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[email protected] From the Warden Sir Marrack Goulding KCMG SSiiiil iiflli 29 September 1999 His Excellency Mr Kofi Annan Secretary-General of the United Nations NEW YORK New York 10017, USA Thank you for giving me the honour of delivering your message to last night's~c^l^5mfWTrorffie7ife and~w"6Tk"H"Mrchaer^^SIs^H^elFO^blrHlaTthe Sheldomari Theatre where you yourself spoke earlier in the year). The ceremony was extremely well attended by Michael's acquaintances from all walks of life and all parts of the world. I read out your message before delivering my own statement. It was the only message that was read out at the ceremony. Its warmth and eloquence made a strong impression, particularly the reference to Michael as "an exemplary citizen of the world". I enclose copies of the programme and of my own remarks. A Marrack Goulding REMARKS BY MARRACK GOULDING AT A CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE AND WORK OF MICHAEL VAILLANCOURT ARIS Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 28 September 1999 Per Kvaerne has spoken about Michael the Scholar. Robin Chnsu^. :i "^ sneak about Michael the Friend. I will try to build a bridge between them by speaking aix,u.. •," -1 *he Fellow - in the University sense of the word but also in the wider sense of, to quote the o.-.. a little selectively, 'a colleague, companion, associate, comrade'. Michael was a Fellow of St Antony's College for less than a decade, having previously been a Fellow at St John's and Wolfson.