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Fulbright ALU MN I ASSOCIATION

11th Annual Meeting In New Mexico

The 11th Annual Meeting of the Fulbright Alumni Association was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 13-15 October. Ernest Rose, Presi­dent of the New Mexico chapter, and Gerald Slavin put together a program dealing with issues of the Fulbright Program image, its con­flicting goals, perspectives and ex­pectations, and its directions for the future. There were also panels on the political agenda for international exchanges, the problems of re-entry into one's own culture, and the role of women in the Middle East and Asia.

The meeting included dinner at the home of University of New Mexico's President Gerald May and his wife on Friday, followed by an evening concert which included Fulbright musicians and works by Fulbright composers. Guests could also view prints of 3 Fulbright art­ists - Harry Nadler (Spain 1960), Garo Antreasian (Brazil 1985) and Philip Pearlstein (Italy 1959) - at the University Art Museum next door.

Thursday's keynote speaker Stephen Kanter, Dean of the Law School at Lewis & Clark University, drew from his experiences as a Fulbright scholar in China to under­line the importance of i ernational exchange in broadening a person's understanding of cultural differ­ences and assumptions. Dinner speaker Robert Trachinger, Profes­sor at UCLA's Department of Thea­ter, Film, and Television, gave the participants a good deal of food for thought on the television industry in his talk entitled "Love and Loa­thing: Europe's Most Provocative American Impor t - Commercial Tele­vision". Lawrence Lattman, who spoke at lunch on Friday, discussed some little known political problems of importance to international edu -

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Vol. XI No. 4 Fall 1988

NEWSLETTER

Fulbright Alumni Presidents Meet In

Thailand Dr . Amnuay Tapinkae, President

of the Fulbright Alumni Association of Northern Thailand and Dr. David A. Johnson, President (now Past­President) of the US Fulbright Al­umni Association met in August in Chiang Mai, Thailand. There are now nearly 1200 Alumni of the Thai Fulbright Program, which began in 1950. The Thai Fulbright Alumni Association, founded in 1958, re­cently celebrated its 30th anniver­sary.

Inside This Issue Chapter News ....................... 2 Contributions to the FAA . . . . . . . . 3 Salute to Paul Ferlazzo . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Policy Decisions . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . .. . 3 Scholarship Opportunities . . . . . . . 5 12th Annual Meeting . .. . . . . .. . . . .. 7 Have We Missed You? ............. 8 Items for Sale ...... .................. 10 New Zealand's 40th Anniversary .......................... 10 Cuando en Roma ................... 10 Recent Achievements .............. 11

News From Washington

Harriet Mayor Executive Director

Because this marks the close of the first full fiscal year since the As­sociation move to Washington, it oc­cured to us that the membership might welcome a brief outline of what has been happening at the na­tional headquarters. The following report is a summary of our efforts.

Membership: When the Fulbright Alumni Association moved to Washington, DC, it had approxi­mately 2,800 members on its list. According to the latest computer count, there are now 4,338 active annual, life, affiliate, and institu­tional members in the database. This number is inflated with those who are have not and will not re­new their membership, but it is fairly safe to say that there are about 4,000 Fulbright alumni who claim allegiance to the organization.

Institutional members number 30. Within the past year we have lost 3 members (Northern Illinois, Bridge­port, and Fairfield Maxwell Com­pany) and gained 3 (University of Maryland, Miami-Dade Community College, and Cuyahoga Community College). The Association plans to increase this number by working through its individual members who are part of university adminis­trations.

Affiliate membership did not exist until the beginning of this year and now represent a small but growing and influential group, including J. Kenneth Galbraith and W.R. Ste­phens of Arkansas. The potential for growth in this category is con­siderable and is under study.

Student membership numbers are low and will remain so since few scholars return from their Fulbright experience to become full time stu-

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Chapter News New York Chapter: The Greater

New York Chapter of the Fulbright Alumni Association sponsored an afternoon -concert for voices and piano in the Great Hall of Cooper Union in New York City on April 23, 1989. Martha McCulloch (Italy) and Carolyn Sue Soder (France) presented music from the Baroque era to the late Romantic period in English, Italian, and German. Bea­triz Roman, a Fulbright pianist from Brazil, performed contemporary music for piano solo.

left to right: DC Area Chapter President David Sullivan, Vice President Jenny Johnson, FAA President E.B. Smith, and Ambassador and Mrs. Han Xu_

The new officers for 1988-89 were elected during the annual meeting held on June 4: President, Ms. San­dra Deming-Wayda; Vice-President, Dr. Thaddeus Catza; Treasurer, Ron Gonella; Secretary, Ms. Rose Marie Karl; Immediate Past President, Ms. Concetta Giuliano. The next chapter meeting will be held at Pace Univer­sity on December 10 from 1-3 p.m. with a reception for foreign Fulbrighters in the New York area and an information program for American students and teachers.

Dr. Peter Buckly, a specialist in American Studies from England

who is currently teaching history at Cooper Union, spoke at the annual meeting on how his perspective of studying American history had changed during his stay in the United States.

Missouri Chapter: The founding dinner of the newly formed Mis­souri chapter was held on Septem­ber 14 and was a considerable success, with 48 alumni attending. The keynote speaker was John Heyl, new Director for International Programs and Studies at the Uni­versity and a Fulbrighter (Germany 1969). The dinner was also one of the first events to commemorate the

University's 150th anniversary. The first business meeting was

held on October 14, when the chap­ter officers were elected. The new President is Birgit Wassmuth, also a member of the FAA Board .

DC Area Chapter: The DC Area Chapter arranged a dinner at the Chinese Embassy October 21 for its membership. Among the 90 guests attending were Senator J. William Fulbright, Ambassador and Mrs. Han Xu, and newly elected FAA President E.B. Smith. After an ex­cellent Chinese meal, the guests were invited to see four films on various aspects of Chinese life.

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Coursework: Comparative Financial Systems; Rural Financial Markets and Agricultural Credit; Financial Statement Analysis; Structural Adjustment Policies; Capital Budgeting; Computer Techniques for Fiscal Policy Analysis; International Financial Institutions and Economic Development.

Supplementary Coursework: English, computer applications, leadership and entrepreneurship, economic theory, research methodology, statistics, ac­counting, management, and marketing.

SYMPOSIUM (for Senior Staff, Economists, and Educators) July 21-24, 1989

Symposium Topics: Financial Sector Development, World Debt Issues and Financing Human Resource Development. Held in conjunction with the 5th Annual Conference of the North American Economics and Finance Association.

Write for further information:

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Established in 1958 under the sponsorship of the American Economic Association; affiliated with the University of Colorado.

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Contributions to the Fulbright Alumni

Association Lounsbery Foundation: This fall

the Lounsbery Foundation of New York City awarded the Fulbright Al­umni Association a grant of $15,000 to "assist the Fulbright Alumni As­sociation in its need for updating its record system." The grant has ena­bled the Association to hire a stu­dent from the School of Advanced International Study for data entry to help maintain the 25,000-record da­tabase and to enlist the services of a consultant to gain maximum use of the information stored.

Since Americans move on an av­erage of once every 5 years, the number of address changes per year is approximately 5,000. Each year there are approximately 2,000 addi­tions to the database as the new grantees are recorded, and entry of all the business, educational, and personal information on each per­son represents a considerable amount of time. The Association is constantly looking for ways to store information quickly and make it easily accessible. The Lounsbery Foundation grant has made a signif­icant contribution to those efforts.

Life Members Respond to Appeal for Equipment: The life members of the Fulbright Alumni Association responded generously to the call for contributions toward a new word processor for the office and a special edition of the FAA newsletter de­voted to local chapter news and in­formation.

So far, donations have enabled the Association to purchase an IBM­compatible computer to handle the office correspondence, formerly done on an ancient CPT 8100. In addition, John Hurford of New York sent a generous contribution of $1,500 to cover one half the cost of the special newsletter. Loren Her­shey of Washington, DC not only gave $1,000 personally but arranged the grant of another $1,000 through the Hershey Foundation of Colum­bus, Ohio. The Association hopes to raise the remaining funds needed to publish the newsletter this winter.

Future Benefactor: A benefactor has approached the Fulbright Al­umni Association and offered $60,000 over a four-year period to

support its growth and organiza­tional mission. The funds will be in­tended as a leadership grant and would be contingent on 1) continu­ous growth of the membership and local chapters, and 2) on a program aimed at developing a leadership role for the Association both in the United States and among Fulbright alumni associations throughout the world.

Salute To Paul Ferlazzo

Ever since the first edition 11 years ago, Paul Ferlazzo has been quietly volunteering his time to so­licit and edit articles, lay out the material, and oversee the design of the Fulbrighters' Newsletter. "I wanted to make a contribution," said Paul when asked what sus­tained him during all those years, 11 and I like being at the center of the action."

Communication with members is crucial to the health of the organiza­tion, and the newsletter is the main vehicle for passing information and soliciting suggestions. Paul has in­deed been at the center of the ac­tion and has made an invaluable contribution to the Association. Though retiring from his post as ed­itor, Paul will remain a key advisor to those working on future editions of the Fulbrighters' Newsletter and other publications. The Association wishes to express its sincere appre­ciation to Paul Ferlazzo for his dedi­cation and excellent service.

The Fulbrighters' Newsletter of the Ful­bright Alumni Association is published four times a year. Material for publication on the subjects of international exchange, international education, and alumni ac­tivities, as well as news and reports of host countries and institutions should be sent to the Editor.

Harriet Mayor Fulbright Alumni Association 1307 New Hampshire Ave., NW Washington, DC 20036

Copyright © 1988 Fulbright Alumni Associa­tion

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Policy Decisions From The October Board

Meeting Membership Fees: The Board of Di­

rectors voted to discount the mem­bership fee from $60 to $45, or $22.50 per person, for married cou­ples. The Board also decided to of­fer a discounted membership fee of $20 for each retired Fulbrighter.

Bylaws: It was noted that the new bylaws needed additional language for the election of the president of the Association. The following sen­tences should be inserted into the bylaws (the sentences or phrases italicized represent the added lan­guage): Article IV Section 1 Para­graph 3: Any Board member may be nominated for President by the nominating committee or by petition signed by ten (10) or more currently active members of the Association and delivered to the Association's offices by no later than June 1 or such date as has been specified.

The president shall be elected from the nominees by the members at the annual meeting. If the president's term as a Board member expires prior to the be­ginning of the term as president, the term on the Board shall automatically be extended for one year.

Article IX Section 2: The bylaws shall be adopted at the first meeting of the members after the Associa­tion comes into existence and may be amended, after no less than 30 day's notice, by majority vote of the members present and voting at any annual or other meeting of the members, or if at least two-thirds of all the members of the Board of Direc­tors recommends adoption of an amend­ment at any other time, the amendment shall take effect sixty days after a notice of the Board's recommendation has been mailed to all members, if negative re­sponses are not received from more than one third of the members responding to the notice within the sixty day period.

Nominations: The new bylaws al­low for a Board of twenty-four members, which means that the Board may nominate one added member for each of the next three years. The committee was therefore instructed to look into the possibil­ity of adding one member by the beginning of 1989.

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dents again. There are now almost 500 life

members of the Association. This category _of membership has not in­creased dramatically over the past year, but it represents a significant percentage of the total.

The last group, annual member­ship, is the biggest and the most important. The Association has ex­pended a great deal of time, money and effort to increase their numbers and provide them with services and information, and their number is growing.

Local Chapters: Interest in the formation of local chapters in­creased dramatically over the past year. Getting from the idea of a chapter to its actual formation is a long and arduous task, however, and some fell by the wayside in the attempt. The Association helps the fledgling organizations by sending lists and mailing labels of Fulbright alumni in the area and by offering a rebate of $5 for every local chapter

member who is also a national member in good standing. Plans are moving ahead for a special edition of the newsletter devoted to news for and about local chapters. It will contain thoughts on organizational methods and suggestions for by-

, laws, program ideas, sources of as­sistance, and news about foreign Fulbright associations.

Fundraising: Contributions and grants from both individuals and foundations have exceeded all ex­pectations this year. Much of the progress in this area can be attrib­uted to the able services of NESC consultant James Symington, who came to the Association upon retire­ment from the Smithsonian Institu­tion where he was Director of the Office of Membership and Develop­ment for the past 11 years. At the January Board meeting Senator Fulbright gave the first significant sum for general operating expenses. A former campaign contributor, Walter Davis of Kitty Hawk, NC, followed suit with a sizeable contri-

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bution. Aside from the contribu­tions described elsewhere in this newsletter, last spring AT&T pro­vided $2,000 to purchase a new software package to manage the da ­tabase. Still pending is a grant pro­posal to the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

The Association also received in­kind gifts. From the Haworth Com­pany came two comfortable easily adjustable chairs, one for each com­puter. The American Friends Serv­ice also contributed a desk when they moved from their Washington office.

Newsletter: This year the newslet­ter was increased from six to eight pages and was given a new mast­head. A column on News from Washington is now a regular fea­ture. Last spring the Board voted to allow appropriate advertising to de­fray the cost of publication. The As­sociation's first solicitation resulted in four ads in the latest issue, so it is hoped that the revenue generated

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1989-90

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Participating students are fully integrated in regular degree courses at cooperating colleges, univer­sities and polytechnics. Enrollments may be for the academic year or for a program which fits within a fall or spring semester.

All fees cover basic primary costs of tuition and housing as well as pre-departure guidance, the eastbound group-flight to London, orientation, Homestay with a British family prior to the start of classes, ongoing support services, a validated transcript and permanent academic records.

To obtain brochures and applications for your students, or for information on our other programs in Ireland and Vienna, please call or write:

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British Universities Summer Schools Announce Plans For 1989

The British Universities Summer Schools have announced plans for the Summer of 1989. This program of summer schools forms part of the official academic program of the Universities of Birmingham, London and Oxford and has been offered annually since 1948.

The courses in drama, history, and literature are designed for graduates, including teachers in universities and schools, and for undergraduates who will have completed their junior year of undergraduate degree work by June, 1989.A variety of attendance options of from three to six weeks are available at the participating universities.

A full six-week program has been evaluated for credit purposes as equiv­alent to six undergraduate credits or the equivalent number of graduate credits. Applicants wishing credit for the course should make the necessary arrangements with their home institution, preferably in advance of their departure.

Scholarships are available to cover part of the costs of tuition, board, and lodging, but not travel. Aside from academic excellence and genuine need, preference will be given to those whose major field of study lies within the scope of the summer program.

The deadline for the receipt of all application materials at IIE in New York is March 15, 1989.

Further information write: US Student Programs Division at IIE's New York headquarters, or any of IIE's regional offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Houston, and San Francisco.

Competition For Fulbright Collaborative Research and Travel Grants to Close Soon

The 1989-90 competition for Fulbright Collaborative Research and Fulbright Travel Grants will close on January 16, 1989 for the Collabora­tive Research Grants and on February 1, 1989 for Travel Grants .

The Fulbright Collaborative Research Grants will be available to teams of two or three graduate students or recent postgraduate researchers for six to ten months to most countries of the world, ( except most East European countries, the USSR and Indochina). There are no restrictions on fields of study. Applicants should check with IIE regarding country availability, in­stitutional endorsement, etc.

Collaborative Research Grant benefits include a base sum and fixed sum monthly payments to each team member to cover the cost of round-trip international travel and maintenance during the tenure of the award. Basic health and accident insurance is also provided.

Travel Grants for individual graduate students (postgraduate researchers are not eligible) are available to Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, and New Zealand. Travel Grants must be used to supplement maintenance awards and/or tuition scholarships, and cannot be used to supplement personal funds. They provide round-trip international trans­portation, health and accident insurance and the cost of an orientation course abroad, if applicable.

All applicants must be US citizens at the time of application, and must hold a bachelor's degree or the equivalent before the beginning date of the grant. For Collaborative Research Grants candidates may not have obtained the Ph.D earlier than June, 1986. Applicants in the creative and performing arts need not have a degree, but must have at least four years of relevant training and /or experience. Applicants in medicine must have an MS de­gree or its equivalent (e.g., OD, DDS, etc.) at the time of application. Ap­plicants must also have sufficient proficiency in the written and spoken language of the host country to carry out the proposed study or research.

Application forms and further information may be obtained from the US Student Programs Division at IIE' s New York headquarters or one of its regional offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Houston, or San Francisco.

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US-USSR Student Exchange Program Doubles In Size In

Second Year Participants in the second year of

the US-USSR Student Exchange Program have now been selected, reports Richard M. Krasno, Presi­dent and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of International Educa­tion (IIE). Now doubled in size, the 1988-89 program enables ten US students who are newly-graduated seniors to study in the USSR for an academic year and twenty fifth-year Soviet undergraduates to study in the US for a semester. In the United States, the program is administered by IIE and funded by the United States Information Agency, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, as well as by significant cost-sharing on the part of Duke and Indiana Universities, the two US host institutions. In the Soviet Union, the program is administered and funded by the State Committee for Public Education.

Unlike direct exchange programs between two institutions, the US students are selected on the basis of a national competition. The US host institutions are selected on a similar basis to encourage a diversity of ex­perience among the visitors. Last year's Soviet participants attended Yale University and the University of Maryland. The program is unu­sual because areas of study are not limited to linguistic and cultural studies. Rather, the goal of the pro­gram is to provide solid academic training for the students in the hu­manities, social sciences and natural sciences. After a pre-departure ori ­entation program at IIE headquar­ters in New York this September, the ten American students and one group leader will depart for Mos­cow State University. The group of twenty Soviet students and two group leaders from Moscow and Leningrad State Universities will ar­rive in Durham, North Carolina, and Bloomington, Indiana, in late August.

Dr. Richard M. Krasno, President and Chief Executive Officer of IIE, stated regarding the program: "Ed­ucational exchanges help remove

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cational exchange. On Saturday morning Charles Beckel conducted a session on international teacher ex­change programs before an over­flow crowd.

At the business meeting outgoing • President David Johnson singled out for exceptional service to the Association Joy McManigal, who worked at the national headquarters from February through May; Lar­aine Stepner, who spent a produc­tive summer there; Jodi Meier, a Fulbright alumna who spent the summer installing and updating the new computer software program for the database; and Jenny Johnson, a local Fulbright alumna who has been a faithful volunteer at the na­tional office for the past year. The seven outgoing Board members were presented with Award Certifi­cates for their service: Thomas Gardner, Gloria Kast, David C. Larsen, Mary Jane Roberts, Nancee

Simonson, Hugh Speer, and Leslie Thiele.

Executive Director Harriet Mayor apologized for the delays in sending out ballots and new bylaws to the membership. The staff was plagued by confusion in the outgoing mate­rial which had to be clarified before the mailing, by nonfunctioning cam­eras at the printer, a disk with the membership names and addresses that was incompatible with the com­puter system at the mail house. Mayor declared that better timing was one of her highest priority for coming year . Since the ballots sub­mitted indicated virtually no opposi­tion to the candidates nominated, the members ratified the new by­laws and voted in the slate of nomi­nations by acclamation.

Suggestions and Recommendations A number of members, as a result

of the panel discussions and conver­sations among themselves, pro-

posed the following: • The response to the meeting deal­

ing with the Fulbright Teacher Ex­change program was so overwhelming (well over 100 in­terested teachers attended) that it should be repeated.

• Returning Fulbrighters would ben­efit from a bibliography of mono­graphs and articles on the problem of re-orientation to one's own culture after extended pe­riods of residence abroad to help them anticipate and cope with dif­ficulties they might experience.

• At each annual Fulbright Alumni Association meeting some provi­sion might be made for an infor­mal session in which returning Fulbrighters would be able to share experiences in which re-en­try has involved psychological or cognitive difficulties of readjust­ment.

• With regard to the women's expe­riences, the Fulbright Program

A Pacific Rim law school with a strong international law program.

International externship placements.

Annual international business law conference.

International Legal Perspectives, the biannual publication of the International Law Society.

Fellowships in international business law for applicants with exceptional academic credentials.

For information write or phone Dean Stephen Kanter, Fulbright Professor ofLaw,

Nanjing University Law Department, 1984-85.

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10015 S.W. Terwilliger Boulevard Portland, Oregon 97219

Phone: 503-244-1181

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was lauded as virtually free of gender bias. It might, however, consider eliminating gender con­siderations in overseas placement decisions, where it tries to accom­modate local customs. (ex: a sin­gle woman was not assigned to New Zealand)

• Recruitment of American Indian representatives could be given priority, due to the great interest abroad in Native American cul­ture. An elder, such as Joe Bando, certainly has the status of a Ph.D. or performing artist. In cases where Indian elders go abroad, they should be provided with guides who can translate for them.

• It appears that the Fulbright Pro­gram is Eurocentric in several ways. Most exchanges are be­tween North Atlantic countries. In some Third World programs, such as those in Africa, it tends to send lecturers to "impart civilization" and bring students here, so they can learn from Americans. It might think of mutual learning, regardless of the economic level of the countries involved. Exchanges should be two-way streets.

• The Fulbright Program should be sensitive to the "brain drain" problem in Third World areas, where those brought to the United States might not return to their countries.

• The Council for International Ex­change of Scholars ought to keep statistics on women and minority participants.

• Greater consideration should be given to the spouses of Fulbright scholars, especially since it was generally agreed that they were an unusually well educated and highly trained group and served the Program and the country well.

• The commonly accepted title of the Association - Fulbright Alumni Association - should be shortened to Fulbright Association to better reflect the mission of the organiza­tion. As it stands, the name gives the impression that the meetings are purely social. This not only misleads the public about the pur­poses of the organization but makes it difficult to justify atten­dance when talking with univer­sity administrators.

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• A request should go to IRS through the U.S. Congress to per­mit travel expense deductions for Fulbright grantee immediate-fam­ily-members. These members play a crucial role in furthering interna­tional mutual understanding and the tax cost to the U.S. Govern­ment would be minute.

• Pre-departure information and ori­entation should be improved. Some grantees receive very little about their assignments, and some advance descriptions are misleading. The Newsletter should carry the notice that lists of former grantees in order of country and institution are avail­able. Pre-departure orientations should be held for all U.S. gran­tees. There should also be an ori­entation for host individuals from host institutions prior to the ar­rival of American grantees in or­der to make the expectations more realistic.

• A last-minute change of plans for a post is not a good idea. The host individual may not have re­quested a Fulbright, may not want one, and may not be prepared for one. Richard Arndt, Vice President for

Government Relations, wished to make note of the fact that this was the first time that anyone made rec­ommendations to the Board during the annual business meeting and thanked the present membership for its policy recommendations. He hoped that this practice would con­tinue in future.

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12th Annual Meeting Set For Washington,

DC The Board of Directors of the

Fulbright Alumni Association has approved plans for the 12th annual meeting to be held at George Wash­ington University 5-7 October 1989 in Washington, DC. All Fulbrighters are urged not only to attend the meeting but to organize informal re­unions, see the sights in our na­tion's capital, and visit their representatives on Capitol Hill to express support for the Fulbright Program.

The twin themes to be presented are NEW ADMINISTRATION POL­ICY INITIATIVES and GLOBALIZA­TION OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE FULBRIGHT PROGRAM. The Asso­ciation hopes to draw on leaders from a number of government agen­cies, Congress, and the private sec­tor. There will also be special sessions for local chapter presidents and for representatives of foreign Fulbright alumni associations.

Ideas for specific panel themes will be received with gratitude by the meeting's Program Chair, Loren W. Hershey. Proposals for papers thematically related to the two ma­jor topics are also invited and will be published in the Annals of the Meeting. Please send all inquiries and suggestions to Mr. Hershey at the national headquarters.

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Have We Missed You?

All Fulbright Alumni Association alumni were recently notified of our upcoming new Alumni Directory and asked for their input. Alumni have been receiving telephone calls from Harris Publishing Company, the official publisher of our Direc­tory .

Much of the information to be verified on each individual's listing will be going into the Directory. Specifically, current name, academic data, residence address and phone number (if applicable) . The scope of this information is an indication of the thorough and complete quality of the entire volume . The Directory will sort this data by name in the al­phabetical division, and by class year and geographical location in separate sections of the book . This first edition of the Directory is dedi­cated to the man who created the program, Senator J. William Fulbright. Also included will be photos and information on the As­sociation.

Scheduled for release in the spring of 1989, Fulbright Alumni Association Alumni Directory prom­ises to be the definitive reference of over 20,000 of our alumni. Soon lo­cating fellow alumni will be as easy as turning a page with the Fulbright Alumni Association Directory. You may reserve your personal copy when your Harris rep phones, but don't delay. This will be your only opportunity to order this compre­hensive new directory .

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Directory: For the first time in history, the Fulbright Alumn i Asso­ciation will publish a directory of all living former scholars with current addresses . A questionnaire has been mailed in two stages to every alum­nus / a in the database and will be followed by a phone call this fall. The publication date is next spring. This first issue is dedicated to the man who established the Program which bears his name, Senator Fulbright.

Report of the Nations: Because last year's report on the activities and organization of foreign Fulbright associations around the world was found to be so useful, the Board voted to compile and publish it annually . Letters of re­quest for information have already gone out to the binational commis­sions and known Fulbright associa­tions. USIA has provided list of Public Affairs Officers in countries without commissions, and the Asso­ciation will write them in an effort to contact organizations previously unknown. The responses should be compiled by December and ready for distribution early next year.

Database: The new software re­ferred to earlier in this report is now in place and seems to be fulfill­ing the Association's needs . Each entry now has room for not only business and home addresses, edu­cational information, and personal data, but all the accounting records. The system is now capable of sort­ing Fulbrighters by country and year of grant, type of grant, alma mater, type of membership and re­newal date as long as the informa­tion has been entered. The only shortfall the Association has is the time needed to enter all the infor­mation. Last summer just when the situation was the most desperate a young Fulbrighter back from Bel­gium and experienced with com­puters arrived and spent the next ten weeks bringing the new system up to date. The new wave of re­turned Fulbrighters has again cre-

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ated a backlog , and we are grateful to the Lounsbery Foundation for en­abling us to hire staff to enter the current information . The Associa­tion now needs to explore ways of inserting the annual lists of newly returned scholars into the database through a computer program rather than by hand.

Washington Area Senior Fulbright Program: Last winter Cas­sie Pyle of the Council for Interna­tional Exchange of Scholars began negotiating with USIA to create an enrichment program for Fulbright senior scholars in the Washington area and asked the Association staff to administer it. Work began on the project in August with an initial grant of $15,000, and the first letter and questionnaire has gone out to the area's visiting Fulbright schol­ars. Plans for this first year are modest since the design and organi­zation of the program is expected to consume much of this year's time and money, but all senior visiting scholars have been invited to an opening reception in November . They will also receive the first issue of a bi-monthly newsletter on cul­tural, educational and entertainment events which might be of interest to the visitors. The Washington Area Chapter is planning to include the scholars in plans for a holiday party in December and the spring annual dinner.

Exchange 2000: The Liaison Group, a coalition of organizations dealing with international educa­tional and cultural exchange, is moving ahead with its plans to pub­lish a major study of issues and op­portunities for the future of international educational and cul­tural exchange programs, and it has scheduled a conference at Wing­spread next May for the principle participants. I have been asked to chair the section on Culture and the Arts, assisted by Noreen Tomassi of the Institute of International Educa­tion amd Jane Gullong, Director of the Arts International section of the same organization.

Tax Correction: Earlier this year Senator Fulbright, Norman Peterson of the Liaison Group, Cassie Pyle of CIES, and I visited the offices of Senator Pryor to plead for a change in the tax regulations requiring a 30% withholding tax on foreign scholarships. While the regulation

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was not eliminated , the rate of withholding has been reduced to 14%, which is a real relief to both the scholars and the administering agencies. Work still continues in or­der to remove the burden alto­gether.

Office Staff: It is hard to believe that only April before last there was only one Fulbright Alumni Associa­tion staff person sitting in the base­ment of the Columbia Historical Society . The office now consists of two full time staff, one part time as­sistant, two part-time interns and a part time consultant. Katarina Pad­dack, a graduate of the University of Virginia, has just joined the staff as Membership Director. Nancy Carolan, a student from the School for Advanced International Studies assists with data entry. Karen Binder, an intern from Germany, is working on the Report of the Na­tions and the Washington Area Sen­ior Fulbright Project . Zhaohui Hong, an intern who is a graduate student from China at the Univer­sity of Maryland, is working on Re­port of the Nations; and Gail Hochhauser has been hired to help get the Washington Area Senior Fulbright Program off to a good start. Washington Area Chapter Vice President Jenny Johnson has been volunteering her time when possible. It is a hardworking lively group.

(continued f rom p. 5, col. 3) the filters of cultural and ideological biases through which another coun­try is perceived - and create more knowledgeable , more lasting and often more favorable impressions of another country through direct ex­perience . This program is unique among US-Soviet exchanges. It in­cludes US graduating seniors - an educational level addressed by no other existing exchange - as well as fifth year undergraduates from the Soviet Union. IIE's experience shows that academic exchanges at this age level have a profound and lasting impact on the individuals in­volved . They are young enough to learn and yet mature enough to in­terpret and integrate their experi­ences and perceptions effectively. This is particularly important as we seek to build greater understanding between our two nat ions."

Founded in 1919, IIE is the na­tion's largest higher educational and cultural exchange agency. Each year IIE enables 10,000 men and women - both US citizens and foreign na­tionals from over 150 countries - to study, teach, and conduct research in countries other than the ir own. IIE also serves the general public and the US higher education com­munity with publications, seminar s and workshops, statistical and pol­icy-oriented research , information , and counseling services .

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Conference At University Of

Regensberg In April To commemorate the 200th anni­

versary of the French Revolution , the German Fulbright Alumni Asso­ciation will hold a conference at the University of Regensberg, April 22-23, 1989, entitled "The French Rev­olution of 1789 as Seen by Ameri­cans and Germans ." The topic would focus on the most recent scholarly contributions to the his­tory of the French Revolution, Ger­man and American interpretations, including a comparative view , not excluding the effects of this funda­mental historic event on both coun­tries .

Fulbright alumni are invited to submit papers and /or obtain further information by writing to Dr. Jurgen Mulert, Fulbright Alumni Associa­tion, Souchay-strasse 3, 6000 Frank­furt /M, Federal Republic of Germany.

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Cuando En Roma "That's a small weapon (an arma

blanca). You can't carry that on the plane." With these words, the guard at Caracas' Micatia Interna­tional Airport began a half hour confrontation which threatened my possession of the small pen knife my father had given me years be­fore.

I had gone to Caracas to discuss the Venezuelan scholarship program which in those years (early 1980's) was sending 10,000 students a year to study abroad, half of them to the US, and not a few to my own Ohio University. I had gone to the office of the Ministry of Education and talked about the program - the Gran Mariscal de Ayachucha -with the Assistant Director, and after having dined and visited with several Ohio alumni, was headed for Quito en route to Buenos Aires. I had several connections to meet and was not anxious for any delays.

But, in my haste and confusion -this airport had lines for visa checks, for airport taxes, for ticket checks - I had forgotten to take my pen knife from my pocket and drop it in my briefcase.

So when I emptied my pockets onto the tray before passing through the metal detector, out came my "arma blanca" into full light of day.

"This is no arma blanca," I re­plied. "It's just a pen knife." "No, es una arma blanca, y se prohibe pasar con ella, '' he reiterated all the more firmly.

"But I carry this all the time. It cuts string, slices fruit, even opens cans. It's not a weapon."

"No, you could put that to the pilot's throat. You CANNOT carry it on the plane."

My thoughts went to my ballpoint pen so obvious in my shirt pocket. I could certainly conceivably stab the pilot with it. I mentioned this to the guard, but he was not interested in my pen - or my mechanical Scripto pencil for that matter.

I was stunned - but not stopped. Holding back my growing anger

- I am, by the way a pacifist, and have schooled myself in non-violent confrontation which I try to practice on such occasions - I tried to come up with a solution favorable to me. The guard, meanwhile, was most

confident and appeared content with the knowledge that he had ac­quired a new knife.

Looking at my watch I noted I still had a half hour before sched­uled departure - who knows how long I actually had even though KLM is uncommonly punctual by South American standards. I had time to mount a defense - or was it an offense?

"Well, I guess I might have to stay in Venezuela then," I said thoughtfully, showing a bit of dis­appointment.

"Why is that?" he asked. "Bueno. You see, it's like this.

That knife and I have been together for years. It was a gift from my father," I said, appealing to his pre­sumed reverence for family. "It's kind of like a son to me. I don't think I could board a plane and leave my son here."

I paused. He was silent. Slowly his countenance changed and, ex­tending his hand, he returned my knife.

When in Rome you should not only act Romano, but it also helps to think as they do.

Bruce Ergood, 1981

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Christmas The Fulbright Alumni Association

is now offering to members Fulbright Alumni Tote Bags at a sale price of $7.50 ( + $2.50 postage and handling), a 50% price reduction off the original price of $15.00. The at­tractive 13"x 15" tote bags are water-resistant, contain a special plastic pocket and can be used as a shoulder bag. The Fulbright Alumni Association logo is printed on the side of the bag in dark blue.

Additional items include Fulbright ties and scarfs which cost $12.50 ( + $1.50 postage and handling). Mem­bers of the Association receive a 10% discount. The ties and scarfs are dark blue with beige and red, and carry Senator J. W. Fulbright's signature.

40th Anniversary of Fulbright Program in

New Zealand This year is the fortieth anniver­

sary of the Fulbright Programme in New Zealand. As part of a com­memorative program to mark the occasion, the NZ-US Educational Foundation asked Joan Druett, Fulbright alumna, to prepare an ac­count of its activities. Her brief placed particular emphasis on the intellectual and cultural impact of the program and its significance in the lives of the Americans and New Zealanders receiving awards.

Drawing on the responses to a questionnaire, the Foundation sent to the alumni and supplemented with interviews, Joan Druett has produced a lively and entertaining account of the program. An appen­dix has been added listing the names of every Fulbrighter in the program up to and including 1987.

The Foundation has published this account of the program in a hard-cover book under the title of "Fulbright in New Zealand." Cop­ies are available at a cost of $22.50 per copy including postage from the NZ-Us Educational Foundation, PO Box 3465, Wellington, New Zealand.

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Recent Achievements Irwin Abrams (Federal Republic

of Germany 1960), distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Antioch University, has just pub­lished "The Nobel Peace Prize: an Illustrated Biographical History, 1901-1987". It is a survey of the award and a biographical encyclope­dia of all 87 Laureates .

Monni Addams (Ivory Coast 1985) Associate in African and Oceanic Ethnology art at the Peabody Mu­seum, Harvard University, was commissioned by the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council to prepare an overview paper on studies of Sub-Saharan African Art for presentation at the African Stud­ies Association Annual Meeting in Chicago. The paper will appear in African Studies Review, Journal of the Association.

Robert A. Berg (Fiji Islands 1986) became a visiting professor at the School of Commerce at the Univer­sity of Auckland, New Zealand prior to returning to the USA . He is now their Director of MBA Pro­grams and Deputy Director of the Graduate School of Business.

John G. Blair (France 1967) has just published "Modular America: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Emergence of an American Way". Focusing on the uniquely American tendency to organize cultural arti­facts of component parts rather than structured wholes, he looks at the emergence of this phenomenon as it has affected cultural domains as di­verse as manufacturing, architec­ture, education and jazz. The significance of modularity opens new perspectives on American cul­ture as a whole.

Patricia Pollock Brodsky (West Berlin 1985) has been promoted to full professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and has published Rainer Maria Rilke with G.K. Hall & Co.

Donald R.J. Byrd (Libya and Greece) has been named head of the MA-in-TESOL Program and Professor of Linguistics at Hunter College in the City University of New York.

Maria Martinez-Canas (Spain 1985) was recently awarded the Cin­tas Fellowship for 1988. The only woman of 4 recipients, Martinez­Canas was the first photographer whom Cintas has recognized with an award.

Sidney Chafetz (France 1950 and Yugoslavia 1980), artist-teacher at the University of Ohio, had a retro­spective exhibition this fall called "Satire and Homage." It included woodcuts, etchings, lithographs and drawings over a 40-year period.

Richard Curry (New Zealand 1981) has just published "Freedom at Risk : Secrecy, Censorship and Repression in the 1980' s". It is an indictment of the Reagan Adminis­tration which examines how exag­gerated fears of Soviet capabilities, hostility to the concept of an open society, as well as a search for '' to­tal security" and a revolution in constitutional law have not only jus­tified but have institutionalized an attack on the Bill of Rights in ways that will be difficult if not impossi­ble to eradicate.

David M. Dean (Lesotho 1987) Professor and Chair of History at Frostburg State University has re­cently published "Breaking Trail: Hudson Stuck of Texas and Alaska".

Philip A. Dennis (Brazil, 1987) re­cently published ''Intervillage Con­flict in Oaxaca" and is editor of "Literature and Anthropology" soon to be published by Texas Tech University Press.

Howard Faulkner (Yugoslavia 1980) was the co-editor, together with Virginia Pruitt, of volume one of '' Selected Correspondence of Karl A. Menninger: 1919-1945". He is presently with the Department of English at Washburn University of Topeka, Kansas.

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Janet Grice (Brazil 1986), recent recipient of a performance grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, performed at the World Music Institute in New York City in a concert of Brazilian Jazz. Her first album, "Song for Andy", repre­sents some of the research she did as a Fulbright student in Brazil.

Elena M. de Jongh (Spain 1979), Assistant Professor of Modern Lan­guage at Florida International Uni­versity in Miami, has been awarded a McKnight Junior Faculty Develop­ment Fellowship for 1988-89 by the Florida Endowment Fund for Higher Education. Dr. de Jongh, who was certified as an official in­terpreter for Spanish/English pro­ceedings by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts in 1985, will spend the academic year developing a book project on court interpreting.

Sonja P. Karsen (Berlin 1968) has published "Essays on Iberoamican Literature and History", a collection of 18 essays on Latin American poets and novelists written in both Spanish and English over a period of two decades. She has recently re­tired after 30 years from Skidmore College.

Siegfried G. Karsten (Peoples Re­public of China 1986 and Federal Republic of Germany 1984), Profes­sor of Economics at West Georgia College, had a translation of his ar­ticle, Eucken's "Social Market Econ-

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omy" and Its Test in the Digest of Foreign Contemporary Philosophy and Social Science in Shanghai, China in July.

Theodore A. Mahr (India 1986) has been awarded two grants to continue research on Indian law, the first from the National Endowment for Humanities, and the second from the American Institute of In­dian Studies .

Richard V. Pierard (Federal Re­public of Germany 1985 and 1962), Professor of History at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, (Germany 1985), and Robert D. Linder, Pro­fessor of History, Kansas State Uni­versity, (Australia 1987), are co­authors of the new book "Civil Reli­gion and the Presidency.' '

Richard D. Seifert (Norway 1986) just signed an agreement to trans­late and distribute in Alaska publi­cations of the Norwegian Building Research Institute, supported by a grant from the State of Alaska De­partment of Community and Re­gional Affairs. The grant was a direct result of contacts and efforts made during his tenure as a Fulbright scholar .

Susan Sempleski (Bolivia 1987) is co-author of "Explorations: An In­teractive Approach to Reading", which is an English as a Second Language reading textbook for stu­dents in secondary schools, insti­tutes, and adult education programs. She is also founding

Chair of the TESOL Video Group of the International TESOL association and co-author of "Video in Ac­tion", a resource book for using video in foreign and second lan­guage teaching.

David Sullivan (Federal Republic of Germany 1981 and 1976), Presi­dent of the Washington Area Fulbright Alumni Chapter, has been selected by Youth for Understand­ing to be Chairperson for the Mary­land State Selection Committee for the 1989 Congress- Bundestag Youth Exchange Program.

George Tesar (Poland 1979) was named Irving L. Young Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater last June. The purpose of the Professorship is to contribute to the generation of knowledge and understanding re­garding entrepreneurship in the U.S. economy, thereby contributing to economic and technological de­velopment and improvements in the international competitiveness of smaller U.S. firms.

Robert G. Wright (Portugal 1987), Professor of Organization and Man­agement at Pepperdine University, has been awarded the highest aca­demic honor by Portugal's Univer­sity system. Portugal's Scientific Council has invited him to teach at two universities as distinguished visiting chair professor.

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