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Nelson Mandela Wins First J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding Fulbright N E w s L E T T E R ASSOCIATION Vol. XVI No.2 Nelson Mandela Wins First J.William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding n October 1 the Fulbright Association awarded the first J.William Fulbright Prize O for International Understanding to Nelson R. Mandela. The prize, which carries a $50,000 award, is made possible through a grant from The Coca-Cola Foundation. President's Re ort By Michael S. DeLucia n December 31, I complete my sec­ Board of Directors is committed to this a second phase of their development by ond term as president of the goal. Of special interest to me is the plan­ defining specific projects. O Fulbright Association's Board of ning for the 50th anniversary of the From a financial point of view, the associ­ Directors. It has been a very productive and Fulbright Program in 1996. I hope that all ation is healthier and more stable than at enjoyable two years; now is an appropriate members will step forward with ideas on any point in its history. The association has time to reflect on the condition of the asso­ ways to celebrate this milestone in the pro­ now purchased new computer equipment, ciation and the direction in which it is gram's history. hired new personnel, and undertaken more headed. On a personal note, this year has been extensive support to chapters. very satisfying for me. Membership in the Fulbright Association The 88th birthday cele­ reached its high point in 1993. Because of bration for Senator major efforts to recruit new members over Fulbright in May 1993 the last two years, the association now has saw an emotional trib­ approximately 3,500 members. The growth ute to the Senator by of the association's membership is due pri­ President Bill Clinton marily to the determined efforts of Jane and by the Senator's Anderson, our executive director. family, personal associ­ I would like to add a special word about ates, and current and Jane Anderson and about the Board of former Fulbrighters Directors. It has been a pleasure to work from around the globe. with Jane these past two years. She has The awarding of the remarkable enthusiasm and talent and has Presidential Medal of helped the association develop on so many Freedom to Senator levels . Of particular importance has been Fulbright was a moving her work on the annual conferences and the climax for the occasion. tribute to Senator Fulbright. Without her The awarding of the efforts, these projects would not have been first J. William Fulbright possible. Nelson R. Mandela and Michael S. DeLucia, Fulbright Association President. The association's mission is as important Prize for International today as ever before: to preserve and Understanding to advance the legacy of Senator J. William Nelson Mandela in Fulbright and the Fulbright Program. The October marked the culmination of three The Fulbrighters Newsletter of the years of hard work by Fulbright Association is published four the association. Both times a year. Material for publication on of these events have the subjects of international exchange, brought praise to the international education, and alumni association and reaf­ Fulbright Association Executive DirectorJane L. Anderson and activities, as well as news and reports of firmed its credibility Mr. Mandela. host countries and institutions, should and its mission. be sent to the editor. On an organizational level, two of the Finally, the Board of Directors includes a association's task forces have shown sub­ broad cross section of Fulbrighters, and it Jane L. Anderson stantial growth these past two years and has made these past two years very Fulbright Association have identified distinct missions and con­ productive. My successor, Maurizio 1307 New Hampshire Ave., NW stituencies: the East Central European Task Gianturco, will find both talent and energy Washington, DC 20036 Force and the AIDS Task Force. Each is on the board and an eagerness to work on Copyright© 1993 mobilizing the talents of Fulbrighters who behalf of the Fulbright ideal. My best wish­ Fulbright Association have expertise in these areas. It is my hope es go to Maurizio, the board, and Jane in that in 1994 both task forces will move into 1994. 2 The Fulbri ht Prize Idea By Stanley N. Katz ince I was not its originator, I think I changed dramatically since 1946. am in a position to argue that the My actual experience in chairing the SJ. William Fulbright Prize for selection committee confirmed me in International Understanding has been a these thoughts. The committee was very good idea. geographically diverse and composed of men and women with very different life experiences. We were not able to have a face to face meeting (for reasons of cost and timing), but we achieved consensus more rapidly than I would have thought possible. I was, frankly, amazed that five people in four countries would have so many common selections on their first ballot and a solid consensus on the sec­ ond. It seems to me that in read­ ing the remarkable mountain of nomination papers, we were moved to very similar thoughts about the meaning of interna­ Mr. Mandela and FulbrightAssocation President­ tional understanding at this Elect Maurizio A. Gianturco. Stanley N. Katz speakson the Fulbright Prize at the 16th moment in human history. annual conference. I believe that the association nership - with the governments of our was honored by Nelson Mandela - nations, with our internationalist corporate Like most of the Fulbrighters who are not only in accepting the award, but in partners, with non-governmental organiza­ active participants in the association and its speaking so movingly about our common tions, and with individuals and groups state chapters, I have been concerned to "let concerns in his acceptance speech. It would everywhere in the world devoted to activi­ the word go forth" about the Fulbright have been heartening to have received even ties in the Fulbright spirit. Program . The leadership of the national more publicity about the Fulbright Prize, The point, I trust, is not to try to bask in association and, increasingly, those who but current events in South Africa overtook the glory shining upon Bill Fulbright and direct the state and local groups, struggle us. But Mr. Mandela noticed, as did the Nelson Mandela, but to use its reflected constantly with the problem. All too often, State Department and the United States intensity to examine the cause to which we however, we find ourselves addressing our Information Agency. are mutually committed. fellow Fulbrighters, repeating safe pieties, I hope (and think) that the Fulbright preaching to the choir. Prize, if continued, will set in motion a very I have long felt that we needed to develop important international process of continu­ new strategies not only for extending the al redefinition of the contemporary mean­ program among our countrymen and for ing of mutual international understanding. 1994 maintaining the unique appeal of the It is a symbol of our commitment to part- Fulbright ideal outside the United Fulbright Prize States, but also for urging the renewal of the ideal itself. he Fulbright Association will When I was asked to chair the selec­ call for nominations for the tion committee, I thought long and second J. William Fulbright hard about what the Fulbright Prize T Prize for International Understanding might mean for the development of early in 1994. All association mem­ international understanding. It seemed bers will receive nomination guide­ to me that it might help us break out of lines and forms. The prize will be the box by making a statement that awarded on September 30, 1994, in a would be heard 'round the world. ceremony during which the laureate It would inevitably draw attention to will address the association's mem­ our mentor, Senator Fulbright, while bership at the annual conference. The he was still actively engaged in pro­ 1994 prize is made possible by a grant moting mutual understanding. It from The Coca-Cola Foundation, the would, above all, provide a genuinely philanthropic arm of The Coca-Cola multilateral, international mechanism Company. for the continuing redefinition of the Fulbright AssociationPrize CommitteeChairman John Fulbright ideal in a world that has B. Hurford and Mr. Mandela. 3 Nelson R. Mandela orn on July 18, 1918, Nelson R. tioned the Supreme Court in 1954 to strike ban on him had not been immediately Mandela enrolled in 1939 at Fort Mr. Mandela from the attorneys' roll renewed. The conference elected a national BHare University College, one of the because of his involvement in the defiance action committee to press for a national few places in South Africa where Africans campaign. convention to decide South Africa's future could pursue university education. He was Mr. Mandela was still banned in 1955 democratically. expelled in his third year for organizing a when the Congress of the People brought In 1961 Mr. Mandela and others set student boycott of the Student 3,000 delegates from all over the up an armed wing of the ANC to Representative Council after the authorities county to consider the press for change through acts of sab­ had deprived it of its powers. Freedom otage strictly targeted at installa­ In 1940 Mr. Mandela went to tions and not people. Mr. Mandela Johannesburg to complete his was forced underground in a fresh studies at the round of arrests and traveled University of the secretly throughout the country Witwatwersrand, and abroad. He was captured in where he earned a Harwick, Natal, on August 5, law degree. He stayed ·n 1962. in Alexandra township [6 £}fitj\.ssociatw To prevent publication or quo­ amid the poverty, over­ tation of his words, he was crowding, exclusion, 'Tfteru rt ud w present banned while in prison.
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