THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. 1983-2003 A Twenty-year Review c/o Patricia Luce Chapman 6 Spoonbill Lane Rockport, TX 78382 [email protected] * 361/790-5715 THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 1 - THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. 1983-2003 A Twenty-year Review The Micronesia Institute is being restructured by Micronesian leaders to enable the islanders better to meet some of their common needs in this new 21st Century A summary of its founding, and the programs and people who have taken part in the development of this singular private organization -- which embraces all the peoples of the Micronesian cultural area -- shows that the focus of the organization has been on education, privatization and volunteerism in the fields of: ** private sector business growth ** cultural preservation and development ** training in preventive health care ** program assistance to private organizations The Institute, with an extremely limited budget and staff, found it necessary to focus on areas where it observed the greatest need, where its work was most requested, and where there were strong Micronesians working to improve the lives of the people. No disrespect was intended for areas that may not have received as much attention as others, nor was the friendship and affection any less. Sometimes the intentions of the Institute were misconstrued due to unfamiliarity with private sector practice, or transportation obstacles were unsolvable; these impacted some programs. In other cases, projects did not receive the necessary funding and could not be carried out. In many cases, pilot programs later were adapted by larger organizations. Often the MI could also serve by enabling others to make gifts through the MI umbrella. Always, the personal rewards to the non-Micronesians, and we hope also to the islanders, were deep and lasting. We are fortunate to have been associated with the peoples of Micronesia and wish good fortune to the successor Institute. The Institute's temporary address is c/o its Founder, Patricia Luce Chapman, at 6 Spoonbill Lane, Rockport, TX 78382. The Micronesia Institute, August 2004, Washington, DC THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 2 - CONTENTS BACKGROUND 3 ORGANIZATION 4 PROGRAMS and CRITERIA 5 I. PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT Symposia 5-13 Investment Seminars 13-19 Chambers of Commerce 19-22 Publications on Private Sector Development 22-23 II. EDUCATION 23 Libraries 24 Diplomatic Training Programs 24 College Student Orientation Program 25 Georgetown U. Pacific Islands Project 26 Press Seminars 27 Guam, USA Education Project 28 Majuro, RMI Cooperative School 28 Yale University Intern to the RMI 28 Cornell/Stanford Intern to Kosrae, FSM 28 Research on Effect of Removing Student Grants 29 Schuyler Nijri Kendall Memorial Foundation 29 Help to Agricultural Students 29 III. MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE 29 Chuuk “Red Cross” 31 Cultural Therapy 31 Cross-Cultural Counseling 32 George Washington U. School of Medicine 32 Women United Together of the Marshall Islands 33 Medical Supplies 33 Disaster Relief 34 IV. CULTURE Micronesian Endowment for Hist. Preservation 34-35 Donated Paintings of Micronesian Areas 35 Promoting Culture through Gifts 35 APPENDIX 36 THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 3 - BACKGROUND The area of Micronesia, in the central Pacific, has in the last 20 years become three new nations in free association with the United States (the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and the Republic of Palau (ROP). The northernmost islands, the Marianas became the US Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). All these areas were initially administered by the United States after their liberation in World War II. Later, they became a United Nations Trust Territory administered by the United States. The Micronesia area also includes the Republics of Kiribati and Nauru, and the US Territory of Guam. The entire region consists of some 2,100 islands dotted across an area of the Pacific Ocean the size of the continental United States, stretching from the Marshall Islands southwest of Hawaii, down to Nauru just below the equator, and east to the Republic of Palau just a few hundred miles from the Philippines. It is a region of stunning physical beauty and variety, vast oceanic resources, and proud, intelligent, hardworking and friendly peoples with a rich cultural heritage. Since their acquisition in the 16th century by Spain during the time of Magellan -- before the Pilgrims left England for the then unknown land which became America - the citizens of the various island areas (referring here to the Freely Associated States and the CNMI) were dominated by a succession of foreign authorities: Spain, Germany, and Japan, and then after World War II, the United States and the United Nations. It was only within the last 30 years that the Micronesians were enabled, primarily through US grants and programs and access to good education, to begin to plan for their futures. Brilliant leadership - in Palau, Lazarus Salii; in the Federated States, Tosiwo Nakayama; in the Marshalls, Amata Kabua, in the CNMI, Edward DLG Pangalinan - and leaders of goodwill in the United States, led to plebiscites on Commonwealth status for the Mariana Islands, and to Free Association for the other three. A series of Hearings in the U.S. Congress, followed by action in the UN to secure termination of the Trusteeship, brought the establishment of the new independent governments of the FSM and the RMI in 1986 and Palau in 1994. In early 1982 it became apparent to a small group of Americans that the development of a private sector organization would assist Micronesia as it moved from the welfare handouts to which had become accustomed, back to the former self-reliance and selfsufficiency. They also felt that such an organization could further American awareness of the historic American responsibilities and ties to the Micronesian peoples. It was also in America’s self-interest to do so as the area continues to be of strategic significance to the free world. Major trade routes with Southeast Asia, Japan, and the US pass through Micronesian waters and airspace. In Free Association, the US guarantees the defense of all THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 4 - of Micronesia‘s lands and oceans. ORGANIZATION The Micronesia Institute (MI), a non-profit, 501-c-3 educational charitable organization, was formed in 1983 in Washington, DC under the leadership of Patricia Luce Chapman and in consultation with Eddie DLG Pangelinan of Guam and the CNMI; Noriwo Ubedei of Palau; Epel Ilon of the FSM; Oscar de Brum of the RMI; Singeru Singeo, Ph.D. of the College of Micronesia, Palau, and the FSM; former Ambassador Peter Rosenblatt and Ambassador Fred Zeder of the Office for Micronesian Status Negotiations and members of their offices. The MI was governed by a Board of Directors, including Micronesians, advised by an Honorary Board of Directors and an Advisory Council of knowledgeable civic leaders, educators, scholars, physicians, and business executives. The Institute had no political, religious, territorial or financial interests in Micronesia. A small administrative staff at the Washington, DC headquarters with Micronesian interns and program officers and sometimes Americans and other nationals, coordinated fund raising, proposal writing, project oversight and administration.. Individual projects were led when possible by a Micronesian director located where the project was conducted, and by local Micronesian project advisory committees. The Micronesian interns were fully involved in the process, as part of an educational experience, of operating the non-profit organization and also in the opportunities offered by the Washington, DC location. In turn they educated the MI Board and staff on Micronesian customs and needs and were invaluable in development of relevant programs. Programs Programs focused on self-help and self-sustaining projects to the greatest extent possible. The designs were based on close or specific suggested areas of need. Some embraced all of Micronesia, such as support for the Micronesian Endowment for Historic Preservation (MEHP) and programs on private sector development. Others were directed to an area, and some to one village or atoll. Programs ranged from medical and humanitarian relief to encouragement of traditional cultures, private sector and business seminars and symposia, and student programs. The Institute also hosted receptions to honor visiting Micronesians, their nations and their arts, meetings to interest other organizations in Micronesia, and identification of professionals to help create support networks in their fields. Funding The Institute relied on individual contributions, foundation, corporate and governTHE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 5 - ment grants, and donations through the Combined Federal Campaign. PROGRAMS and PROGRAM CRITERIA 1. Prior consultation The MI founders had, as an absolute criterion for program development, the creation of activities designed or proposed by or with Micronesians, and jointly executed. This Micronesian co-ownership of the activities was a primary reason for MI ability to conduct relevant and encompassing programs on an extremely small budget. The MI found that Micronesians at all levels were surprised and deeply appreciative to be consulted before a program was created and that their input and equal participation, initiative and leadership was required. The result was programs that were relevant, sustainable, unusual, cost-effective, and well-run by Micronesian committees. 2. No rehash of old failed programs Another criterion was, not to replicate existing or failed past programs. Every activity was considered by a variety of specific professionals who had fresh eyes and the ability to conceptualize and to focus on solutions rather than on patchwork repair; and the identification of steps to be taken toward those solutions. Another requirement was that every meeting had to have a tight agenda, and meet its goals, and thus result in purposeful activity. 3. Visiting professionals came as friends, giving, not selling, their knowledge The visiting program professionals also brought the greatest of gifts to the islanders - their knowledge, for which they received no fees. No visiting professional or Micronesian speaker ever received a fee through the MI. The visitors came as friends, their per diem and transportation costs covered by donations. This friendship was returned a thousandfold by the Micronesians. I. PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT SYMPOSIA 1985, 1986, 1987 Participants are listed in the Appendix. The Chairman and Founder of the Institute returned from a learning trip to Micronesia in July 1984 with requests from Micronesians for help with business development, specifically in bringing business training activities to the islands. During meetings a consensus developed that a first activity should take place in 1985 to introduce a business THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 6 - resources program. Suggested program designs were received from Dr. Singeru Singeo, College of Micronesia; Hon. Tony de Brum, Marshall Islands; Martin Mix, Esq., Pohnpei Chamber of Commerce, FSM; and Ms. Linda Mori, Director/Founder, Chuuk Fairo Institute, FSM. THE FIRST SYMPOSIUM ON PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT was held in Pohnpei and Chuuk, FSM. The purpose of the symposia was to bring knowledge of private sector resources, attitudes, know-how, and practice, and exposure to business English, through seminars with businessmen and women, and university business professors. These proved to be the first private programs to be held in the heart of the FSM itself, instead of the customary Hawaii, Guam or Saipan. Equally groundbreaking, the format and content were designed by Micronesians in Micronesia to suit their business days and needs. 1985 SYMPOSIUM Stage 1 Co-Sponsor for both States: The College of Micronesia POHNPEI, FSM Coordinator: The Pohnpei Chamber of Commerce. Venue: the Pohnpei State Legislature Pohnpeian Opening Speakers: Address by The Honorable Resio Moses, Governor, Pohnpei State Senator Peter Christian, introductions of Micronesian speakers, Pohnpei Singeru Singeo, MD, College of Micronesia, opening remarks Mr. Matt Mix, Pohnpei Chamber of Commerce Ishmael Lebehn, Dir., Col. of Micronesia Coll. of Tropical Agriculture and Science Victor Milne, Marshall Islands Chamber of Commerce Other Pohnpeian speakers Introduction of the Micronesia Institute, Patricia Luce Chapman CHUUK, FSM Coordinator: The Chuuk Fairo Institute. Venue: The Chuuk Continental Hotel Chuuk Opening Speakers: Address by The Honorable Erhart Aten, Governor, Chuuk State Tadashi Wainit, Chuuk Chamber of Commerce Droteo Espangel, Bank of Guam Hon. Bob Mori, Lieutenant. Governor, Chuuk Linda Mori, President, Chuuk Fairo Institute William H. Stewart, Econ. & Foreign Investment Consultant THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 7 - Joe Suka, Chief, Chuuk State Tourism and Commerce Bernard Billimon, 4-H Club Youth Services Ishmael Lebehn, Dir., Coll. of Trop. Agr./Science, Coll. of Micronesia Introduction of the Micronesia Institute: Patricia Luce Chapman Topics addressed at one or both of the venues: Fish Resources in the Western Central Pacific: Dr. Shean-ya Yeh, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taiwan International Trade in Asia and the Pacific: Ms. Humei Wang, Chung-Hua Institute for Economic Research, Taiwan Time Management for Executives and Officials: Dr. Marilyn Liebrenz, Associate Professor of Business Administration, The George Washington University School of Government and Business Administration. Marketing Dr. Marilyn Liebrenz Project Management: Rear Admiral John M. Barrett, USN Ret., Senior Associate, Pacific Forum The Future of Cooperatives in Micronesia: Dr. Martin Abrahamsen, Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance; author, lecturer, consultant on cooperatives. Organizations Involved in Development Assistance: William O’Callaghan, Program Development, VOCA Private and Voluntary Organizations: Allan Hayes Williams, Washington World Trade Institute and MI Patricia Luce Chapman, Chairman, MI . Contributions from Continental Air Lines, Continental Micronesia Air Lines, Mobil Oil Micronesia Inc., the Republic of China, the Government of New Zealand, COMSAT, Cemac Ltd., Canada, and Gold Bar Ltd., Canada, enabled the transportation and living costs to be met. The hospitality of the Pohnpei Cultural Center and Pohnpei Chamber of Commerce, and courtesies extended by the Cliff Rainbow Hotel and Hervis Rent-a-Car, Pohnpei were greatly appreciated. Assistance from the Chuuk Continental Hotel was also very welcome, as was the hospitality and interest of Chuuk Governor Erhart Aten. The Chuuk Chamber of Commerce and Tadashi Wainit, Susumu Aizawa, and Linda Mori also conTHE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 8 - tributed greatly to the participants’ enjoyment of their part in the Symposium program. 1985 SYMPOSIUM, Stage 2: Saipan, CNMI Following the Chuuk presentation, two of the participants continued on to Saipan in the CNMI., where the College of the Northern Mariana Islands expressed interest in the symposia. Views on possible future programs were exchanged. 1986 SYMPOSIA: Yap, FSM; Koror, ROP; Majuro, RMI We regret and apologize that some program records for 1986 are unavailable, and thus the names of many Marshallese, FSM and Palauan donors, participants, speakers and hosts are not listed. The Symposium format changed as a result of a survey conducted with the 1985 participants. It was redesigned to meet the needs of business leaders, who attended at their own expense: the first morning hours were free for office work; the program ran from 10 am to 3 pm with a speaker and responder during a formal lunch; the program resumed at dinner and lasted as long as necessary. Micronesian business and government leaders, and the visiting professionals, alternated in presenting and discussing pre- selected issues. The exchanges proved to be a valuable means through which Micronesian businesses and government could present and discuss policies which hampered business growth, there being at that time no such forum. Co-sponsor for all events: College of Micronesia Financial sponsors included: Commonwealth Pacific Corporation; Continental Air Lines; Continental Air Micronesia; David A. Roland of E. F. Hutton & Co., US Information Agency; Palau Pacifric Resort; the Bank of Guam; Mobil Oil Micronesia Inc. YAP: Coordinator: Yap Community Action Programs (Tim Thornberg) Yap Historic Preservation Society (Andrew Kugfas) Venue: Rai View Hotel PALAU: Coordinator: Micronesian Occupational College (MOC) (Dr. Francis Matsutaro); Office of Cultural Affairs (Hon. Vicky Kanai). Venue: Palau Pacific Resort Opening Address: The Importance of Education in Building a Private Sector Dr. Francis Matsutaro, President, MOC THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 9 - Moderator: Thomas Ermang, Program Director, MOC Closing Address: Regent Johnston Toribiong for the College of Micronesia The many donors included President Ngiraket Etpison and his family for a trip to rock islands, The Office of Cultural Affairs and Hon. Vicky Kanai, The Palau Pacific Resort, Senator Santos Olikong, and many individual Palauans who provided refreshments, services, tour guidance, transportation, and other assistance. In his closing Address, Senator Toribiong named some 40 donors toward the program and gave Mrs. Chapman the extraordinary honor of thanking her and the Institute for enabling Palauans to give something to the Americans instead of having them passively receive from the Americans. MAJURO, MARSHALL ISLANDS: Co-sponsor: Majuro, Chamber of Commerce (Pat Muno, Grant Labaun, Amos Mac- Quinn) Marshalls Women’s Committee (Hon. Carmen Bigler, Neijon Edwards, Marie Maddison); College of Micronesia (Enid McKay). Venues: the Lanai Club, the Pub, the Likrok. Opening Address: Business Objectives for the Marshall Islands President Amata Kabua Topics presented and discussed at 1986 Symposia Economic Possibilities for Palau Otoichi Besebes, Palauan Manager, Development Bank Building a Business from Nothing Harry Fritz, Palau Businessman Privatization Conflicting with Cultural Traditions Francis Toribiong, Regent, College of Micronesia Starting up a Small Business; The Valley of Death Albert Brown, entrepreneur, inventor, business consultant Financial Management and Investment: Albert Brown Business English vs Government English: Albert Brown Welfare Handouts Only Teach You How To Hold Out Your Hand Albert Brown Economic Incentives in the Compact of Free Association THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 10 - Michael Wygant, Senior US Liaison Officer for the Trust Territory, Yap William Warren, US Liaison Officer, Palau Michael Senko, US Liaison Officer, Majuro Peter Oliver, Special Assistant to Chief Secretary of the Marshalls Martha Burgess, education consultant Time Management Dr. Marilyn Liebrenz, George Washington University School of Business Adm. Marketing Situation Analysis: Identifying Needs and Wants Dr. Marilyn Liebrenz World Bank and Asian Development Bank Dr. Nat Colletta, World Bank Factors Affecting Business Growth William Capelle, Air Marshall Islands: Causes of Business Failures and Successes Grant Lebaun, Businessman, Marshalls The Impact of Increased Competition in the Marshall Islands Ramsey Reimers, Reimers Department Stores, Marshalls Attracting Tourists to the Islands Hon. Carmen Bigler, Historic Preservation Officer The Business Potential of the Marshalls Jerry Kramer, Marshalls Chamber of Commerce SYMPOSIUM #3, 1987 This program was held in two relatively unfamiliar areas: Ebeye Island, Kwajalein Atoll, RMI; and Kosrae State, FSM. It returned to Chuuk, FSM because Chuuk is the most populous of the states in the new nations Over-populated and under-developed Ebeye, then famous as the “slum of the Pacific,” and which the MI renamed “The Chicago of the Marshalls” is home to Marshallese working at the Kwajalein Atoll US Military Facility. The residents are hardworking, intelligent, imaginative people, some of high Marshallese lineage, earning US wages at the base. The MI determined that they were excellent candidates for a program on private enterprise and business growth. The large airport on Kosrae, the smallest of the FSM states, had only just been completed, and a fledgling tourism business was starting up. The attendance in Kosrae on one day was an extraordinary 10% of the (admittedly small) population. THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 11 - This was the first true private sector program in Ebeye and Kosrae. In Chuuk the program was almost rained out and electricity was erratic, but the daily participation of the first president of the FSM, The Honorable Tosiwo Nakayama, and of the first governor of Chuuk, The Honorable Erhart Aten, and the resourcefulness and determination of the Chuukese, offset the frequent absence of light and air conditioning. In each area the local hosts determined the agenda, selected and invited Micronesian speakers, and handled logistical details, food, housing, meeting rooms, hand-outs, breakout work tables, and special events. The visitors were treated to magnificent feasts, boat rides, and picnics on other islands in their atoll or island (Kosrae). It was notable that little Kosrae produced a program equal to anything Harvard or Oxford Universities could put on. Major support for the Symposium was provided by: Aeromet Inc., Continental Air Lines, Continental Air Micronesia, EC Corporation, Global Associates, Pacific House Ltd., PRC Kentron, RCA Corporation, US Information Agency, US Trade & Development Program, Mobil Oil Micronesia Inc. Receptions and magnificent dinners were hosted by the Marshallese at the Mon La Mike restaurant and dance hall on Ebeye, by Governor Yosiwo P. George and Lt. Governor Moses Mackwelung at the Pacific Awane Hotel in Kosrae, and by the Chuuk Chamber of Commerce. EBEYE, KWAJALEIN ATOLL, MARSHALL ISLANDS Ebeye Co-sponsors: Ad-Hoc Symposium Committee; Kwajalein Atoll Chamber of Commerce Venue: Bobby Hong’s Formosa Restaurant Housing on Ebeye: Triple J, Robert Reimers Enterprises, and IBC Housing on Kwajalein: US Military Facility housing Opening Addresses: Hon. Samuel Thomsen, Representative of the US to the Marshall Islands Hon. Wilfred Kendall, Marshalls Ambassador to the US Hon. Alvin Jacklick, Mayor, Ebeye, Marshall Islands Senator Imata Kabua, Chairman, Kwaj. Development Authority, Kwajalein Col. Richard Chapman, USA, HQ USAKA, Kwajalein KOSRAE, FSM Kosrae Co-sponsors: Kosrae Community Action Agency; Kosrae Symposium Planning Committee Housing: Pacific Awane Hotel Opening Addresses: Hon. Tosiwo George, Governor, Kosrae, FSM THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 12 - Hon. Moses Mackwelung, Lt. Governor, Kosrae, FSM CHUUK, FSM Chuuk Co-sponsors: Chuuk Chamber of Commerce; Chuuk Fairo Institute (Linda Mori) Venue: Continental Hotel Housing: Continental Hotel Opening Addresses: FSM First President the Hon. Tosiwo Nakayama, Chuuk, FSM Dr. Ansito Walter, College of Micronesia, Chuuk, FSM Ms. Linda Mori Hartman, Chuuk Fairo Institute, FSM Of the eight visiting professionals, half were from the US government and half from the private sector. The Micronesian speakers also represented both private and government sectors. Topics presented and discussed: Availability of Credit to Spur Private Sector Development Joachin Blanco, Ebeye Branch, Bank of Guam Moses Charlie, FSM Development Bank Manny Mori, President, FSM Development Bank Don Holland, Bank of the FSM Charles Lum and Karen Sakihama, Small Business Administration Kenneth Matzkin, OEA, The Pentagon, Washington, DC Elvis Shirai, Bank of Guam, Chuuk Mr. Fountain Inok, Ebeye Chamber of Commerce Lawdin Talley, Bank of Hawaii Lyndon Abraham, Bank of the FSM Semion Sigrah, Kosrae Island Credit Union Jack Williamson, US Trade & Development Program Development of Agriculture and Fisheries Dr. Robert Bailey, Ohio Technical Transfer Organization Gerson Jackson, Director, Kosrae Dept. of Conservation and Development Critin Phillip, Agricultural Division, Kosrae Dept .of Conservation and Development Teddy John. Kosrae Community Action Agency Arthur Ansin, Chief of Agriculture, Chuuk Bernard Billimon, Director of the FSM 4-H Club Kyoshi Phillip, poultry farmer Frank Cholymay, Director, Chuuk Food Service Thomas Sappa, farmer Atano Alphonso, Chuuk Fishing Coop Eliot Cholymay, Chuuk State Fisheries Mark Mailo, Chuuk Maritime Authority THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 13 - Government Policies to Promote Investment President Tosiwo Nakayama, Bank of Guam, Chuuk Barry Israel, Esquire, Counsel, Micronesia Institute Kasuo Kisaki, Foreign Investment Board Wilson Wakuk, FSM Tax and Investment Officer, Kosrae Helen Aten, Aten's Justin de Brum, RMI-USAKA Liaison, Kwajalein Sam Bellu, Triple J, Kwajalein Hideo Milne, Chamber of Commerce, Kwajalein Entrepreneurship and Business Planning Dr. Joel Cook, George Washington University College of Business Administration Dr. Deborah Smith Cook, George Washington U. Coll. Of Business Administration Virginia Wright, Small Business, Strategic Defense Command, Kwajalein Barry Israel, Esquire, Counsel, Micronesia Institute Private Sector Organizations Hermina Langijata, Fitikoko’s, “Red Cross,” Kwajalein, RMI Keti William, Kosrae Community Action Program, FSM Linda Mori, Chuuk Fairo Institute, FSM Theodore Osius, Micronesia Institute Patricia Luce Chapman, Micronesia Institute The Symposium programs had to be discontinued due to inadequate funding. MICRONESIAN-US BUSINESS INVESTMENT SEMINARS, 1989 “Micronesia: An Ideal Climate for New Business Ventures and Investments” was a major initiative to bring business-oriented Americans together with Micronesian government and business leaders at seminars held in Washington, DC, April 4; Chicago, IL, April 6; Seattle, Washington, April 11 and Los Angeles, CA, April 13, 1989. Sponsored by the Governments of the Federated States of Micronesia, The Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the United States of America, the program covered opportunities in the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States, the Marshalls, Palau, and Guam, enabling the Micronesians to promote their islands to over 200 American business counterparts. “The series of seminars were the first ever in which the Marshall Islands Government, in conjunction with the private sector, literally went out to sell itself to US investor,” reported Marshallese participants John Silk of Ebeye and Joel Phillip of Majuro. Each area created materials, including video presentations, which promoted their business opportunities. The delegations from Majuro and Kwajalein in the RMI, from Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk and Yap of the FSM, from Guam, the Northern Marianas, and THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 14 - Palau, are listed separately in the Appendix. Support funding from: Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, US Departments of Interior, Defense and Commerce, Air Marshall Islands, Continental Air Lines/Continental Air Micronesia, Dorsey & Whitney, Duty Free Shoppers Ltd., and Dateline Exports, Mobil Oil Micronesia Inc. Receptions: in Seattle, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Evans hosted the delegation and private friends at dinner. A Reception in the Harbor Club was hosted for the Seattle business community by Mr.Yao Wei and Citifor, James L. Davey and Arthur Young & Co., and Dr. Robert Kapp and the Washington Council on International Trade. Le Meridien Hotel in Orange County was the site of a reception hosted by Paul J. Casey, then Chairman and CEO of Continental Airlines, and by Donald L. Beck, The Pacific Group. Other receptions took place in Washington, DC and Chicago. Program Format After opening remarks, the Moderator introduced a leading US government official to give an Overview of the historic circumstances leading to the Compacts of Free Association, and to outline present US policy toward the Micronesia area. This was followed by the Micronesian Panel, which presented speakers from different areas of Micronesia who gave overall views of business opportunities in the areas. The US Panel followed. It outlined the various US agencies that will help business development in the Freely Associated States and gave contact names and addresses. Taxes and Regulations was the third panel. This acquainted the audiences on US and Micronesian tax law, requirements, and incentives. Formal Luncheons with speakers followed. The afternoon programs were built around working Round Tables of between 3 to 20 people each. Wrap-Up: The Round Tables were followed by summaries of the discussions by panel leaders. The topics, which had been identified by the island leaders as vital to their development, included: Round Table Discussion Topics 1. Food Production/Fishing/Agriculture 2. Retail & Wholesale/Franchise Operations/Shipping 3. Government Materials Supply/Health Service/Infrastructure 4. Development Finance 5. Light Manufacturing/Assembly/Data Processing 6. Tourism Questions from the audience focused on: 1. Land Ownership THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 15 - 2. Lease terms 3. Local tax structure 4. Banking and credit 5. Local business incentives and labor force 6. Provisions by the US to encourage American business investment 7. Transportation and communications Speakers and Panelists WASHINGTON, DC Hosts: Center for International Business & Trade, Georgetown U.; Micronesia Institute Moderator: Ms. Ginger Lew, Arthur Young & Co. Welcome: Hon. Orson G. Swindle III, Asst. Secretary, Economic Development Administration, Department of Commerce Overview: Lt. Cmdr. Howard Hills, USN, Office of Freely Associated States Affairs, Department of State Micronesian Panel: 1. Ambassador Wilfred Kendall, Republic of the Marshall Islands 2. Hon. Marcelino Actouka, Secretary, Resources and Development, FSM 3. Roger Stillwell, Leg. Consultant, Commonwealth of the No. Mariana Isls. 4. Barry J. Israel, Esq., Counsel, Dorsey & Whitney, for the Territory of Guam US Panel: 1. Milton Eaton, Dept. of Commerce: services performed by Commerce Department field officers 2. Karen Wilde, Dept. Of Commerce: helpful federal programs 3. Frank Bodengraven, Overseas Private Investment Corporation: OPIC’s value to Americans with business overseas Tax and Regulations Panel: 1. Frank Leon Guerrero, Guam: Foreign Sales Corporations 2. Richard Miller, Dept. of Interior: US Tax and Trade Incentives 3. Ginger Lew, Arthur Young: USW Tax Code Section 936 4. Frank Solomon, consultant, RMI: Marshallese Taxes and Regulations 5. Michael Straight, Counsel, FSM: FSM Taxes and Regulations Luncheon Speakers: 1. Patricia Luce Chapman, Chair/Founder, Micronesia Institute 2. Robert R. Nathan: development in Micronesia since the 1960’s 3. Hon. Marcelino Actouka: the Micronesian viewpoint Additional Discussion leaders included: Michael Grable, Nat. Marine Fisheries Services; John R. Ale, President, American Aquaculture Foundation; Peter D. Holt, Int’l Franchise Assn; Lance Marston, Hay Management Consultants; Benjamin Maynigo, Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce. THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 16 - CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Hosts: Illinois World Trade Center Assn.; Int’l Trade Club of Chicago; Chicago Assn. Of Commerce & Industry; U. of Illinois at Chicago, International Business Program; Dept. of Commerce, Chicago District Office; Micronesia Institute Moderator: Ms. Ginger Lew Welcome: Ms. Monica DeBartolo, Illinois World Trade Center Assn: world-wide services provided to businesses through the World Trade Centers Overview: Mr. Richard Miller, Dept. of the Interior Micronesian Panel: 1. Hon. Annes Lebehn, Speaker, Pohnpei State Legislature, FSM 2. Ambassador Wilfred Kendall, RMI 3. Barry J. Israel, Esquire, for Guam 4. Larry Dalton, speaking for Palau US Panel: 1. Ms. Karen Wilde 2. Mr. Richard Miller 3. Michael Simon, Chicago District Office, Dept. of Commerce: help that Field Offices can provide Tax & Regulations Panel: 1. Yasuo Yamada, FSM Registrar of Corporations 2. Ginger Lew: Tax Code Section 936 3. Frank Solomon 4. Barry J. Israel Luncheon Speakers: 1. Patricia Luce Chapman 2. Dr. Joseph Hannon, Director, Illinois Export Development Authority; of counsel, Illinois World Trade Center Additional Discussion leaders included: Roger Lippman, President, Global Marketing Inc.; Robert Meredith, Harza Engineering Co.; Jeannine Rudolph, U. of Illinois at Chicago Int’l Business Development Program; Carolyn Turner, President, IDC; Dan Koch, President, Morris Kurtzon, Inc. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Hosts: Washington Council on International Trade; Micronesia Institute. We are grateful for the cooperation of: Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Washington State Dept. of Trade & Economic Development, US Department of Commerce, District Office; Citifor; Arthur Young & Co.; R. L. Evans Inc. Moderator: Ginger Lew Welcome: Dr. Robert Kapp, President, Washington Council on International Trade Overview John Crawford, Office of Freely Associated States Affairs, Dept. of State THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 17 - Micronesian Panel: 1. Yasuo Yamada, FSM Registrar of Corporations 2. Gordon Benjamin, Dept. of Resources & Development, RMI 3. Barry J. Israel, Esq. For Guam 4. Larry Dalton, for Palau US Panel: 1. Frank Foster, Seattle District Office, Dept. of Commerce 2. Karen Wilde 3. John Crawford Tax & Regulations Panel: 1. Carl Ingram, Esq., Counsel, Marshall Islands Development Authorities 2. Yasuo Yamada 3. Ginger Lew 4. Richard Miller Luncheon Speakers: 1. Patricia Luce Chapman 2. Hon. Marcelino Actouka Additional Discussion leaders included: Richard Kinnier, Office of Economic Adjustment, Dept. of Defense; Richard B. King, Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc.; Joaquin Manglona, Commonwealth Development Authority, Northern Marianas. ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Hosts: World Trade Center, Orange County; Micronesia Institute. With gratitude for the cooperation of the Department of Commerce, International Trade & Development District Office; Int’l Trade Assn; Long Beach Int’l Trade Assn.; Int’l Marketing Assn. Moderator: Ginger Lew Welcome: Susan Lentz, World Trade Center Orange County Overview: John Crawford Micronesian Panel: Yasuo Yamada, FSM Gordon Benjamin, RMI Barry Israel, Esquire, for Guam Larry Dalton, for Palau US Panel: 1. Dan Young, Orange County Dept of Commerce District Office 2. John Crawford 3. Richard Miller 4. Karen Wilde Tax & Regulations Panel: THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 18 - 1. Carl Ingram, Esquire: Marshallese taxes and regulations 2. Yasuo Yamada: FSM taxes and regulations 3. Barry Israel Esquire: Foreign sales corporations 4. Ginger Lew: US Tax Code Section 936 5. Richard Miller: US tax and trade incentives Luncheon Speakers: 1. Patricia Luce Chapman 2. David Nakagawa, SCORE volunteer and former Hawaii District Director, Small Business Administration 3. Hon. Marcelino Actouka Additional Discussion leaders included: David Burney, President, American Tuna Assn.; Janice Larson, Baxter Healthcare Far East; Kenneth Matzkin, Dept. of Defense; Diano Inos, Commonwealth Development Authority, Northern Marianas; Mathias Maradol, Deputy Director and Senior Program Officer, Micronesia Institute. The Seminars owe their success to substantial networking and participation in planning by dedicated professionals. The Institute gratefully acknowledges the time, work and wisdom of the Standing Committee for the Symposium, which met frequently to plan the program. Members included Judge Paul Abate, Guam; Roger Stillwell, Marianas; George Kroloff, Kroloff Marshall & Associates; Richard Miller, Milton Eaton, Linda Bell, Karen Wilde, and Kenneth Matzkin of the US government; Barry Israel Esquire of Dorsey & Whitney, Ginger Lew, Arthur Young & Co. Mathias Maradol was responsible for leadership and oversight of the entire program, ably assisted by Linda Langley, Program Officer; Theodore Osius, who organized the Washington, DC and Chicago programs; J. B. Collier of the World Bank, volunteering with the MI for this program, and Sheila Edwin of the FSM, for occasional program assistance. BRIEFING ON FOUNDATIONS The Washington, DC program was preceded on April 3rd by a Briefing at Pacific House coordinated by Fred Radewagen, Consultant, on resources potentially available to the citizens of the Micronesia areas through foundation and corporate grants. Speakers included Ambassador Jesse Marehalau of the FSM; Hon. David Chewning, Treasurer of the Micronesia Institute; James Swaninger on corporate philanthropy; Karin Anderson, Funding Center, on international philanthropy; Karen Lynn, Council on Foundations; and Dr. Cinnamon Dornsife, Asia Foundation. Theodore Osius, MI, organized and moderated the Briefing. WORKSHOPS ON CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE The importance of Chambers of Commerce in building private sectors led Mrs. THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 19 - Chapman to travel from Tarawa, Kiribati, to the Marshalls and Palau, throughout the FSM states and on up to the CNMI and Guam, to meet with Chambers or, where there was no Chamber, with business leaders and government business development persons. There was little understanding of the many advantages offered by a viable Chamber. The interest in attending a program on Chambers in the US was great. Chamber of Commerce members from three countries and a commonwealth visited American Chambers in three states and the District of Columbia in October 1994. Participants came from the Marshall Islands (Moreen Moore), the Northern Mariana Islands (Joe Ayuyu and Lola Hocog), Kiribati (Tenanora Tekanene and Chief Viane Taoaba), and Palau (Leilani Ngirturong), thus creating “an historic event in bringing together elements from all parts of Micronesia to learn together how to cooperate for our mutual advantage,” as one participant reported. Mr. Tekanene wrote, “The Micronesian Chamber of Commerce Workshop is probably one of the first attempts to put together the Micronesians as a different group from our Polynesian and Melanesian brothers in physical, cultural differences and geographical composition…” The FSM and Nauru regretted that their scheduled participants were, due to unforeseen domestic events, unable to take part. Other business persons could not take the necessary three weeks away from their businesses. However, the participants carried information and materials back to their local Chambers for the benefit of all. The overall Workshop Coordinator, Mr. Samuel McPhetres of the Northern- Marianas, escorted the delegation from Hawaii to Los Angeles where Mrs. Chapman joined them, and throughout the program. In the Washington, DC office, Marvin Ngirutang of Palau was organizing and coordinating the upcoming workshops. The group then traveled by train down to San Diego, California for the first Workshop, continuing on by plane to Boothbay Harbor, Maine; by vans to Talbot County, Maryland; and back to Washington, DC. At each location the participants were briefed at the local chamber offices on chamber goals, activities, and accomplishments. In meeting with tourism and fishing leaders, they learned about how the chambers could benefit a small community with tourism and fishing as major commercial interests, and how they could affect government policies. Government support funding for the overall program was provided by: Department of the Interior, United States Information Agency; and the South Pacific Forum Secretariat. The Consulate of the FSM in Honolulu, HI provided great assistance for the delegates in Honolulu as they traveled from the Micronesia area to California. Private support funding was received from: Continental Air Micronesia; Air Marshall Island; Chamber of Commerce of Palau; Chamber of Commerce of Saipan, CNMI, Chamber of Commerce of Ebeye, Kwajalein, RMI; Sunrise Co. members, Ebeye, RMI; Elizabeth S. Mendiola, Rota Branch Manager, Bank of Guam, CNMI; Nicolas A. Songsong, RITCOM, Rota, CNMI; Justin S. Manglona, Jusman Enterprises, Rota, CNMI; Dorothy Gogue, General Manager, J & M Enterprisers and also personal contribution, Rota, CNMI; Victor and Villia Hocog, SNM Corp., Rota, CNMI; Robert S. Calvo, Jr., Rota Terminal & Transfer, Rota, CNMI; Virgil Stinnett, Tarawa, Kiribati; The Mictronesia Institute. THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 20 - San Diego, California: James Morton, State Department, and David Burney, US Tuna Foundation, headed up the program in San Diego. The great variety of interests of the area business communities led to a large number of separate chambers focusing on different issues. They met in a group twice a year to coordinate their programs; the Micronesians felt that this would be a good Micronesiawide business development program. The smaller neighboring chambers, with fewer individual resources and small memberships, pooled their assets to buy one page or conduct one program that promoted all of them. This too could apply to smaller Micronesian regions, such as the Marshalls with Kiribati, and the Marianas with Palau. Donors in-kind and participating organizations in San Diego, in addition to Mr. Morton and Mr. Burney, included: John Dunbar, Reg. Director, TT Inc.; Ernest Grijalva, founder, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce/member, San Diego Chamber of Commerce; Michael D. McCulley, Man. Dir., Cabason Inc.;Gil Partida, President, San Diego Chamber of Commerce; Bill Sardinha, Sardinha & Cileu Management Inc.; Sou Sangiolo, SDan Diego Chamber of Commerce; Sgorge Sousa, President, GS Fisheries; David Nuffer, former Chairman of the Board, San Diego Chamber of Commerce; Radisson Hotel La Jolla, La Jolla. Boothbay Harbor, Maine The Hon. Roger Severance, former Dep. Asst. Secretary of Commerce, and Dr. Jane Hurd, telecommunications consultant, worked with the Boothbay Harbor Chamber of Commerce to organize this program, providing hospitality as well as activities. Many elements of Boothbay Harbor were familiar to the Micronesians. Its economy, built on fishing, tourism and small shipbuilding, was relevant to their own lives. Meetings were held with representatives of the Lobstermens Cooperative, the Bigelow Marine Research Laboratory, the Boothbay Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, The Lions Club (which hosted the delegation at a large formal dinner), Hodgdon Brothers Shipbuilders, and others as appropriate. The activities of the Chamber and other private organizations in promoting tourism and industries were of significant interest to the Micronesians. In kind donors and participating organizations included, in addition to Mr. Severance and Dr. Hurd: Gail P. Clark, Boothbay Harbor Chamber of Commerce; Jeff Curtis, President, Boothbay Harbor Chamber of Commerce; Carl Griffin III, Attorney, Historian; Walter Hasenfus, Hasenfus Glass; Dick Hilton, Edgecomb Potters, Edgecomb; Tim Hodgdon, Hodgdon Yachts, East Boothbay; Laura Honey, Fisherman's Wharf Inn; Dr. Gary Howard, Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club; Daniel Kaler, Daniel Kaler & Sons Maine Lobster; Butch Kressay, Lobsterman's Coop; Dr. Dwight Lewis, President, Boothbay Harbor Lions Club; Rupe Neilly, Boothbay Harbor Chamber of Commerce; Lauri Smith, Town Manager, Boothbay Harbor; Bonnie Stover, Tugboat Inn; Tugboat Inn. THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 21 - Washington, DC The delegation was briefed at National Chamber Headquarters, with talks also by the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), on supportive services and another on chamber-government relations. The embassies of Australia, New Zealand and Japan presented a panel on chamber activities in their home countries. The US Congress, AID, FEMA, and the EPA provided panels and briefings on ways in which business and government interrelate and on how they help each other in business growth, environmental and disaster relief areas. In kind donors and participating organizations included: US Chamber of Commerce: Dwayne Priestly, Asian Affairs; Vanessa Potts, Briefing Center; Art Sutty, Local Chamber Programs; Dina Vupnik, Briefing Center; Fred Radewagen, Director, Pacific Islands Washington Office and former National Political Director, US Chamber of Commerce; Center for International Private Enterprise: John Callebaut; Embassies: H. E. John Wood, Ambassador of New Zealand; Roy Ferguson, DCM, Embassy of New Zealand; Alexandra Tidswell, Embassy of New Zealand; Malcolm Greening, First Secretary, Embassy of Australia; Naoshi Hirose, First Secretary for Economics, Embassy of Japan; US Congress: Manase Mansur, Staff, Natural Resources Committee, House of Representatives; Elizabeth G. Lambird, Staff, East Asian & Pacific Affairs, Committee on Foreign Relations, Senate; Panel on Chambers' Roles in Renewable Resources and Disaster Management: Col. Albert V. Short, Man. Dir., US-Asia Environmental Partnership; Dr. Pat Foster-Turley, Biodiversity Specialist, AID; David A. Shaller, Chief, Solid Waster Division, EPA; Sharon Hordesky, Disaster Assistance Programs, FEMA; Stroock & Stroock & Lavan: Howard L. Hills, Esquire; Barry J. Israel, Esquire; Windsor Park Hotel; Hospitality: Mrs. Samuel Thomsen, Mrs. C. B. Chapman Talbot County, Maryland The Vice President and Managing Director of the Talbot County Chamber of Commerce, Mr. John T. Long, III, together with MI President Samuel Thomsen, organized a program built on the small chambers in neighboring towns in the county and their joint promotion of local resources for the common good. Micronesians met with members from various chambers and their Economic Development Committees, and with retailers on St. Michael’s Island. In-kind donors and participating organizations in Talbot County included, in addition to Mr. Long and Mr. Thomsen: George Madison, Wilberforce Foundation, Royal Oak, MD; Stephanie E. Price, Conference & Visitors Bureau, Chamber of Commerce; Ellen Kelley, Dir., Adm. and Education Foundation, Chamber of Commerce; Mike Whelan, President, Talbot County Chamber of Commerce; Georgia Adler, Historical Society of Talbot County; Anne Rouse, Docent, Historical Society of Talbot County; Ellen General, The Avalon Theatre; Chris Brownawell, Academy of the Arts; Captain Ed Farley, H.M. THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 22 - Krenz Skipjack; Mr. and Mrs. Mike Richards, Lazy Jack Inn; Betty Carr, St. Michaels Retailers; John Valliani, Chesapeake Maritime Museum; Dave Etzel, Patriot Cruises; Tom Howell, St. Michaels Candy Company; Roxie Kvasnak, Shaw Bay Classics Clothing. The program closed with a reception at the home of President and Mrs. Sam Thomsen. The Micronesians were urged to carry the information they had gained back to their home chambers. A second Chambers of Commerce Workshop was scheduled in Kiribati, but regrettably could not take place. The MI acknowledges the great help of Program Director Marvin Ngirutang of Palau in organizing the program at the Washington, DC office, and of Romana Lynn Cruz of Guam and the Marshall Islands, in assisting him. PUBLICATIONS ON PRIVATIZATION Resources and Pacific Navigator Following the 1985 Symposium, Allan H. Williams, who had helped to plan the program, was so struck by the lack of business resources available to the islanders that he created a small publication designed specifically to bring information, contacts, and skills to the Micronesians as well as news of TMI. His unexpected illness and death in 1987 brought the brilliance and good heart of this young man to an end; this greatly affected the growth of the Institute. Resources first appeared in 1986, with issues twice yearly. It was redesigned and renamed Pacific Navigator under the leadership of the Hon. Samuel B. Thomsen, President of MI from 1990 to 1996. The last issue appeared in 1998. The authors include: The Honorable Jaco Nena, President of the Federated States of Micronesia The Honorable Imata Kabua, President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands The Honorable Tosiwo Nakayama, President of the Federated States of Micronesia The Honorable Peter Tali Coleman, former Deputy High Commissioner, Trust Territory; former Governor, American Samoa Prof. Henry M. Schwalbenberg, Fordham University, New York Dr. H. M. Gunasekera, UN Planning Advisor Howard Hills, Esquire, Legal Counsel Professor Marilyn Liebrenz, George Washington U. School of Business Barry Israel, Esquire, MI Counsel Hon. Samuel Thomsen, MI President Patricia Luce Chapman, MI Chairman Investor’s Guide to the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 1989 Investor’s Guide to the Federated States of Micronesia, 1989, 1992 These books were the first publications in which reliable, comprehensive and thorTHE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 23 - ough business information was presented for use in serious business activities. Created under the leadership of Barry Israel, Esquire, information was painstakingly collected as he, Mathias Maradol of the FSM (Senior Program Officer of the MI) and Patricia Chapman traveled on separate trips throughout the FSM and RMI to work with local Chambers of Commerce, business leaders, traditional leaders, authorities on land use, and local and national governments in developing the books. A working group of Micronesians from the Washington, DC Embassies, and the Micronesian governments and business communities in the islands, provided guidance and counsel. Contents include: Country profile, Government at national and local levels, Infrastructure, The economy, Doing business, Taxes, Preferential US Trade Agreements, US Program Assistance, Labor force and experience, Investment opportunities, National development goals. Key tips, maps, and photographs. The Guides were funded by grants from The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc., and the Economic Development Administration of the Commerce Department. Transportation was assisted by Continental Air Lines/Continental Air Micronesia; operations were helped by Mobil Oil Micronesia Inc. Requests for additional copies caused the Investor’s Guide to the FSM to be reissued in 1992. II. EDUCATION The MI was not able to find the sustained funding necessary to conduct the continuing language and orientation programs that it had hoped to create. This was especially the case in the proposals submitted to several US government organizations for teaching effective English at very little cost on the atolls and villages removed from city centers. Mrs. Chapman, with training in ESL from Columbia Teachers College in New York and hands-on experience, was especially disappointed that her interest and skills in the field could not put to use. On a smaller scale, some academic-oriented activities took place: LIBRARIES Through the initiative of Mary McCutcheon, Ph.D., a Smithsonian Institute book donation program, in coordination sometimes with Continental Airlines/Air Micronesia, undertook the transportation of a very large quantity of donated books to different parts of the Micronesian islands over the years. Legal: A library of legal reference books was donated to the Ebeye, Kwajalein Atoll, RMI, Kwajalein Atoll Development Authority by James McAfee, former Peace Corps Volunteer on Namu, RMI. Mr. McAfee later returned to the RMI as Legislative Counsel to the Marshall Islands Nitijela. The 160-volume set of the Corpus Juris Secundum was sent to the attention of lawyer Johnsey Riklon of the development office. Jim, his wife Deidra and their two children made a family project of labeling and packing the volumes. Each volume was individually identified with a bookmark “given to remember our friends,” with the name of a Marshallese friend inscribed. The set of books is described THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 24 - as a “World Book of the legal environment.” The valuable reference volumes are shared with Ebeye’s Micronesian Legal Services Corporation and others. Music: As its first project, the MI collected cassettes of music, everything from Bach to rock, for the people who were originally from Bikini Atoll. The cassettes were donated in lieu of cash contributions for an evening of island-style buffet supper and information on the Compact of Free Association. These, with a cassette player and batteries, were sent to Kili Island in the Marshalls, where the majority of the Bikini people still live, over a period of several years. Reading libraries: Friends of the Marshall Islands through the MI donated over 11 cartons of children’s books for a new library on Ebeye; these were gratefully received by Librarian Tamar Jordan. The project was helped by several of the Marshall Islands Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and the MI’s Program Associate Romana Lynn Cruz of the Marshalls and Guam. Additional cartons of books were shipped by Continental Air Micronesia for a Chuuk library, Medical libraries throughout the FSM and the Marshall Islands received donated books from doctors in the US.. A Kosrae, FSM childen’s library received through the MI a substantial gift of new children’s classics, including: The Weekly Reader Raintree Classics, the Value Tales Series, and the Field Series. The donor asked to remain anonymous. The library at Rota, CNMI, was wiped out by the exceptionally virulent typoon Paka. Under the leadership of David L. Cahn, over 25 cartons of books were donated for the library. The more than 5,000 books were transported from the office of now Governor, then Representative John Babauta of the Northern Mariana Islands, Washington, DC, and from Hawaii donors also, to Rota by the kindness of Continental Micronesia’s Bill Meehan, the US Navy and the Coast Guard, and helped in Guam and CNMI by Dirk Ballendorf and Samuel McPhetres and Rota Mayor Benjamin Manglona. MICRONESIAN DIPLOMAT TRAINING PROGRAM For several years The MI was awarded contracts from the Foreign Service Institute of the Department of State to plan and conduct programs of cultural and educational activities under the guidance of James Morton, FSI director of the project. Making full use of the opportunities offered in Washington, DC, the programs presented panels at the Embassies of the Philippines, Japan, Australia, Republic of China, Germany, a number of the smaller Caribbean nations, and Fiji. Other briefings and luncheons were held in the US Congress through the efforts of Mr. James Beirne, Manase Mansur and others, and the State Department, and with international organizations such as the OECD and the European Communities. The Gannett News Service, parent of the Pacific Daily News, hosted the delegations THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 25 - at their Washington offices for several years, for briefings on relationships with the media, and for elegant dinners with members of their press. On some of the programs the student diplomats were taken to Puerto Rico or to the US Virgin Islands to learn about the problems and solutions found in other island areas. And, one year, the group’s studies took them to New York to coincide with first Addresses by the Presidents of the Marshalls and the FSM at the United Nations. MI staff Romana Lynn Cruz, Matt Maradol, Marvin Ngirutang, Fred Agak and Linda Langley assisted at different times with these programs, and J. B. Collier of the World Bank was an invaluable volunteer with particular skills in developing budgets and crisis management. “AN ADVENTURE FAR FROM HOME:” COLLEGE STUDENT ORIENTATION PROGRAM This audiotape and script program for island students coming to the US to attend college resulted from much research and rewriting, and many meetings, and rehearsals. The MI conducted a survey of some 200 Micronesian college students in Texas, Oklahoma, California, Montana, Washington State, Maryland, Virginia, and DC. The resulting script, written by Patricia Chapman, often used the students’ own words in reflecting their concerns, problems, likes and dislikes. The survey was created, and the script carefully edited, by Martin Jano of Pohnpei, FSM, who was studying law in Maryland at the time. Topics included: Housing Financing Your College Education Cultural Barriers Studying English Language Strips of music from the different island areas separated these subjects. Young Micronesians in Washington, DC acted out the various parts. These included Schuyler Kendall, Marshalls; Steven Kanai, Palau; Rose Edwin Olter and Martin Jano, Pohnpei, FSM. Ringlen Ringlen, Pohnpei, FSM, was the Narrator for the 45-minute cassette. Students doubled up for the roles of the Yappese, Kosraean, Chuuk, Marianas and Kiribati students. The program, funded by the USIA, was played over the radio in the different areas for the benefit of students embarking on a US college education. GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PACIFIC ISLANDS PROJECT Under the leadership of former Governor Carl Gutierrez of Guam, the “Georgetown Pacific Project” was created within the Asian Studies Program and Georgetown University’s Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies. Ambassador Jesse Marehalau of the FSM, Fred Radewagen (then Executive Director of the MI,) and Counsel for the MI Mary Eva Candon were most instrumental in the formation of the Georgetown Pacific Project. It aims to increase awareness of the Pacific Islands and to promote academic THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 26 - scholarship in Pacific issues. Admiral William J. Crowe, Jr. USN (ret.) was Chairman of the Advisory Council for the Lecture. The MI had a small but important role in the Project initiated by Fred Radewagen. The initial component of the Project, the Peter Tali Coleman Lecture on Pacific Public Policy, memorializes the Honorable Peter Tali Coleman (1919-1997), a graduate of the Georgetown University College, class of 1949, and the Law Center, class of 1951. The MI was honored that Governor Coleman served on its Board.. To inaugurate the Project, on September 30, 2002 The Honorable Misa Telefoni Retzlaff, M.P., LL.B. (Hons), C.P.A., who is Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Independent State of Samoa, and Chairman, World Bank Small States Forum, delivered an Address on: Good Governance: Pathway to Small States Prosperity. A Role for America and the West? at the World Bank Main Complex-Preston Auditorium, Washington, DC. A Reception followed, with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. The second Coleman Lecture was held in early 2004. Governor Coleman had a distinguished career in public service as a four-time governor of his native American Samoa, administrator of the Marshall and Mariana Islands, and Deputy High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. . Governor Coleman is the only person in American history whose service as governor spans five decades and is the only Pacific Islander ever to serve as chief executive of three of the nations and territories that constitute the modern insular Pacific. He was a strong believer in regional cooperation, and this lecture series is dedicated to presenting a regional perspective on national and international public issues. Founding Members of the Georgetown Pacific Project Endowment, who contributed their gifts through the MI, include: American Samoa Government, Government of Guam, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Duty Free Shoppers, Ltd. PACIFIC ISLANDS PRESS SEMINARS The MI attempted to broaden American and international knowledge about the Micronesia area by holding occasional briefings bringing the embassies together with the press when an appropriate occasion arose. Several sessions were held, but some topics proved to be too controversial within the islands themselves and the embassies, which were the sources to be interviewed, could not take part. The MI, following its policy of non-interference in internal island matters, felt it necessary to discontinue the program. GUAM, USA EDUCATION PROJECT Americans know very little about the Pacific Americans, and even Guam, which has been part of the United States since the Spanish-American War, remains little known. In THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 27 - hearings in the US Congress, it became evident that there was inadequate information about Guam, especially in relation to the numbers of voting Guamanians on the mainland. The MI began an Education Project to help bring accurate information to the general American public, beginning the creation of a database of the 55, 000 mainland residents of Guamanian origin. Unfortunately, with severe reductions in available funding, the project had to be discontinued before it achieved its goal, but the MI is gratified that there was progress made where it was needed. MAJURO, RMI COOPERATIVE SCHOOL The MI worked to raise funds toward the construction and establishment of the Majuro Cooperative School under the leadership of its Treasurer Michael J. Pettit, formerly with the U.S. Representative’s Office in the RMI. A number of donations were received and conveyed to the Treasurer. YALE UNIVERSITY INTERN TO THE MARSHALLS ISLANDS Yale University junior Wylie O’Sullivan, with a third-generation interest in Micronesia, taught in the Marshalls for the first part of 1993 after a training period at the MI offices in Washington, DC. Ms. O’Sullivan worked as a volunteer teacher and counselor. Her grandfather, Al Hurt, was Executive Officer at the Trust Territory HQ during the 1950’s. His sons Ken O’Sullivan, and William and James Hurt, are still remembered in the Marianas. William Hurt, the actor, served on the MI Board of Directors. CORNELL/STANFORD UNIVERSITY INTERN TO KOSRAE, FSM Volunteer Peter Sissons worked in Kosrae at the Kosrae Community Action Program to follow up on the 1987 Symposia on Private Sector Development. His task was to organize local business resources as aids to new entrepreneurs and business persons. RESEARCH ON THE EFFECT OF ELIMINATING THE PELL GRANTS AND WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS When the grants for students from the Micronesian islands were removed for a period, the effect on the students hoping to study in the US was dramatic. Mrs. Chapman undertook a research trip to the RMI and to the FSM states to obtain first-hand information on what the students were doing and where they were going. This information was relayed to authorities in Washington, DC, and eventually the grants were restored. THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 28 - SCHUYLER NIJRI KENDALL MEMORIAL FOUNDATION The MI helped to raise funds for this foundation that was created in memory of the son of Ambassador and Mrs. Wilfred E. Kendall of the RMI. Schuyler Nijri Kendall was killed in a car accident in Majuro. The Foundation recognizes excellence in English composition by senior honor roll students at the private and public high schools in Majuro. “Sky” Kendall was a good friend to the MI, having worked hard on the Student Tape Program. He not only took part in rehearsals and in the production itself, but he also sought out and taped the distinctive area music which separates the different themes in the script. He was a musically gifted young man. HELP TO AGRICULTURE STUDENTS The Institute, contacted by Steven McKay, Director of the Agricultural Program at Anderson Valley, Boonville, California during the summer of 1991 for assistance to agriculture students, was able to arrange for Continental Air Micronesia to donate tickets for students from the RMI, the FSM, Palau, Guam, and the Marianas. The students returned to their home islands trained to develop local crops to replace the crops imported at great cost. The program is linked with the Future Farmers of America. In addition to Continental Air Lines/Air Micronesia and the MI, the Interior Department and the students’ home islands financially supported the program III. MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE In 1983, health care in much of Micronesia was not up to the standards expected of an area under the American flag. Medical referrals, costly in money and in suffering, to hospitals in Guam and Honolulu were commonplace. Doctors from the US Public Health Service were assigned to Micronesia and worked long hours, but could not keep up with the needs. Often equipment was limited, broken or inadequate. One doctor working with the MI repaired the only EKG machine himself. The area should have been a paradise of good health, but was severely afflicted with leprosy and tuberculosis, scabies and worms. Additionally, there were mental health problems: the Marshalls and Chuuk, FSM had among the world’s highest rates of suicide among young men. The MI created an Advisory Council of experts in tropical medicine and epidemiology, inviting them to consider possible new approaches to the problems. There had been a parade of doctors -- Spanish, German, Japanese, finally United Nations and American - but apparently few consulted the Micronesians themselves about their cultural requirements and, without prior consultation, often imposed inappropriate unsustainable regulations. THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 29 - With very limited funds and all-volunteer Micronesian and American help, the MI decided to focus on one area, where the doctors might make a difference, and which might serve as a pilot for other areas. The health situation in Chuuk, with the greatest population and the highest rate of illness in Micronesia, was especially severe. Dr. Harvey Blank, renowned dermatologist, asked epidemiologists Drs. Jack Millar and James Marzolf to look for solutions. The Ferguson Foundation joined with Continental Air Lines, Continental Air Micronesia, Mobil Oil Micronesia, and others in underwriting the costs of a study trip by Drs. Millar and Marzolf. With Mrs. Chapman, they consulted Dr. Eliuel Pretrick, Director of FSM Health Services, in Pohnpei, then continued to Chuuk The MI found that, most importantly in the traditional villages where diseases generally originated, the women, who run the household and care for the family, were not taught separately from men. In a mixed environment, the women couldn’t speak or ask questions, and had to sit by themselves. And without participation and leadership from the women, education in health care remained foreign and not trusted. Three new approaches were developed in discussions with Micronesian women leaders and Micronesian doctors: --Training of women by the Red Cross in primary heath care which could be passed from village to village by the women to the women --a cultural therapy program bringing ancient legends and moral stories back to the people especially in order to strengthen the at-risk youth --a George Washington University School of Medicine training program bringing Fourth Year students to Pohnpei and Chuuk hospitals CHUUK “RED CROSS”: TRAINING OF WOMEN BY THE HAWAII RED CROSS Some years before the MI was created, Mrs. Umiko Mori of Chuuk had founded the Chuuk “Red Cross,” a group of women dedicated to improving the health and comfort of those who they saw as neglected by the new systems and loss of traditional family structures, or needy in other ways. Year after year they cared for the dying, washed the sick, fed the hungry, met the needs of typhoon victims before the government got there. They raised their own money by sales of food and clothing. They called themselves the Chuuk Red Cross, wore blue and white uniforms with a large red cross, kept careful records of their activities, and had written a group anthem. Doctors Millar and Marzolf, with the Hon. Erhart Aten (then governor of Chuuk), arranged for training visits by the Red Cross Society of Hawaii, with Dr. Robert Bonham of Hawaii leading the class. Governor Aten personally helped with translations and demonstrations. After substantive written examinations, the group of 40 women volunteers received official Red Cross certifications testifying to their proficiency in basic first aid. THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 30 - The program, funded by the Ferguson Foundation and the International Foundation, resulted a few weeks later in the saving of three lives by members of the volunteer group. They took their new skills to other villages in Chuuk, teaching other women what they had learned. The program continued for many years until the death of Mrs. Mori. The Ferguson Foundation and International Foundation continued to help the courageous, enterprising group of women, who turned down possible US government funding in order to be able to manage their program according to their own principles and observations. A documentary movie of the Chuuk “Red Cross” was made by Ralph Tucker of New York, at his own expense. On another trip, Drs. Millar and Marzolf treated and taught women in traditional villages. They also unexpectedly helped the indomitable women of the Chuuk Red Cross in constructing their “Red Cross” headquarters. Tragically a super-typhoon blew it down. CULTURAL THERAPY: CHUUK FAIRO INSTITUTE As an intern at the MI in Washington, DC, Linda Mori, daughter of Umiko and Masataka Mori of Chuuk, often spoke of her great desire to create a program that would give the young people of Chuuk knowledge of their pre-Western past, which they could incorporate into their contemporary lives. This would, she believed, help them find ways, other than suicide and anger, with which to deal with their problems. She felt that once "they could see from the inside out, they could understand better and have more strength meeting contemporary problems from the outside in.” With initial outside funding of only a few thousand dollars from Mobil Oil Micronesia Inc. and help from her family and the MI, and then later from the Public Welfare Foundation, later helped also by the US Public Health Service and the CAT Team, Ms. Mori created the Chuuk Fairo Institute. She was able to construct a traditional building called a wuut. All elements of the construction of this Youth Center, from the source island of the huge mangrove logs to the blessing of the land, followed the ancient ways. The great traditional leader Kintoki Joseph conducted many programs in explaining and teaching the Chuukese past to the youth, with many middle-aged attendees as well. The boys learned the almost-forgotten songs, blessings and moral stories of their ancestors. Esenien Esirom taught traditional carving; traditional canoe builders and navigators also taught the youth. Prisoners took part in the project as a form of community service. The little building by the lagoon was used regularly until the great 2003 Typhoon Cha’laan blew it down. Sources of funding for its reconstruction are being considered. CROSS-CULTURAL COUNSELING Another program in Cultural Therapy was led by Prof. Paul B. Pederson, then of Syracuse University. At the invitation of Linda Mori of Chuuk, Dr Pederson conducted THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 31 - programs designed to help the youth adjust to their contemporary world. Dr. Pederson’s late wife Anne had served as Founder and Chair of the Science and Education Committees of the Pacific Science Association and Director of the MI. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Drs. Jack Millar and James Marzolf, and later Dr. Glenn Geelhoed, all of GWU’s Medical Center, applied their years of experience in tropical medicine to the needs of the Micronesians, especially to those in Chuuk, where the needs were the most severe. Dr. Millar in particular is known and respected throughout the islands because he started and ran a leprosaurium in Tinian, Mariana Islands, with the US Navy after World War II. On their first trip, Drs. Millar and Marzolf conducted examinations for potential leprosy of large numbers of Chuukese. With tickets donated by the Ferguson Foundation and Continental Air Lines/Air Micronesia, and support from the medical centers in Chuuk and Pohnpei as well as Mobil Oil Micronesia Inc., the physicians created a major medical exchange program. The doctors arranged for the GWU Medical Center’s Fourth Year Students to work for two months in Pohnpei with the Medical Officers Training Program under the direction of Dr. Greg Dever, and at the Chuuk State Hospital. Working side by side with the Micronesian interns, they provided invaluable services in many areas at the hospitals, also conducting clinics and leaving behind medicines in some of the Western Islands. The visiting students reported that they learned more than they taught, in diagnosing without instruments, and in healing without Western medicine. This program continued for several years, until new attention to Eastern Europe and the US administration’s goals in that part of the world pulled interest away from the Pacific. When the MI could no longer obtain donated tickets for the costly travel from Washington, DC to Pohnpei and Chuuk, and despite repeated requests from the medical officers in the FSM, the people in Chuuk and Pohnpei, and the students at George Washington who covered all their own expenses except for air fare, the MI had to discontinue the program. On a return trip to the mainland from Micronesia, Dr. Geelhoed performed an emergency appendectomy in the Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. WOMEN UNITED TOGETHER OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS The WUTMI, a nationwide group of women leaders in the Marshall Islands, was able to present a program on "Population and Family Health" as its first major activity through a grant obtained by the MI from the Skaggs Foundation. The WUTMI Charter in Majuro was ratified, and that of Kwajalein was underway. Leaders of the program were Hon. Marie Maddison, Hon. Carmen Bigler, Hon. Neijon Edwards, and in Kwajalein, Irene Paul. Program planning included encouragement of cottage industries, promotion of a clean lagoon and trash removal, and education in primary health care. THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 32 - MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO RMI AND FSM $25,000 worth of medical supplies was donated to the Marshall Islands by Charles Vihtelic, a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, through the Friends of the Marshall Islands and the Micronesia Institute. Continental Air Micronesia and Air Marshall Islands donated the transportation for the goods to Majuro. The Chuuk Red Cross was given gifts of clothing, money, clothing, and medical supplies for use in their work with ailing villagers by Maradel Gale, Bernadette Wehrly, Hiroshi Daifuku Ph.D., and Richard Winston Ph.D. College of the Marshall Islands School of Nursing received 14 cartons of books, journals and cassettes shipped for its library courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution. The books were donated Drs. Don Barber, Carolyn Brown, and Bruce Weneck. Richard Morrison, Ph.D., has donated several cartons of science magazines. DISASTER RELIEF Much of the Micronesia area is prone to typhoons and mud slides after heavy rains. The MI has sought and distributed large amounts of medical donations, tents, and used clothing which were flown to the islands as gifts from Continental Air Micronesia. The PM&O Vessel Micronesia Pride has also carried and delivered as a gift, 14 boxes of medical emergency supplies. For Supertyphoon Nina in Chuuk, in which 85% to 100% of all residences, and 95% of the crops, were destroyed on different islands, MI Program Officer Harrison Miller obtained and arranged for over $50,000 worth of contributed shipments of medicines and supplies by Direct Relief International, Americares Foundation, and individual friends of Chuuk. IV. CULTURE MICRONESIAN ENDOWMENT FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION The MI has been deeply concerned over the future of the Micronesian cultures. To the end of preserving and developing the Micronesian cultures, the MI helped the Micronesians to establish the Micronesian Endowment for Historic Preservation (MEHP). The MEHP’s officers, made up of the appointed Historic Preservation Officers of the different areas, are rotated in yearly elections according to carefully written and observed Articles of Incorporation (in the Marshall Islands in 1985) and Bylaws, both of which have been amended since the establishment of independence of the FSM, RMI, and Palau. It is an independent entity, crossing all political boundaries and all territorial interests. The MI serves as its associated organization in the US. THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 33 - Receptions and fund-raising events have been held in several areas. Grants, especially from the Henry Luce Foundation, Inc., have funded illustrated brochures in both English and Japanese. Daniel A. Roland of Smith Barney Shearson, Guam, and Mobil Oil Micronesia, Guam, made generous grants to the Endowment Fund. The Foundation also enabled the Historic Preservation Officers to visit New York to call on donor Henry Luce III (who had visited Palau and Yap during World War II and had beautiful Micronesian art in his offices), to meet with officers of other cultureoriented foundations, and to explain the Endowment to the Palauan, Marshallese, and FSM ambassadors at the United Nations. Mr. H. Christopher Luce of the Henry Luce Foundation and son of Mr. Luce and Patricia Chapman, hosted the group at dinner in Chinatown one evening. Another New York host was the Hon. Francis Kellogg, formerly UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Fund-raisers have been hosted in Guam by Mobil Oil Micronesia, Inc.; in the Marshall Islands by their Alele Museum; and in Washington, DC by Ambassador and Mrs. Fred Zeder at their apartment. Smaller fund-raisers have been given in different island areas. Joint programs with the Smithsonian Institution, and exhibits by the Interior Department, have also helped build awareness of the cultures. Continental Air Lines/Air Micronesia and Air Marshall Islands have contributed toward transportation costs for vital inter-island and mainland meetings. The MEHP is an independent on-going organization that is slowly building its Endowment and finding friends around the world. Contributions may be sent c/o The Treasurer, Micronesian Endowment for Historic Preservation, Alele Museum, Majuro, Marshall Islands, MH 96960 and earmarked MEHP. DONATED PAINTINGS OF MICRONESIAN AREAS A gift of 17 paintings of scenes in the Marshalls, Palau, FSM, Guam, and the Northern Marianas, dating from the early part of the last century, was given to the MI by Mr. Frank Barrett of Barrett Associates of California. Their value is estimated to be $20,400. Mr. Barrett, who with his engineering firm has spent much time in the Micronesian islands, hoped that the lovely paintings, by Mr. Williamson Mayo, would be exhibited in the embassies and representatives Offices. They are being received on loan by the different offices. Continental Air Lines, Continental Air Micronesia, and Air Marshall Islands transported the paintings from the islands and arranged for their delivery. PROMOTING THE CULTURE THROUGH SHOPPING FOR GIFTS FROM RMI, FSM, PALAU, CNMI, GUAM, AND KIRIBATI The MI, as part of its effort to acquaint Americans with Micronesian arts, cultures, and needs, prepared a Christmas season gift list of books, music cassettes, sculpture, jewelry, baskets and mats, woven fantasy flowers, purses, coconut soap, oil, and shampoo, walking canes, outrigger canoes, sailing stick charts, baskets, mats and fans, cards, from every part of the Micronesia area. Art for the gift list was created by Tina Botond. THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 34 - V. APPENDIX INTERIM BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SUCCESSOR MICRONESIA INSTITUTE H. E. Jesse Marehalau, Interim President, FSM H. E. Banny de Brum, Interim Vice-President, RMI H. E. Hersey Kyota, Interim Treasurer, Palau Officers of the above Embassies: Marvin Ngirutang, Palau David Orruken, Palau Rhinehart Silas, Palau Holly Barker, RMI Kristina Stege, RMI Matt Zackhras, RMI Tanya Harris, FSM Mathias Maradol, FSM James Naich, FSM Samson Pretrick, FSM FIRST DIRECTORS and ADVISORS, 1983 Patricia Luce Chapman: Founder/Chair Fr. John T. Pawlikowski, S. J., Catholic Theological Union: Secretary/Treasurer Barry J. Israel, Esquire: Counsel Donald L. Beck, Founder, Continental Air Micronesia Hyman Bookbinder, American Jewish Committee Edward Doherty, US Catholic Council of Bishops Singeru Singeo, Ph.D., FSM and Palau FIRST HONORARY DIRECTORS Edward DLG Pangelinan, CNMI and Guam Noriwo Ubedei, Palau FIRST ADVISORY COUNCIL: Harvey Blank, MD., U. of Miami James Marzolf, MD, Pac. Health & Resources Dev. James Millar, MD., Geo. Wash. U. School of Medicine Linda Mori, Chuuk, FSM SUBSEQUENT DIRECTORS Samuel B. Thomsen, President, 1990-1996 Mary Eva Candon, Esquire, Counsel Milo Coerper, Esquire, Coudert Bros., Counsel Howard L. Hills, Esquire, Strook & Strook & Lavin, Counsel Hon. David Chewning, Treasurer Leon M. S. Slawecki, Ph.D., Trinity College, Treasurer Col. Albert V. Short, USA, Retired, Treasurer Fred Radewagen, Exec. Director Hon. John Babauta, CNMI THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 35 - Donald J. Breeding, Continental Air Micronesia Paul J. Casey, Continental Air Micronesia John Cornman, Gerontological Society Governor Peter Tali Coleman, American Samoa Maradel K. Gale, Oregon U. Micronesia Program Glenn W. Geelhoed, MD, Geo. Wash. U. School of Medicine Joseph W. Harrison, Pan-Pac. Alliance for Trade & Development James E. Hawkins, Commonwealth Pacific Corporation Jane Hurd, Telephony International William Hurt, Actor Stephen A. Janger, Close-up Foundation George M. Kroloff, Kroloff Marshall & Associates Cecile E. Mactaggart, Author Matthias Maradol, Washington, DC and FSM Prof. Anne Pederson, Pacific Science Association Paul Pederson, Ph.D., Syracuse U., Harvard U, Cross-Cultural Counseling Daniel A. Roland, Smith Barney Shearson, Guam Garrett Scalera, Consultant on Asia-Pacific Health, Economics and Defense, Tokyo, Japan Hon. Roger D. Severance, Severance International George Warde, Continental Air Micronesia Lee P. Webber, Pacific Daily News, Guam A. Lee Zeigler, Ph.D., International Education Consultant SUBSEQUENT HONORARY DIRECTORS Hon. Oscar de Brum, RMI Hon. Froilan Tenorio, CNMI Hon. Antonio Borja Won Pat, MC, Guam Hon. Robert Underwood, MC Guam Hon. Ben Blaz, MC, Guam Hon. Ringlen Ringlen, FSM Senator Dan Akaka, HI Senator J. Bennett Johnston, Jr., LA Senator John McCain, AZ Hon. Steven Kanai, Palau Hon. David Orrukem, Palau SUBSEQUENT ADVISORY COUNCIL Dirk Anthony Ballendorf, Ph.D., Micr. Area Research Ctr., Guam Mitch Besser, MD, U.C. San Diego Hospital and Chuuk Robert W. Blume, Sr., Bank of Hawaii Robert Bonham, MD, Waianae Health Center, Hawaii David Challinor, Ph.D., Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC Jerry Coron, Hawaii Red Cross/ Henry Dunant Pacific, Hawaii John Henry Felix, MD, Honolulu City Council, Hawaii Howard Graves, Associated Press, Hawaii Jay Jones, Shelly International Marketing Susan Kenworthy, Dept. of Education, Washington, DC Patricia Parker King, Ph.D., National Park Service, Washington, DC Thomas King, Ph.D., Author, Lecturer, Hist. Pres. & Properties, Wash. DC T. E. Manase Mansur, Cong. Staff, Washington, DC Fr. Thomas Marciniak, Syracuse, NY and Majuro, RMI Robert H. McNulty, Partners for Livable Places, Washington, DC Hon. Robert R. Nathan, Robert R. Nathan Associates, Washington, DC Hon. Robert Podesta, Washington, DC Neal Palafox, MD, RMI and Hawaii Henry Schwalbenberg, S.J., Fordham University, New York Robert Sherrod, Author of WW 2 books on Tarawa, and Saipan, Washington, DC THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 36 - Louis Sleeper, Pan-Pacific Alliance for Trade, Washington, DC Carl Stover, Ph.D., The Stover Group, Washington, DC Miller Upton, Ph.D., Education Consultant Dennis Van Der Tuig, NASA, Washington, DC James M. Wall, Christian Century Magazine Lee P. Webber, Pacific Daily News PROGRAM OFFICERS and INTERNS, Washington, DC Program Officer Fred Agak, Kenya Program Officer/Volunteer J.B. Collier, World Bank, USA Program Officer Lorena Chavez, USA Program Officer Harrison Miller, USA Program Officer Linda Mori, Chuuk, FSM Program Officer Ted Osius, USA Program Officer Marvin Ngirutang, Palau Program Officer Allan Hayes Williams, USA Sheila Edwin, Pohnpei, FSM Rose Edwin Olter Tarpley, Pohnpei, FSM Gertrude Mangarwen, Yap, FSM Romana Lynn Cruz, RMI and Guam, USA Blandina Yangilmau, Palau In addition to all of the above, very valuable guidance in steering the MI canoe across the shoals and reefs was given by the FSM’s Hon. Epel Ilon and Benina Ilon, Governor Erhart Aten, Hon. James Naich, Ishmael Lebehn, Hon. Del Pangelinan, Teddy John, Martin Jano, Esquire, Andrew Kugfas; Hon. Alfred Capelle, Hon. Carmen Bigler, Hon. Neijon Edwards of the RMI, and Hon. Vicky Kanai and Moses Sam of Palau. We thank them for the kind gifts of their trust, knowledge, and counsel. Additional Americans who gave valuable time in developing the MI program and concept were James Berg and Ambassadors Fred Zeder and Peter Rosenblatt of the Office for Micronesian Status Negotiations, and Samuel McPhetres of Saipan, CNMI, and Jim Beirne, Congressional Staff. * Participants in Micronesia Institute programs are here given alphabetically. Many are missing, in particular participants from Kiribati, Yap, Palau, the Marianas, and Guam in the islands.. Titles are given as they were at the time of the program. The listing includes a few who extended their hospitality but were unable to attend the programs. We thank them for their help. We regret omissions and incomplete titles. Program coordinators, hosts, volunteers, and speakers, are marked with an asterisk. Hon. Judge Paul Abbate, Guam* Lucy S. Abello, FSM Dept. of Finance, Pohnpei, FSM Lyndon Abraham, Bank of the FSM, Kosrae, FSM Presley Abraham, Kosrae, FSM Reedson Abrahanm, FSM Office of Planning & Stat., FSM Tee P. Abraham, FSM Budget Office, Pohnpei, FSM Dr. Martin A. Abrahamsen (Panel), VOCA, Washington DC* Hon. Marcelino Actouka, businessman, Pohnpei, FSM* Yvette E. Adams, Carlos Etscheit Soap Co., Pohnpei, FSM Susumo Aizawa (Host), Susumu’s Restaurant, Chuuk, FSM* Solomon K. Aken, Kwajalein, RMI Conrad Albert, Police Department, Kosrae, FSM THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 37 - Romeo J. Alfred, South End Emporium, Kwajalein, RMI Aaron Alokoa, Personnel Office, Kosrae, FSM Floyd Alokoa, Kosrae, FSM Adano Alphonse, Chuuk Fishing Coops, Chuuk, FSM Mrs. Mamer Amon, TAU-LEI, Pohnpei. FSM Arthur Ansin, Chief of Agriculture, Chuuk, FSM Livingston Anton, Supply Office, Kosrae, FSM Senator Elizabeth Arriola, Guam Santy Asanuma, Asanuma Enterprises, Palau Hon. Erhart Aten (Host), Governor. Chuuk, FSM* Dr.Gerhart Aten and Mrs. Helen Leong Men, Chuuk, FSM* Joe Ayuyu, Chamber of Commerce, Saipan, CNMI Jose Babauta, Commonwealth Dev. Authority, Saipan, CNMI Steve Baker, Bank of Kiribati Ltd., Tarawa, Kiribati Robert Bailey, Ph.D., Ohio State U. Business Professor, Ohio Takabea Barantarawa, Ministry of Trade, Tarawa, Kiribati Maxima Baroy, Agriculture Dept., Chuuk, FSM John Barrett, RADM USN Ret (Panel), Pacific Forum, Hawaii* Crawfori H. Bates, Pohnpei Transfer & Storage, Pohnpei, FSM Eloise Baza, Chamber of Commerce, Guam Sam Bellu, MI coordinator, Triple J Wholesale, Kwajalein, RMI* Gordon Benjamin, Office of Trade & Dev., Majuro, RMI Reverend Benjamin, Kosrae, FSM Tony E. Bermanis, Fed. States Insurance Underwriter. Pohnpei, FSM Otoichi Besebes, Palau Manager, Development Bank, Palau* Bill Bezzant, Triple J., Kwajalein, RMI Hon. Carmen Bigler, Sec. of Internal Affairs, Hist. Pres. Officer, Majuro, RMI* Bernard Billimon, 4-H Youth Specialist, Chuuk, FSM Pat K. Billimon, Billimon’s, Chuuk, FSM Joachin Blanco, Bank of Guam, Kwajalein, RMI* Irumne Bondrik, Kwajalein, RMI Tina Botond, graphics, Washington, DC Gary Bouck, Panel, Dept. of Commerce, DC* Herner Braiel, R & D, Chuuk, FSM Lewis Brooks, Production & Marketing, Kosrae, FSM* Albert Brown, Business consultant,, Panel. Washington, DC* Flavia Bruton, Mita & Bruton Ent., Chuuk, FSM Arthur Burditt, R & D, Chuuk, FSM Martha Burgess, PKanel, Education Consultant, Washington, DC* Aqua I. Calep, Kwajalein, RMI William Capelle, Air Marshall Islands, RMI* Jesus and Mrs. Chako, Dev. Officer for Sen. Arriola, Guam Patricia Luce Chapman, Chair, Micronesia Institute, Washington, DC* Col. Richard Chapman USA, HQ USAKA, Kwajalein, RMI* Moses Charley, FSM Development Bank, Kosrae, FSM Eliot Cholymay, Chuuk Fisheries, Chuuk, FSM Frank Cholymay, Chuuk Food Services, Chuuk, FSM Sen. Peter Christian, FSM Congress, Pohnpei, FSM* Masachiro Christlib, Hall Islands Dev. Authority. Chuuk, FSM Lydia Coburn, Washington, DC and Palau* Hilary Conrad, Pohnpei State Legislature. Pohnpei, FSM Deborah Smith Cook Ph.D., Geo. Wash. U. Business Professor, DC* Joel Cook, Ph.D., Geo. Wash. U. Business Professor, DC* Larry Dalton, Businessman, Palau* Augustine Danis, Chuuk, FSM Mitaro Danis, Land Commission, Chuuk, FSM THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 38 - Don and Dorothy Davis, (MI Coordinators), Robert Reimers, Kwajalein, RMI* Dr. Ruben S. Davrit (Host), Coll. of Trop. Agr./Science, Coll. Of Micronesia, Pohnpei, FSM* Bonnie de Brum, Kwajalein, RMI Justin de Brum, RMI/USAKA Liaison, Kwajalein, FSM Veronica Denny, Peace Corps, Chuuk, FSM Greg Dever, MD, Med. Officer Training Pgm., Pohnpei, FSM Maryanne Dionne, Global Associates, Kwajalein, RMI Mary Lou Dorrance, Washington, DC* Paula Edmund, Pohnpei Catholic School, Pohnpei, FSM Ywao Elanzo, Dev. Officer, Coll, of Micronesia, Pohnpei, FSM Bondi Elmi, Kosrae, FSM Hon. Neijon Edwards, Sec. of Social Services, Majuro, RMI* Emensio Eperiam, MEHP, Pohnpei, State Government, Pohnpei, FSM * Thomas Ermang, Program Director, Micr. Occupational College, Palau* Droteo Espangel, Bank of Guam. Chuuk, FSM Michael Fleming, Saipan, CNMI Senator Isaac Figir, Yap, Congress of the FSM, FSM* Jeff Franckx, Peace Corps, Chuuk Sapuro Freddy, Public Works, Kosrae, FSM Harry Fritz, Businessman, Palau* M. A. Gamage, Dept. of C &RS, Pohnpei, FSM Jerry Garrett, Kwajalein, RMI Mike Gawel, FSM Resources, Pohnpei, FSM Tulpe George, Kosrae State Legislature, Kosrae, FSM Webster George, Kosrae, FSM Governor Yosiwo George, (Host), Kosrae, FSM* Governor Sasao Gouland, Chuuk, FSM* Homer Graham, Kwajalein, RMI Frank Leon Guerrero, Dep. Tax Commissioner, Guam* Elizabeth Haake* Gordon Hansen, Chuuk, FSM Clyde D. Harper, T&C Furn. & Upholstery Co., Chuuk, FSM Verjuna Harry, Kosrae, FSM Myron Hashiguchi, Shigeto’s, Chuuk, FSM Col. Leonard Hassell, Dept. of Defense, DC Laura S. Hauk, Pohnpei Com. Action Agency, Pohnpei, FSM Lura Hills, Washington, DC and Kosrae* James T. Hiyane, Palm Terrace, Pohnpei, FSM Victor Hobson, Ret., Officer, USAKA, Kwajalein, RMI* Lola Hocog, Chamber of Commerce, CNMI* Donald Holland, Bank of the FSM, Chuuk, FSM* Robert Hong, (Host), Formosa Restaurant, Kwajalein, RMI* Carlton Hopp AIA, Kwajalein, RMI Carl Ingram, Esq., Majuro, RMI* Fountain Inok, (Coordinator), Chamber of Commerce, Kwajalein, RMI* Diane Inos, Commonwealth Dev. Authority, Saipan, CNMI* Fidel Iron, Chuuk Trading Co., Chuuk, FSM Kasuo Isisaki, FSM Foreign Inv. Board, Kosrae, FSM FSM Vice President Hiroshi Ismael, Palikir, FSM* Senyorina Jack, High School, Kosrae, FSM Shrue Jack, Mobil Kosrae, Kosrae, FSM Swinton Jack, Dept. of Education, Kosrae, FSM Mayor Alvin Jacklick, (Host), Kwajalein, RMI* THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 39 - Gerson Jackson, Cons. & Dev., Kosrae, FSM* Benster Jano, FSM Resources & Development, Pohnpei, FSM Abon Jeadrik, City Manager, Kwajalein, RMI Julian Johns, Supply Office, Kosrae, FSM Janice Johnson, Washington, DC* Chaplain Johnson, Kwajalein, RMI Donald Jonah, Sandy Beach Hotel, Kosrae, FSM Hon. Ihlen K. Joseph, Pohnpei State Government, Pohnpei, FSM* Senator Kasiano Joseph, Pohnpei State Leg., Pohnpei, FSM Hon. Kintoki Joseph, Cultural Therapy, Udot, Chuuk, FSM President Amata Kabua (Host), RMI* Senator Imata Kabua, Chairman, KADA, Kwajalein, RMI Hon. Michael Kabua, (Host), Mon La Mike’s, Kwajalein, RMI* Hon. Vicky Kanai, MEHP, Cultural Officer, Palau* Peter Kararana, South Tarawa Contractors Workers Coop., Kiribati Waysang Kum Kee, WKK Enterprises, Kiritimati Island, Kiribati Buraieta Koakoa, Aba-makomo Trading Ltd., Tarawa, Kiribati Senator Roosevelt Kansou, Chuuk State Leg., Chuuk, FSM* Duke Keiser, Mobil Oil Micronesia Inc., Guam H. E. Wilfred Kendall of RMI, Washington, DC* Reno Ketinas, Chuuk, FSM Senator Hermios Kibin, Majuro, RMI Johnny Killion, Chuuk Shipping Co., Chuuk, FSM Senator Redley Killion, FSM Congress, Pohnpei, FSM Jerry Knight, Alele Museum, Majuro, RMI* Angela Korok, Laura Korwan Co., Kwajalein, RMI Jerry Kramer, Host, Pres., Chamber of Commerce, Majuro, RMI* Andrew Kugfas, Historic Pres. Officer, Yap, FSM* Korwan Labwon, Kwajalein, RMI Hermina Langijata, Fitikoko’s, Kwajalein, RMI Biten Lanki, Pacific Int’l Inc., Majuro, RMI Reloni Latdrik, Kwajalein, RMI Rellong Lemari, Chief Secretary’s Rep., Kwajalein, RMI Grant Lebaun, Businessman, Majuro, RMI* Hon. Annes Lebehn, Speaker, Pohnpei State Legislature, FSM* lshmael Lebehn (Cordinator; Panel Moderator; Host)* Dir.,Coll, of Trop. Agr. & Science, Coll, of Micronesia, Pohnpei, FSM Jackson Lebehn, FSM Office of Planning/Statistics, Pohnpei Major Lee, UJSA, USAKA, Kwajalein, RMI John P. Lee, Aeromet, Inc., Kwajhalein, RMI Marilyn Liebrenz , Ph.D., (Panels), Geo. Wash. U. Business Prof., Washington, DC* Hermira Ligohr, Pohnpei Comm. Action Agency, Pohnpei, FSM Sen. Chotaro A. Lika, Chuuk State Legislature, Chuuk, FSM Dennis Linebanger, Peace Corps, Pohnpei, FSM Raymond Lomongo, Chuuk, FSM Frank L. Lonno, Budget Dept., Kosrae, FSM Kresma K. Luey, Cons.& Dev., Kosrae, FSM Kenneth Lujan, Small Bus. Adm., Guam Charles Lum, Small Bus. Adm., Hawaii Alex P. Luzama, Act. Exec. Director, EDA, Pohnpei, FSM* Alison MacCannell, Peace Corps, Pohnpei, FSM Robert MacDonald, George Wash. U. School of Med., Washington, DC* Lt. Governor Moses Mackwrelung, Kosrae, FSM* Kempis Mad, Palau Museum, Palau Mr. Mad, College of Micronesia, Palau* James MacIntyre, Global Assoc., Kwajalein, RMI THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 40 - Amos MacQuinn, Chamber of Commerce, Majuro, RMI* Marie Maddison, WUTMI, Majuro, RMI* Mark Mailo, Chuuk Maritime Authority, Chuuk, FSM Dr. Francis Matsutaro, Pres. Micr. Occupational College, Host, Palau* Kenneth Matzkin, OEA, The Pentagon, Washington, DC* Rufino Mauricio, Ph.D., FSM Hist. Pres. Officer, Pohnpei, FSM Abios Mawilon, Renders Taxi, Kwajalein, RMI Benjamin Maynigo, Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce, Washington, DC The Mayor of Lelu, Kosrae, FSM Mayor Barton Musrasrik, Malem, Kosrae, FSM The Mayor of Tafunsak, Kosrae, FSM The Mayor of Utwe, Kosrae, FSM Mary McCutcheon, Ph.D. Washington, DC Enid McKay, Dept. of Education, Majuro, RMI* Paul McLaughlin, Betio Hardware, Tarawa, Kiribati Tiete McLaughlin, electronics, Tarawa, Kiribati Pat McKenzie, Host, Finance Officer, Chuuk, FSM* Samuel McPhetres, Saipan, CNMI* Melander Melander, Kosrae, FSM Richard Miller, OTIA, Washington, DC Hideo Milne (Coordinator), Chamber of Commerce, Kwajalein, RMI* Victor Milne (Guest, MI), Majuro Chamber of Commerce, Majuro, RMI Michael Minardi, Kwajalein, RMI Matt Mix (Co-Sponsor), Pres. Pohnpei Chamber of Commerce, Pohnpei, FSM* Shra Mongkeya, CCM Extension, Kosrae, FSM Moreen Moore, Chamber of Commerce, Kwajalein, RMI* Hermenia & Andrew Moses, Seven Ms, Kwajalein, RMI* Hon. Bob Mori, Lieutenant Governor, Host, Chuuk, FSM* Gabe Mori, Foreign Inv. Board, Chuuk, FSM Manny Mori, Pres., FSM Development Bank, Pohnpei, FSM Hon. Masataka Mori, Host, Chuuk, FSM* Roger S. Mori, Dep. Director, Chuuk State R&D, Chuuk, FSM Mr. and Mrs. Sammy Mori, Chuuk Transco, Chuuk, FSM Taka M. Mori (Host), Sen. Manager, Chuuk Transp. Co., Chuuk, FSM* Umiko Mori, Founder/President, Chuuk “Red Cross,” FSM* Hon. Resio Moses (Opening Address), Governor, Pohnpei, FSM* Pelerihno Mudong, Pohnpei Comm. Action Agency, Fohnpei, FSM Pat Muno, Chamber of Commerce, Majuro, RMI* Martha Murphy, Pohnpei Chamber of Commerce, Pohnpei, FSM David Nakagawa, Pohnpei, FSM Sydnina Nakayama, Chuuk, FSM Hon. Tosiwo Nakayama, Bank of Guam, Chuuk* Ned Namara, Ebeye Credit Union, Kwajalein, RMI Peter Namio, Chuuk, FSM Namio Nanpei, Manager, FSM Coconut 0ev. Authority, Pohnpei, FSM Sam Nathan, JTPA Administrator, Chuuk, FSM Ginn Nena, Kosrae, FSM Lerina Nena, Kosrae, FSM Shelten D. Neth, Farmers Home Adm., USDA, Pohnpei, FSM Dion G. Neth, Pohnpei State Budget Office, Pohnpei, FSM Leilani Ngirturong, Chamber of Commerce, Palau* Chutomu Nimwes, Dir. Of Education, Chuuk, FSM Henry Noda, Kosrae, FSM Andrea Novak, Peace Corps, Pohnpei, FSM William O’Callaghan (Panel), VOCA, Washington, DC Beverley O’Hara, Peace Corps. Chuuk, FSM Kaoli Onorio, Press, Tarawa, Kiribati THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 41 - Sekool Oremgii, Master Raft Builder, Palau Elvis Killion O’Sonis, HPO, Chuuk, FSM Wylie O’Sullivan, Washington, DC and Majuro, RMI Winton Palik, Police Dept., Kosrae, FSMPau Eugene Palsis, Hospital Adm., Kosrae, FSM Helkena Palsis, Kosrae, FSM Ruly Palsis, Kosrae, FSM Paul Patrick, Kwajaleln, RMI Irene A. Paul, business woman, Kwajalein, RMI* Maj. And Mrs. Michael J. Pettit, US Rep.’s office, Majuro, RMI James Pedersen, Barrett Harris & Associates. Chuuk, FSM Dr Dan Perin, Dept. of C&RS, Pohnpei, FSM Podis Pedrus (Welcome Address for Gov. Erhart Aten). Chuuk, FSM* Senator Alex Phillip, Kosrae Legislature, FSM* Critin Phillip, Adm., Agriculture Div., Kosrae, FSM Joshua Phillip, Dept. of Community Services, Pohnpei, FSM Mr. and Mrs. Kiyoshi Phillip, Poultry Farm, Chuuk, FSM* Joel Phillip, Royal Transp. Agency, Majuro, RMI* Madarina Phillip, Dept. of Agriculture, Kosrae, FSM Sen. Yosuo M. Phillip, Pohnpei State Leg., Pohnpei, FSM Amata Radewagen, Legisl. Aide, House of Representatives, Washington, DC* Ed Ratigan, PRC Kentron, Kwajalein, RMI Briel Rayel, Chuuk, FSM Teitia Redfern, Fern Trading Co. Ltd.,, Tarawa, Kiribati Tina Rehuher, Director, Palau Museum, Palau* Ramsey Reimer, Robert Reimer’s, Kwajalein, RMI* Nardo N. Reyes, Chuuk Construct. & Market. Co., Chuuk, FSM Jean-Pierre Reymondet-Commoy, UNDP, Pohnpei, FSM Jeban Riklon, Exec. Dir., KADA, Kwajalein, RMI Johnsay Riklon, Esquire, Attorney-at-Law, Kwajalein, RMI Julian Riklon, Kwajalein, RMI Edson W. Ringlen, Asst. Manager, KCCA. Pohnpei, FSM Henry Robert, Dept. of Education, Kosrae, FSM Swithson Robert, Dept. of Finance, Kosrae, FSM Michael Runde, Washington World Trade Inst., Washington, DC Scott Russell, Historic Preservation, Saipan, CNMI* Ludor Saimon, Kosrae, FSM Versilyn Saimon, Kosrae, FSM Karen Sakihama, Small Business Adm., Hawaii Ferdun Saladier, R & D, Chuuk, FSM Bob and Kathryn Sandrers (Coordinators), Manager, Ebeye, Kwajalein, RMI* Catalino Sam, Ponape Coconut Products, PATS, Pohnpei, FSM Thomas Sappa, Chuuk, FSM Kristen Schmitz, Geo. Wash. U. School of Medicine, Washington, DC* David Serious, Chuuk, FSM Harry Seymour, VP, Comm. Action Pgm., Kosrae, FSM* Palikkun Shrew, Kosrae, FSM Takushi Shima, Kwajalein, RMI Elvis Shirai, Bank of Guam, Chuuk, FSM* Berlin Sigrah, Hist. Pres. Officer, Kosrae, FSM* Hersey Sigrah, Police Dept., Kosrae, FSM Hon. Joab N. Sigrah, Associate Judge, Kosrae, FSM Joab P. Sigrah, Kosrae State Hospital, FSM Juda Sigrah, Dept. of Education, Kosrae, FSM Saino Sigrah, Kosrae, FSM Semion Sigrah, Kosrae Credit Union, Kosrae, FSM THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 42 - Bumio Silbanuz, FSM Registrar of Corporations, Pohnpei, FSM John Silk, Kwajalein Atoll Local Gov., Kwajalein, RMI* SeNellie Singeo, Dir., Pohnpei Comm. Action Agency, Pohnpei, FSM* Bob Skilling, Dept. of Public Health, Kosrae, FSM Joab Skilling, Dept,.of Education, Kosrae, FSM Masayoki Skilling, Kosrae, FSM Skipper Skilling, Kosrae, FSM Ada Smith, Nomunwito Authority, Chuuk, FSM Norman Smith, USAKA, Kwajalein, RMI* Angela Song, Geo. Wash. U. School of Medicine, Washington, DC* John Sohl, FSM Office of Planning/Statistics, Pohnpei, FSM Frank Solomon, Washington, DC and Majuro, RMI* Rose Solomon, Palau* Iskia Soni, Public Information Officer, Chuuk, FSM Allan Stayman, Congressional Staff, Washington, DC* Scott Stege, Esquire, Majuro, RMI* William Stewart, Econ. & For. Inv. Cons., Chuuk R&D, Chuuk, FSM* Roger Stillwell, Washington, DC and CNMI* Kiki Stinett, Chuuk Travel Unlimited, Chuuk, FSM Virgil Stinnett, Rostin Marine Exports, Tarawa, FSM* Joe N. Suka, Chief, Chuuk State Tourism & Commerce, Chuuk, FSM Dr. Miklos Szentkiralyi, PATS Faculty, PATS, Pohnpei, FSM* Hilary Tacheliol, Office of the Governor, Yap, FSM* Jim Kaekiti, Kiribati Coop Wholesale Soc. Ltd., Tarawa, Kiribati Lawdin Talley, Bank of Hawaii, Kosrae, FSM* Skiner Talley, Kosrae, FSM Jini Tarkio, Kwajalein, RMI Chief Viane Taoaba, Tarawa, Kiribati* Baie Teanako, Marketing, Tarawa, Kiribati Mere Teanako, Bairiki, Kiribati Tenanora Tekanene, Businessman, Tarawa, Kiribati* Beta Tentoa, Tarawa Motel, Tarawa, Kiribati Cecilia Terlaje, Mobil Oil Micronesia Inc., Guam* Tekaiti Teuben, Retail, Tarawa, Kiribati Mitta Tholman, Kosrae, FSM Sen. Elias H. Thomas, FSM Congress, Pohnpei, FSM Mrs. Judy Thomsen, Falls Church, VA* Saelus S. Tilfas, Kosrae, FSM Sloving Tilfas, Dept. of Education, Kosrae, FSM Mitchuo Timothy, Cons. & Dev., Kosrae, FSM Shiro Timothy, Dept. of Education, Kosrae, FSM Timothy Timothy, Plan. & Statistics, Kosrae, FSM Hon. Francis Toribiong, Regent, College of Micronesia, Palau* Akira M. Tosie, Kosrae, FSM William Tosie, Kosrae, FSM Allan Treadwell, Geo. Wash. U. School of Medicine, Washington, DC* Allen Tsui, Geo. Wash. U. School of Medicine, Washington, DC* Angelo R. Udui, Palau Freight & Forwarding Service, Palau Senator Moses Uludong, Palau* Tadashi Wainit (Host), Pres., Chuuk Chamber of Commerce, Chuuk, FSM* Craig Warner, Kwajaleink, RMI Truman Wakuk, Comm. Action Pgm., Kosrae, FSM Wilson Wakuk, Div. of Taxation, Kosrae, FSM* Dr. Ansito Walter, College of Micronesia, Chuuk, FSM* Soar and Risko Walter and family, Udot Island, Chuuk, FSM* Col. Chip Wanner, US Army Corps of Engineers, Kwajalein, RMI* THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC. - 43 - Humei Wang (Panel), Chung-Hua Inst. for Econ. Research, Taiwan* Bermin A. Weilbacher, Dir., Pohnpei Tourist Commission, Pohnpei, FSM Dexter Weital, Pohnpei State Legislature, Pohnpei, FSM Aruo Welley, Kosrae, FSM Hans Wiliander.Office of the Governor, Chuuk, FSM Keti William, Kosrae, FSM Allan Hayes Williams (Panel, Symposium Rapporteur)* Washington World Trade Inst., Washington, DC Jack Williamson, US Trade & Dev. Pgm., Washington, DC* Haruo Wilter, Palau Virginia Wright, Small Business, Strat. Def. Comm., Kwajalein, RMI* Dr. Shean-Ya Yeh (Panel), Inst. Of Oceanography, Taiwan* Yasuo Yamada, FSM Registrar of Corporations, Pohnpei, FSM* Tadasy Yamaguchi, 4-T, Pohnpei, FSM Lisa Zimmerman, Geo. Wash. U. School of Medicine, Washington, DC