecturing. The College of Medicine in in Philosophy of Science, the College Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program 1960 and received a B.A. degree in Art Association, and the Society of received high praise in the report, chemistry from Case Western Architectural Historians. He serves which recognized teacher exchanges Reserve University in 1956. As a as a director of the Boston Society of as a "highly-leveraged effort [that] Fulbright scholar to in 1964, Architects. Previously, he has served pays huge benefits for the teachers he served as a fellow in radiology at on the Designer Selection Panel for involved , and through them for their the Karolinska Sjukhuset in the Massachusetts Port Authority, as students, schools, and communities ." Stockholm. His pioneering work in a commissioner of the Boston The report urges continuation of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging Landmarks Commission, and as a cooperative projects with private was recognized in 1982 with an director of the Boston Preservation business "based on mutual interest award from the Centre National de la Alliance. and guidelines for appropriate Recherche Scientifique in . Ronald A. Crutcher is director of involvement." Other private sector A fellow of the American College of the School of Music and Marie and assistance sought to strengthen the Ronald J.Ross Radiology and a member of many Joseph D. Jamail, Sr. Regents profes­ program are broader incentives for medical societies, Dr. Ross has also sor at the University of Texas at faculty participation and a range of At the Fulbright Association's 20th been active in community, civic, and Austin. Dr. Crutcher received a doc­ institutional supports for Fulbright annual business meeting on October 2 philanthropic organizations, serving tor of musical arts degree from Yale United States Information Agency Director JosephDuffey , J. William Fulbright faculty grantees. in Washington, D.C., members elected as a trustee of the Meridia Health University. The recipient of a Foreign ScholarshipBoard Member Lee Williams, Fulbright Steering Committee Of particular interest to alumni are Ronald J. Ross to serve as president in System and of the Cleveland Clinic Fulbright award in 1972, he also stud­ Chairman William Friday, and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright listen as recommendations to locate and ied in Germany with Siegfried Palm 1998. Association members also voted Foundation. Dr. Ross was founding President Clinton comments on the Fulbright at Fifty report. engage former Fulbrighters not cur­ to adopt the slate of board candidates chairman of the Board of Trustees of and Enrico Mainardi. As a Woodrow rently involved in alumni activities proposed by the 1997 Nominating Meridia Health Foundation and is a Wilson and Ford Foundation fellow, Recommendations made in Fulbright changing world and strongly endorsed and to create avenues to receive their Committee for the term Jan. 1, 1998, to past president of the Fulbright he studied with renowned cellist at Fifty: Meeting the Challengeof the what it terms the core Fulbright con­ counsel and support. As part of this Dec. 31, 2000. Newly elected to the Association's Northeast Ohio Aldo Parisot. Next Fifty Years, the report of a steer­ cepts of binationalism, open, merit­ outreach, members of the Fulbright Board of Directors are Stanford Chapter. He has been a director of ing committee convened to study the based competition, an emphasis on Association were sent a copy of Anderson, Ronald A. Crutcher, the Fulbright Association since 1994 Fulbright Program on its 50'h anniver­ excellence, and the promotion of Fulbright at Fifty last fall. R. Fenton-May, Richard 0 . Lundquist, and has served in a variety of leader­ sary, are serving as the focus of town mutual understanding . Steering Under the rubric of partnerships, Charles MacCormack, Roger M. ship roles. meetings that report sponsors hope Committee Chairman William Friday , the report recommends steps to Milgrim, and Niara Sudarkasa. will be held throughout the country. president emeritus of the University of strengthen private sector ownership Flavia Cigliano, Eric Howard, Stephen First-Term Directors A January 27 meeting convened by the North Carolina, presented the report and involvement in the Fulbright M. Johnson, Thomas J. Keil, Jesus Chapter of the Fulbright last August to President Clinton in a Program. Administrators were asked Mendez, and Thomas L. Shillinglaw A registered architect and head of Association and moderated by White House ceremony attended by to explore opportunities for U.S. and were elected to serve a second term . the Architecture Department of the Caroline A. Matano Yang, a member Fulbright Association board member foreign foundation support of pro­ Massachusetts Institute of of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Sally Shelton-Colby. jects involving Fulbright grantees and Officers, Committee Heads Named Technology, Stanford Anderson Scholarship Board and former execu­ To meet demand for Fulbright ex­ "new combinations" of state and received a B.A. degree from the tive director of the -United States changes in the post Cold War era, the local governments, business, educa­ At its February 7 meeting, the Board University of Minnesota in 1957, an Educational Commission , explored report advocates that U.S. govern­ tion, and civic groups which could of Directors approved the appoint­ M.A. degree in architecture from the the report's recommendations on ment funding for the Fulbright Pro­ serve as joint sponsors of grants and ment of Frederick G. Acker as vice University of California, Berkeley in incentives to encourage faculty partici­ gram administered by the United special activities. president, Flavia Cigliano as secretary, pation in the Fulbright Program. States Information Agency be re­ Town meetings in response to the and Howard P. Calhoun as treasurer . Fulbrightat Fifty affirmed the stored to at least $125 million annual­ report are expected to involve a vari­ Ronald A. Crutcher Named as committee chairpersons Fulbright Program as a vital force in ly. The committee proposed that the ety of organizations in a community were Flavia Cigliano, chapter devel­ advancing U.S. national interests in an Fulbright-Hays program adminis­ in order to build partnerships in sup­ opment; Frederick G. Acker , develop­ Dr. Crutcher made his Carnegie increasingly interdependent, rapidly tered by the U.S. Department of port of international exchange. The ment; Thomas L. Shillinglaw, legal Hall debut in March 1985. He is a Education receive funding at its 1995 National Humanities Center, which affairs; Jesus Mendez, membership; former member of the Cincinnati The F11/brighters'Newsletter is a public ation of level of $5.9 million. convened the steering committee of Stephen M. Johnson, nominating ; and Symphony and a founding member the Fulbright Association. Material for public a­ Also sought were more vigorous 19 prominent individuals who pre­ tion on the subjects of international exchange, Philip 0 . Geier, Fulbright Prize. of the Chanticleer Quartet. He tours international education , and alumni activities, as efforts to achieve funding parity from pared the report, has limited funding Robert S. Bowen and Kempton Dunn in this country and in Europe with well as news and reports of partner countri es and financially capable foreign govern­ for mini-grants to support the meet­ will serve as 1998 conference co­ the Klemperer Trio. He is president institut ions, should be sent to the Editor. ments. According to the report, the ings . For information on the mini­ chairmen. of Chamber Music America and Jane L. Anderson U.S. government should establish new grants, please contact Julie Taiber , Fulbright Association serves on boards of the Musical Arts 1130 17th St., N .W., Suite 310 binational Fulbright commissions Alliance for International Educational President Association (Cleveland Orchestra) , Washington, DC 20036 only with nations ready and able to and Cultural Exchange, 1828 L St., the College Music Society, the [email protected] contribute significantly to exchanges NW, Suite 901, Washington, DC Ronald J.Ross is director of the Copyright© 1998 and to administrative costs . 20036. (202) 293-6141 (tel.); (202) 293- Fulbright Association Department of Radiology at Meridia Stanford Anderson (continued on page 20) Weighing in on the question of the 6144 (fax); [email protected].

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Editor's Note: Each issue of the newslet­ College Park campus the J.W. ter will highlight activities in support of Fulbright International Center, the Fulbright Program undertaken by according to university President several of our institutional members. A William E. Kirwan . Currently con­ completeroster of institutional members Institutional Members ceived as three new buildings adja­ appearson page six. Institutional mem­ cent to the historic Rossbourough Inn ber representativesare encouragedto al conference, recently taught a of anti-nuclear issues in New Zealand Faculty Club, the Fulbright Center contact the associationwith information course on African dance at American and, on a second Fulbright grant, the will feature an International Town on events and programs that they would University. relationship between the media and Hall, the Fulbright Resource Center, like to see coveredin future issues of the The university honored Rodger the government in Iceland. The last and both short- and long-term lodg­ newsletter. Streitmatter (Russia 1991, China Baylor University student to win a ing and dining facilities for interna­ 1994), professor of communications, Fulbright award was Beth Chandler tional guests and exchange scholars. American University, as its 1995 Scholar /Teacher of the (England 1993), a flute major. Under the direction of Harriet Washington, D.C. Year in recognition of his excellence In addition to Dr. Fridriksson, other Fulbright, the Fulbright International in teaching, his contributions to the Baylor faculty members who have Center is already collaborating with For the last 15 years American field of journalism history, and his recently received Fulbright awards faculty and researchers at the University has hosted the orientation service to the university. include Dean of the College of Arts University of Maryland on a number for the United States Information and Sciences Wallace Daniel, who of ongoing programs. Current Agency's Fulbright Teacher Exchange Baylor University, Waco, Texas spent last summer in Russia and in Fulbright International Center activi­ Program participants. The 1997 pro­ England conducting research on the ties include the Fulbright Enrichment gram provided an opportunity for A pair of Fulbright grants were church and society in post-commu­ Program funded by the United States more than 500 exchange teachers to awarded last year to a couple of nist Russia; Acting Dean of the Information Agency, which provides meet and receive intensive cross-cul­ quads, Baylor University reports. School of Education James visiting scholars from abroad resident tural training and information about Alison and Claire Hansen, two of the Williamson, who was co-director of a University of Miami President Edward T. Foote,a son-in-law of Senator Fulbright, and in the Washington, D.C., area special contemporary education and adminis­ Hansen quadruplets all of whom Fulbright group study trip to China GeorgeWashington University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg,at the J. William opportunities for learning and under­ trative issues. American University graduated from Baylor in spring last summer; Michael Johnson, assis­ Fulbright Hall on The George Washington University campus. standing American cultural and organized more than 300 events dur­ 1997, both received Fulbright grants, tant professor of art, who was a social life; a series of seminars on ing the orientation and provided marking the first time two Baylor stu­ senior Fulbright scholar at the anniversary of the Fulbright Program snow as a metaphor for both chaos "Foreign Policy for the Next child-care, meals, housing, and trans­ dents received Fulbright awards in Academy of Fine Art and Design in and also hosted the association's 12th and order. Century;" an experimental summer portation for participants. The univer­ the same year. Alison Hansen, who Bratislava, Slovakia, in 1995-96; and annual conference in 1989. program for high school students; sity also coordinated follow-up work­ majored in journalism and Spanish Christine Getz, assistant professor of Among George Washington University of Maryland, and a Fulbright International Center shops throughout the East Coast. In and received a Fulbright award to music history, who is currently in University faculty members who College Park site on the World Wide Web. 1993 American University was named Spain, is conducting a comparative Italy at the Universitd Cattolicain have received Fulbright awards, sev­ The University of Maryland College regional coordinator for the Middle study of journalism in the U.S. and Milan to study music patronage and eral have been honored recently for The University of Maryland Park supported the Fulbright Atlantic States. American University Spain. Claire Hansen, also a journal­ politics in sixteenth century Milan. their leadership and the quality of College Park reports that it now has Association's 19th annual conference has also hosted the Fulbright Pre­ ism major with minors in German their teaching and research . Robert more than 170 faculty members who in 1996 which celebrated the sot!, Academic Program, which offers visit­ and Spanish, is studying the media in The George Washington University, Caplan (India 1978), professor of psy­ have received Fulbright grants at anniversary of the Fulbright ing Fulbright students cross-cultural Vienna. Washington, D.C. chology and of psychiatry and behav­ some point in their careers. Over the Program, and the University of and computer training before they Alison and Claire credit the guid­ ioral sciences, achieved fellow status last decade the university has consis­ Maryland System co-sponsored the begin their graduate studies. ance of Lianne Fridriksson, Baylor As part of the commemoration of in the American Psychological tently placed among the top ten uni­ association's 15th annual conference. In 1995 American University served University's Fulbright Program the 50"' anniversary of the Fulbright Society in 1997 in recognition of sus­ versities in the number as co-sponsor of the Fulbright adviser, as a major ingredient of their Program in 1996, The George tained outstanding contributions to of foreign Fulbright Association's 18th annual conference success. Dr. Fridriksson, associate Washington University dedicated one the science of psychology. scholars it receives. in Washington, D.C., where universi­ professor of journalism, is a Fulbright of its residence halls to Senator J. The Carnegie Foundation for the These visiting scholars ty President Benjamin Ladner was alumna who studied media coverage William Fulbright, who graduated Advancement of Teaching named may spend time in resi­ recognized for his long-standing sup­ from the university's law school in James Oliver Horton (Germany 1988) dence at the port of international education. 1934 and also taught there. the 1996 District of Columbia International House Links between American University "It is indeed a privilege, as part of Professor of the Year. Dr. Horton, dormitory on campus, faculty members who are Fulbright our 175th anniversary, to celebrate the who is Benjamin Banneker professor interact with students in alumni and the Fulbright Association life and work of William Fulbright," of American studies and history, was the College Park are strong. Naima Prevots (Australia said President Stephen Joel selected in 1996 to chair the reestab­ International Scholars 1987), professor and director of the Trachtenberg. "His career in public lished National Park System Program, and give sem­ university's dance program, served service and higher education is spe­ Advisory Board. inars and workshops as a board member of the Fulbright cial. But beyond special was the Snow in America by Bernard about their countries in Association from 1990 to 1996 and establishment of the exchange pro­ Mergen (Mongolia 1996), a professor regular classes or in was the chairwoman of the associa­ grams for scholars that arguably of American civilization, was pub­ seminars. tion's 14th, 15th, and 16th annual made the world a better place." lished by the Smithsonian Institution Recently the Fulbright conferences. Akua Kouyate (Gambia The George Washington University Press. The book looks at a range of agenda at the Frank Schlesingerof the University of Maryland Archi­ 1992), who with her dance troupe Alison Hansen, Lianne Fridriksson,and co-sponsored the Fulbright topics such as the emergence of the University of Maryland tectural Collegereviewing sites for the new Fulbright Memory of African Culture per­ ClaireHansen at Baylor University, Association's 19"' annual conference skiing industry and its legacy of envi­ has been driven by the International Center building with Harriet Mayor formed at the association's 16th annu- Waco, Texas. in 1996 which celebrated the 50th ronmental problems and the use of decision to build on the Fulbright.

4 5 Fulbright Fulbri ght ,\ .~ ~ IJ C I ,\ T I o , The Fulbrighters' Newsletter '" "' ' ' " '" The Fulbrighters' Newsletter ------Fulbright Association Institutional Members Message to Congress Don't Undervalue American University Keene State College University of Arkansas Arizona State University Kent State University University of California, Berkeley FulbrightExchanges Armand Hammer United World Louisiana State University University of California, Riverside College Lynchburg College University of Central Florida By AlisonGardy (Mexico 1988) Association for International Mercer University University of Connecticut Practical Training Editor's Note: Fulbright Association sciences, and the arts. Former Michigan State University University of Delaware member Alison Gardy is a freelance Fulbright recipients range from econ­ Barry University writer based in . omist Milton Friedman to novelist Morehead State University University of Georgia Joseph Heller; Chairman and CEO of Baylor University What you are about to read may Bethlehem Steel Curtis H . Barnette to Nazareth College of Rochester University of Hawaii Boston University shock you, but statements such as the former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove; Oklahoma State University University of Houston-Downtown following are heard every day in orchestra conductor Lorin Maazel to Brigham Young University prestigious American universities: Under Secretary of State for Political Pace University University of Illinois at Urbana- Bryn Mawr College "Nehru is the President of Africa Affairs Thomas R. Pickering; and Champaign today," "Montenegro is a small South Librarian of Congress James Pennsylvania State University Buena Vista University American country," "The Spanish Billington to astronaut (and former Alison Gardy University of Kentucky Pine Manor College Civil War was a model for the Civil U.S. senator) Harrison Schmitt, not to Buffalo State College University of Maine at Orono War in the U.S.A.." mention numerous Nobel Prize win­ people sharpen their savvy . The Reed College California State University-Fresno Professors try not to flinch. Where ners in the sciences. "payback" on investment in interna­ University of Maryland to begin correcting sentences that Rice University The list goes on. The U.S. govern­ tional exchange may not be quantifi­ Carroll College, Helena, Mt. have almost as many factual errors as ment's investment in a formative and able or direct, but that is only because University of Miami St. John Fisher College they have words? Worse, professors challenging period of these individu­ its impact has such a far-reaching rip­ Case Western Reserve University University of Missouri-Kansas City know such blunders are common. als' education produced an ongoing ple effect in American society that it is St. Joseph's College of Maine Claremont Colleges Bright but undereducated. That is dividend for the entire country. impossible to measure. University of Nebraska at Lincoln San Diego State University the image American students project Still, members of Congress ask, Still, there are members of Congress The College of William & Mary to the world at a time when we can "What benefits does the country get who ask, "Why can't private money University of Notre Dame Smith College least afford to lose the global "educa­ from the Fulbright Program?" sponsor international exchange?" Cooper Union for the University of Portland tion race." Fulbright exchanges are not a luxu­ Certainly, some private money, Advancement of Science and Art Southeast Missouri State President Clinton's fiscal year 1999 ry. They afford participants an essen­ especially from leading foundations, University University of Scranton Dillard University budget-with its request to restore $5 tial reality check in a world that is has gone toward wise investments in Southeastern Louisiana State The University of the South million to the Fulbright Program changing faster than our perceptions international exchange. But these Drexel University University whose funding was slashed from $125 of it. The Fulbright Program pro­ dollars ebb and flow according to University of Tennessee million in 1995 to its current level of vides a rare shelter of space, time, changing priorities . The unchanging East Carolina University Southern Illinois University $94 million - is a step in the right and intense focus in which life-trans­ priority of the U.S. government, how­ University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Fairmont State College Carbondale direction. Still, the budget allocates forming experiences can occur. ever, is to produce citizens who can University of Wisconsin-Platteville less than $200 million, or one hun­ It is also good realpolitik. As infor­ survive, compete, and lead in the Ferris State University The Southwestern Baptist dredth of one percent of the total fed­ mal ambassadors of American cul­ world. That priority is high enough Theological Seminary Virginia Commonwealth Florida State University eral budget, for international educa­ ture, participants not only soak up to be a matter of policy, not just of University tional exchanges . knowledge about other countries, but changing commitment and whim. State University of New York at Fordham University Of that paltry sum, $99 million, or a also dispel negative myths about our Moreover, in the wake of recent Albany Wayne State College minuscule six thousandths of one per ­ own. The Fulbright Program, espe­ huge immigration waves to our The George Washington University State University of New York Wayne State University cent of the federal budget, is slated for cially, contributes to the health of U.S. shores, we need worldly sophistica­ Georgetown University College at Oswego the tried -and -true Fulbright Program, foreign relations, since it depends on tion and diplomatic skills just to make Wesleyan University which, for over fifty years, has sent bilateral decision -making between the sense of our own neighbors two doors Humboldt State University State University of New York thousands of Americans abroad and United States and 130 partner nations. down the block. There is no place West Texas A&M University College at Potsdam brought thousands of international No matter how disgruntled those anymore for isolationist thinking in Hunter College Western Washington University scholars and experts to the United nations may feel about aspects of U.S. America . To turn our backs to the Texas A&M University Idaho State University States with the goal of increasing foreign policy, the Fulbright Program world is to turn our backs to ourselves . Widener University Texas Christian University authentic cross-cultural understand­ represents an unqualified good to For those members of Congress Indiana State University them. International exchange, in Wilberforce University ing, professional expertise, and a com­ who think that international Trinity University mon desire for world peace. other words, is excellent PR for the exchange can come on the cheap, that Indiana University of William Paterson University Fulbright grantees did not simply United States government. we can substitute a chat room on the Pennsylvania Troy State University Dothan have a good time (though most did!) But the benefits also come home . Internet for demonstration and Williams College Institute of International Education Tufts University on their exchanges . Upon returning, Teachers on Fulbright exchanges come debate in the classrooms, laborato­ Wright State University they reinvested the government's back to the United States to teach. ries, streets, and museums which Iowa State University University of Alabama at investment in them in their contribu­ Scientists bring new ideas. Artists Birmingham tions to business, government, the expand their repertoires. Business (continued on page 24)

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Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY), center, with members of the Greater New York Chapter. From left Donnette Atiyah (England, 1955), James C. Baxter (Japan1973), Mary Nilles, (Belgium 1973, Yugoslavia 1974, 1991), Chapter President JeromeM. Ginsberg (South Korea 1992), Amy Champ (Zimbabwe 1995), and Doris Green (Gambiaand the Ivory Coast 1987). At its fall conference at Macalester day season with music, games, and From left, visiting Fulbright scholars College in St. Paul, the Minnesota holiday foods from different cultures. Arumadurage Silva from Sri Lanka, Chapter commemorated India's inde­ Zewdnesh and Amsel Melka from pendence. Jagdish Chandra Sharma, Clark Atlanta University's School of Lucretia L. Stoica receivesan honorary lifetime membership in the Fulbright Ethiopia, and Pierre Basquiat from Haiti At a winery tour in the Finger Lakes district of New York organized by the Central consul general of India in Chicago, International Affairs and Develop­ Association at the Northeast Ohio listen to Head Lady A/aura Pyle explain New York Chapter are from left, visiting Fulbright scholarsMiguel Latouchefrom delivered the opening remarks. T. U. ment and the North Georgia Chapter Chapter's biennial dinner. Indian customs at the Alabama Indian Venezuela and Nick Johnson from New Zealand; Shelly Ekhtiar; Fritz Rohrlich Mehta, retired chief justice of the cosponsored a lecture by Niara statewide pow wow. ( 1974); Chapter President Jennifer Ceriale (Hungary 1992, Germany 1997); Supreme Court of the Himachal State Sudarkasa (Benin 1982), president of guide James Newman; Mrs . Rohrlich;and Mrs. Newman. in India, spoke on the legacy of Lincoln University and newly elected who served 41 years at the Members of the Alabama Chapter Gandhi. President-elect Erika Vora director of the Fulbright Association. International Services Center of organized a tour for visiting University of Connecticut, spoke on Two members of Congress have (Taiwan 1986) served as master of cer­ Dr. Sudarkasa spoke on "Reflecting Cleveland, first as a staff member and Fulbrighters of the Alabama "From Anti politics to Goulash addressed visiting Fulbrighters and emonies. The conference concluded the Nation, Relating to the World: The later as executive director, for her Statewide American Indian Pow Democracy: Elite Politics and Civil Fulbright alumni at events sponsored with a performance by the Ragamala Case for Increased Diversity in the contributions to Cleveland's interna­ Wow in Montgomery, a celebration Society in Hungary ." by the Greater New York Chapter. Music and Dance Company and an Fulbright Program and U.S. Foreign tional affairs community. Ms. Stoica of Native American culture . Rep. Gary L. Ackerman (D-NY), the exhibition of Indian art. Policy." The Coca-Cola Company is now retired. She was presented Participants had a chance to speak former chairman of the House provided support for the program. with an honorary life membership in with Alabamians of Indian descent International Relations Committee's The National Capital Area Chapter the Fulbright Association at the din­ about history, music, and customs . Subcommittee on Asia and the held its annual holiday party in At its biennial dinner last ner, where chapter members also After the pow wow, the group toured Pacific, spoke on the congressional December at the International Student November, the Northeast Ohio welcomed 15 visiting Fulbrighters historic sites in Montgomery. outlook for exchange program fund­ House in Washington, D.C. Visiting Chapter honored Lucretia L. Stoica, staying in the region . Chapter members have elected ing. More recently, Rep. Nita M. Fulbright scholars and their families Emily Melvin (India 1981, 1983) presi­ Lowey (D-NY) spoke on the con­ joined alumni in celebrating the holi- USIA Supports Fulbright Enrichment Program Grants dent. Dr. Melvin teaches at Auburn gressional role in foreign policy, University. Also elected to the chap­ with particular emphasis on foreign The Academic Exchanges Division of the United States Information ter board were John Hafner (Greece aid issues. Rep. Lowey is a member Agency will make available a total of $25,000 for a grant competition exclu­ 1974, Indonesia 1984, of the House Appropriations sively for association chapters interested in providing educational and cul­ 1993) from Spring Hill College; Committee and sits on the Foreign tural enrichment programs for visiting Fulbright students, scholars and Edward Moseley (Mexico 1959), the Operations, Export Financing, and teachers in their areas. Grants will support programs that: University of Alabama; Janice Related Programs and the Labor, • enhance the exchange experience of visiting Fulbrighters Roberts (United Kingdom 1995), Health and Human Services, • strengthen the Fulbright network of alumni and visiting Fulbrighters Jefferson State Community College; Education and Related Agencies • use creatively association chapter resources and the expertise of individ­ E.L. Spencer (England 1953), the Subcommittees . The recently ual alumni to develop programs and activities that are unique to the Auburn Bank; Roger Taylor (France dedicated King Juan Carlos I of chapter's community and region 1980), the Bayer Corporation; and The Central Oklahoma Chapter's "A Spain Center at New York Uni­ For academic year 1997-98, the Alabama, Central New York, Central Yvonne Woods, the University of Taste of the West" event included a visit versity was the setting for both Oklahoma, Eastern Massachusetts, Indiana, Northern California, North West Alabama . to the Harn Homestead Museum. From events. Pari Rad, John Manion (Italy 1968), Carolina, North Georgia, Philadelphia/Delaware Valley, and South Florida left, visiting Fulbright scholarsIsaac The Greater New York Chapter has Rosalyn Haberkern (United Kingdom Chapters of the Fulbright Association received enrichment grants. For infor­ In December the Connecticut Sithole from , Phan Tam honored Immediate Past President 1994), and Ursula Franzgrote (USA mation on the 1998-99 competition, please contact Lisa Chapin, Director of Chapter hosted its annual reception from Vietnam, Abalo Adewui from Togo, Mary Nilles (Belgium 1973, 1956), members of the Northern Member and Chapter Services, Fulbright Association, 113017th St., NW, and brunch for visiting Fulbrighters and Xe Van Do from Vietnam with Yugoslavia 1974, Czech Republic California Chapter, at a reception host­ Suite 310, Washington, DC 20036. (202) 331-1590 (tel.); (202) 331-1979 (Fax); and alumni. Rudolf Tokes, professor Founding Chapter President Beverly 1991) by announcing a scholarship ed by Chapter President, Sonjia Redmond [email protected] (e-mail) . of political science emeritus, Pruett (India 1973, Pakistan 1985). award in her name. (Bahrain 1992).

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