02/2004

USA Fellow to Head Museum of TV and Radio

Stuart Brotman '00, has been named president of the Museum of Television and Radio, located in New York City and Los Angeles. The museum, dedicated to the preservation of the best of television and radio programming and advertising, has an extensive collection of over 100,000 programs representing every broadcast genre. Its collection covers American and international cultural, political and social history from 1918 to the present. Prior to this appointment, Brotman headed a communication firm and he serves as chairman of the Board of Directors for the United States-Israel Science and Technology Foundation.

Best Management in Public Service Sector

President Lula of Brazil presented Anna Bárbara Proietti '00, Brazil, with the National Prize for Public Sector Management. Proietti is president of Fundaçâo Hemominas, a public health institution with 22 regional centers responsible for ensuring an untainted blood supply in the state of Minas Gerais.

Fellow’s e-Business Honored

At the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society held in Geneva in December, 2003, the UN recognized Iconstruye, the e-marketplace firm founded and directed by Juan Correa MNP ’03, Chile, as the best e-business portal in Latin America. Correa, an industrial engineer, developed the company to serve as an e-marketplace for the exchange of materials and goods in the construction industry. He focused his 2003 Eisenhower Fellowship on gaining a broader understanding of the impact of IT on business, particularly after the internet bubble had burst. An unexpected benefit of his fellowship, he said, was making “friends that are truly talented with high values around the world.”

Lat Featured at the National Gallery

Dato’ Mohd Nor Khalid ’98, Malaysia, is being honored with a retrospective of his work at the National Art Gallery in Kuala Lumpur. The internationally acclaimed cartoonist, who is known as Lat, started his career as a crime reporter at the New Straits Times in 1974, and soon evolved into the publication’s cartoonist and social commentator, using his pubic platform to promote understanding and respect among Malaysia’s ethnic groups. Lat, who was the first cartoonist to have been chosen as an Eisenhower Fellow, investigated ways of promoting cultural pluralism in schools during his Eisenhower fellowship. He has published several books on the village life of his childhood and has received numerous awards for his work.

Fellow Elected to Assembly in Regional Election

Inés Alberdi '98, Spain, entered last fall’s regional election campaign for the Asamblea de Madrid and was elected deputy, representing the Socialist party. On her 1998 Eisenhower program, Alberdi focused on women in politics, conferring with women in all levels of elected office and visiting organizations such as the League for Women Voters, women’s colleges, and fundraising groups. “My experience with the Eisenhower fellowship has been very useful for this experience and in my new responsibilities,” she said. Alberdi, a sociologist and author of La nueva familia española, is a professor at the University of Madrid.

Promoting Minority Entrepreneurship

Della Clark ’02, president of The Enterprise Center in Philadelphia, reports that her organization recently won a contract from the U.S. Department of Commerce to operate the Pennsylvania Minority Business Development Center. In this role, the Enterprise Center will provide minority entrepreneurs in Pennsylvania with assistance in all aspects of management and planning to assure adequate financing for their business ventures. Clark has hosted Eisenhower Fellows from around the world at the center, most recently during the 50th Anniversary Conference. The Enterprise Center houses a youth enterprise program in addition to early stage companies and offers business plan training modules to would-be entrepreneurs in Philadelphia.

2004 Multi Nation Fellows Announced

Eisenhower Fellowships is pleased to announce the Fellows selected for its 2004 Multi-Nation Program. As leaders with vision and individuals with passion and purpose, these nine women and 17 men from 26 countries will come together representing organizations as diverse as the Arctic Center in Finland, the politically focused TV show “Third Opinion” in Kenya, and the Ministry of Finance in China.

“The early achievements of the 2004 MNP Fellows indicate that they will have a marked impact on the future of their countries as well as our world. I am delighted to welcome them to the Eisenhower family” said Adrian Basora, president of Eisenhower Fellowships.

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Obituary: Ioannis Pesmazoglou ’54, Greece

Ioannis Pesmazoglou, economist and academician, died in Athens at the age of 86. Pesmazoglou played a key role in negotiating Greece’s accession to the European Community in 1961 and served at various times as a member of both the Greek and European Parliament. An outspoken critic of the military junta that controlled Greece 1967 to 1974, he was exiled and later imprisoned by the military government. After the collapse of the junta, he was appointed minister of the economy in the government that oversaw the return to democracy. Author or numerous books and articles, he was a member of the Academy of Athens and an honorary fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge University.