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FOREIGN POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE APHILADELPHIA VOICE ... ANATIONAL ASSET ... AGLOBAL RESOURCE THE YEAR IN REVIEW AND THE 2004 ANNUAL DINNER MISSION Founded in 1955, FPRI is devoted to bringing the insights of scholarship to bear on the development of policies that advance U.S. national interests. And we add perspective to events by fitting them into the larger historical and cultural context of international politics. WHO WE ARE The scholars of FPRI include a former aide to three U.S. secretaries of state, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, a former president of Swarthmore College (and a Bancroft Prize-winning historian), and a former staff member of the National Security Council. We count among our trustees a former Secretary of State, a former Undersecretary of Defense, and a former Secretary of the Navy, not to mention two university presidents emeritus, a foundation president, and several active or retired corporate CEOS. And we count among our extended network of scholars — especially, our Inter-University Study Groups — representatives of diverse disciplines, including political science, history, economics, law, management, religion, sociology, and psychology. WHAT WE DO We conduct research on pressing issues — the war on terrorism, conflicts in the Middle East, relations with China, Russia, and Japan — and we cover long-term questions, such as the roles of religion and ethnicity in international politics, or the nature of Western identity and its implications for the U.S. and the Atlantic Alliance. We publish a quarterly journal, Orbis, and a series of bulletins, both of which draw on the research findings of our scholars, our Inter-University Study Groups, our conferences, and our seminars. And, through our Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education, we educate the public and “teach the teachers.” In this way, we serve the community and the nation, the policymakers and the educators, Wall Street and Main Street. A VAST REACH Each week, FPRI transmits by email a succinct analysis of some critical international issue. These bulletins are emailed to some 25,000 key people in 85 countries directly, and reach thousands more indirectly by postings on the Internet. Frequently, they are reprinted in or quoted by newspapers around the world. Our scholars are also invited to testify on Capitol Hill, comment on national radio and television, and consult informally with U.S. government officials. DOES IT MATTER? It matters to the policymaker, who lacks the time to give serious reflection to long-term trends that will shape America’s choices abroad; it matters to the media, who miss the expertise to make sense of complex developments in foreign lands; it matters to the educator, who needs informed preparation to teach the next generation (and it matters to the students, who represent the next generation of American leadership); and it matters to the public, whose children may be sent off to war and whose taxes will pay the bills. As FPRI founder Robert Strausz-Hupe once said, “a nation should think before it acts,” and that is where FPRI makes its mark. THE 2004 ANNUAL DINNER The Foreign Policy Research Institute has been one of the most effective organizations in America in addressing foreign policy concerns and the need to pursue wise and effective approaches to security and strengthening freedom. My real hope is that all of you here tonight will become members of the Foreign Policy Research Institute so that you can take advantage of the many programs and projects of FPRI. Your membership and your participation is the lifeblood of helping FPRI to advance enlightened solutions to addressing genuine and sustainable security in the world as a whole. John M. Templeton, Jr. Dinner Chairman 1 The 2004 ANNUAL DINNER honoring and featuring a keynote by JOHN F. LEHMAN on AMERICA AFTER 9/11 Tuesday, November 9, 2004 The Four Seasons Hotel One Logan Square • Philadelphia 2 HONORING JOHN F. LEHMAN John Lehman is Chairman of J.F. Lehman & Company, a private equity investment firm. He is also Chairman of OAOT Technology Solutions, Director of Ball Corporation, Insurance Services Office, SDI Inc., and Racal Instruments, Inc., and a member of the Advisory Board of Paribas Affaires Industrielles. Dr. Lehman was formerly an investment banker with PaineWebber Inc. Prior to joining PaineWebber, he served for six years as Secretary of the Navy. He was President of Abington Corporation between 1977 and 1981. A 25-year veteran of the naval reserves, Dr. Lehman served as staff member to Dr. Henry Kissinger on the National Security Council, as delegate to the Force Reductions Negotiations in Vienna and as Deputy Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Dr. Lehman was a member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the “9/11 Commission”). Dr. Lehman holds a B.S. from St. Joseph’s University, a B.A. and M.A. from Cambridge University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University. Dr. Lehman has written numerous books, including On Seas of Glory, Command of the Seas, and Making War. He serves as Chairman of the Princess Grace Foundation USA, a Director of OpSail Foundation, and as a member of the Board of Overseers of the School of Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. A former staff member of FPRI, Dr. Lehman has been a Trustee of FPRI since 1993. From 1997 to 2002, Dr. Lehman co-chaired FPRI’s Defense Task Force with Harvey Sicherman. The Task Force conducted three major conferences on American vulnerabilities, culminating in the FPRI book America the Vulnerable: Our Military Problems and How To Fix Them. 3 PROGRAM Welcoming Remarks - John M. Templeton, Jr. Performance by La Salle College High School Choir Report on FPRI - Harvey Sicherman Dinner Award to John F. Lehman – John H. Ball and Harvey Sicherman Keynote Address – John F. Lehman Closing Remarks - John M.Templeton, Jr. Adjournment Dinner Chairman: John M. Templeton, Jr. Chairs, Corporate Campaign: Barbara J. Gohn and J. Eric Greenwood Chair, Special Events Committee: Susan H. Goldberg 4 SPONSORS ($7,500 - $10,000) BRUCE AND EILEEN HOOPER RICHARD B. LIEB JOHN M. TEMPLETON,JR. PATRONS ($3,000 - $3,500) 1838 Investment Advisors, LP Dr. & Mrs. John Hillen Aqua Pennyslvania, Inc. Homeland Solutions, LLC Ashbridge Investment Management S.M. Jenkins & Co. John H. Ball RADM Thomas C. Lynch, USN (Ret.) Robert L. Byers The Newell Foundation Mr. & Mrs. H. Hudson Barton IV Gartmore Global Investors W.W. Keen Butcher Progressive Business Publications Cozen O'Connor Quaker Chemical Corporation Robert L. Freedman Rait Investment Trust J. Eric Greenwood The Savitz Organization Hamilton Family Foundation Edward M. Snider The Haverford Trust Company Prudent Management Associates Hill Solutions, LLC William H. Wurster Dr. & Mrs. John A. Herring 5 DINNER COMMITTEE Natalie & Benson Adams Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Meads James Agger John F. Meigs John A. Baird, Jr. & Mrs. Dixie G. Wigton Mr. & Mrs. Martin Meyerson Dr. David Bangsberg & Ms. Kathleen Judge Andrew G. Miller, Esq. George J. Baxter I. Wistar Morris III Joseph M. Becker, M.D., M.S. John & Mary Mulhern Mr. Richard Berkman & Ms. Toni Seidl Charles Nemfakos Irvin J. Borowsky Edward & Marlene Panek Ted Bronson George F. Patterson John Carter Stu & Gini Peltz Cephalon, Inc. Drs. Howard & Foulie Perlmutter Geoffrey Duffine Elaine P. Piccolomini Mr. & Mrs. David Eisenhower Pitcairn Financial Group Conrad J. Fowler Marianne and Russell Raphaely Dr. Theodore Friend Eileen Rosenau Robert Galvin Jerry G. & Bernice Rubenstein Elizabeth H. Gemmill Richard S. Rueda Mordecai Gerson Thomas Ruth Rosalie & Irv Gerson Ann & Howard Sacks Nancy Gilboy Mr. & Mrs. Ralph S. Saul Susan & Woody Goldberg Patricia & Lionel Savadove Arthur (“Nick”) and Jan Goldman Samuel & Selma Savitz Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Graham Edwin Seave & Reda Wallner William L. Grala Patricia & Stephen Segal Robert A. Griffiths, Esq. Judith & Murray Shusterman John C. & Chara C. Haas Douglas Simon, MD. Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr. John Smith, Esq. Luke Halinski Mr. & Mrs. Harry Hill Jed Snyder Joseph & Elizabeth Hill G.L. Spaeth Graham & Beth Humes VADM & Mrs. G.P. Steele Joseph John Janos, III, Esq. Terry & Anita Steen Jerome Kaplan, Esquire Brother René Sterner Jerome N. Kline, Esq. Mrs. George Strawbridge Barbara S.M. Kretchmar Jay H. Tolson Jack Lee Marvin & Addie Wachman Gerry Lenfest Hon. & Mrs. Thomas Watkins Murray S. Levin Sybil & Marvin Weiner Joseph H. Levine Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Williams Shelly & Margelle Liss Richard E. Woosnam David Lucterhand Susan Yu Mr. & Mrs. A. Bruce Mainwaring Hon. Dov S. Zakheim Peter and Bonnie McCausland Joseph & Renee Zuritsky 6 7 Mason Crest Publishers would like to thank the FPRI for their role as Editorial Consultants for our award winning 25 volume series, Modern Middle East Nations designed for young adults. The praise for the series from the school and library trade magazines has been exceptional. The FPRI is currently working on Mason Crest's new series, The Growth and Influence of Islam in the Nations of Asia and Central Asia. This 17 volume series is projected to be published by April 2005. Among the consultants involved with Mason Crest projects are Arthur Schlesinger Jr., The Gallup Organization, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, and The Culinary Institute of America. The Philadelphia connection means the most to us. Congratulations JOHN F. LEHMAN Richard B. Lieb 8 John M. Templeton, Jr., M.D., Chairman, Let Freedom Ring, Inc, and Dr. Josephine Templeton Salute the Foreign Policy Research Institute For Promoting the Cause of Liberty Throughout the World www.letfreedomring.com 9 The Trustees and Staff of FPRI warmly congratulate our Alumnus and Trustee John F. Lehman Congratulations and Best Wishes to our Friend, John F. Lehman May you always have... “Fair Winds and Following Seas”! Susan and Woody Goldberg 1838 TaxSmart The CORE of your Tax-Efficient Portfolio Find out how 1838 can diversify your High Net Worth, Institutional, or Retail account at www.1838.com 10 JOHN F.
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