Harvard/International Seminar/1969

Harvard/International Seminar/1969
Membership	• Jean Marie Dubois • Luke Kai-Hsin Chin • Poul Antonsen • Jean-Louis Guillemard • Gerhard Herdegen • Vernon B. Bogdanor • Robert Skidelsky • Ram Niwas Mirdha • Nollaig O Gadhra • Nathan Shaham • Tommaso D'Amico • Mohamed Berjaoui • Michael van Hulten • Samuel Oladele Ige • Kamal Az Far • Urelio B. Calderon • Cornel Capusan • Ranjit Atapattu • Leif H. I. Carlsson • Bernt Eklundh • Tang Thi Thanh Trai

These are the participants from 1969 for the yearly International Seminar led by Henry Kissinger at Harvard University.. With 21 names and normally 40-50 people participating, this list is most likely incomplete

The fully paid six week stay had as one of its purposes to "establish better understanding among a select group of people who will be in top leadership roles in their countries in the years ahead". Approximately half are from the field of the humanities and half in politics and economics.

In 1969, Kissinger started working as National Security Advisor. For the previous year, see Harvard/International Seminar/1968. For an overview of the program itself, see Harvard/International Seminar.

Participants

• Jean Marie Dubois - Belgium. Attaché of the Executive Committee of Empain-Schneider Industrial Group, since January 1974—in charge of three corporations: Verlica-Momignies S.A., Bouteilleries Belges Reunies S.A., Momiplast S.A.; VERLIPACK, 188A Avenue de Tervueren, B-1150 Brussels; tel: 02/770-48-44. Previous Position: In charge of technological research and development in the Prime Minister's Officeuntil the end of 1973; started the first national program on water pollution; Belgian co-ordinator and secretary of the delegation to the UN Stockholm Conference on the Environment, 1972.
• Luke Kai-Hsin Chin - Republic of China (Taiwan). Doing research at New York University since the fall of 1974; Institute of International Relations, Taipei. Previous Positions: Research Fellow and head of publication, Institute of International Relations; participated in 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sino-American conferences on Mainland China in San Francisco, Taipei, and Washington, D.C., 1972, 1973, and 1974.
• Poul Antonsen -Denmark. Managing Director of the Danish Brewers' Association. Previous positions: Managing Director of the Association of Danish Provincial Banks, 1970-72; Member of Parliament, May-June 1974.
• Jean-Louis Guillemard- France. Assistant Chief Editor of La Vie Française, publisher of a yachting magazine, Voiles et Voiliers. Previous Position: Assistant Managing Editor of Société d'Edition Financière, Economique et Politique.
• Gerhard Herdegen - Germany. Director of the Bonn office of the "Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach;" Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach. Previous Positions: Director of the Archives and center for documentation of the "Stiftung Bundeskanzler-Adenauer-Haus" Rhöndorf, 1969-1973; member, Federal Ministry of the Interior. Publications: various articles in newspapers and magazines.
• Vernon B. Bogdanor - UK. Fellow, Brasenose College, Oxford. Previous Positions: Elected county councillor, 1973; Vice Chairman, Oxfordshire Education Committee; various positions in Conservative Party organization; lecturer at business schools: Oxford Centre for Managment Studies, Administrative Staff College, Henley, IBM World Trade Centre, Amsterdam. Publications: The Age of Affluence, 1951-64 (with Robert Skidelsky), 1970; Disraeli's 'Lothair,' editor, in Oxford English Novels Series, 1975; articles in journals and The Times.
• Robert Skidelsky - US. Associate Professor of History, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C. 20036, since 1970; Research Fellow of the Lehrman Institute, New York. Previous Position: Visiting Professor, Columbia University, New York, 1973. Publications: English Progressive Schools, Penguin, 1969; Oswald Mosley-A Biography, Holt, Rhinehart & Winston, 1975; The Age of Affluence, with V. Bogdanor, ed., Macmillan, 1970; contributor to journals and newspapers; beginning a major biography of John Maynard Keynes. Will be living permanently in England from 1975.
• Ram Niwas Mirdha - India. Minister of Defense Production, Government of India. Previous Position: Minister in the Ministry of Home Affairs and in the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Government of India.
• Nollaig O Gadhra. Ireland. Lecturer in Communications and Liberal Studies, Regional Technological College, Dublin Road, Galway. Member of Financial Committee, Gaelic League; member of trustees of Gael-Linn Foundation; member of Galway County Council Committee on Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking districts); attended Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, 1971. Publications: Gandhi, Dublin, Morainn, 1969; Cois Fharraige le Mo Linnse, Dublin, Clódhanna, 1974 (editor); frequent contributor to journals and Irish radio/TV; articles contributed regularly to Christian Science Monitor, Boston; Eire/Ireland, St. Paul, Minnesota; Goteborgs Posten, Goteborg; Irish Post, London; Irish Times and Irish Press, Dublin.
• Nathan Shaham - Israel. Vice Chairman, Israel Broadcasting Authority, Jerusalem. Publications: This Land We Love, New York, Sabra (English); Allez Retour, Tel Aviv, Am Oved (Hebrew); Who Sent the Bird, Tel Aviv, Sifriat Poalim (Hebrew); theater and television plays.
• Tommaso (Masolino) D'Amico - Italy. Teaching Fellow and "Professore Incaricato" of English Language and Literature, University of Rome; literary critic on II Giornale-Nuovo (Milan daily) and a few magazines; writer, essayist; translator/adapter of books, plays and films.
• Mohamed Berjaoui -Lebanon. Professor of International Relations at the University of Lebanon, Institute of Journalism and Public Relations; candidate to the parliamentary elections in 1976.
• Michael van Hulten - Netherlands.Secretary of State for Transport and Waterstaat, since May, 1973. Previous Positions: Director of Plan Europe 2000 (Fondation Européenne de la Culture, Amsterdam); Member of the First Chamber (Senate), 1971-72; Member of the Second Chamber, 1972-73.
• Samuel Oladele Ige - Nigeria. Lawyer and Solicitor; Member, Western State Youth Council; 2 Araromi Street. Publications: Problems of Land Tenure in Western Nigeria; Race Relations in the United States.
• Kamal Az Far Minister for Finance, Planning and Development, Government of Sind; Vice-President, Pakistan People's Party. Publication: China Beyond Tomorrow, Karachi, Ravi-Delmon, 1974.
• Urelio B. Calderon -Philippines. Chairman of the History-Political Science Department, De La Salle College, Taft Avenue, Manila. Previous Position: Associate Editor, Philippines Herald (defunct since declaration of martial law, September 1972). Publications: Theories and Politics of Developmental Change, De La Salle College Series in the Humanities, 1973; "History and National Development," Ascent, Philippine
• Cornel Capusan -Romania. Head of the Department of Studies for Foreign Students, University of Cluj. Previous Positions: Lecturer in Romanian and Comparative Literature, University of Indiana, -70; Lecturer in Romanian and Comparative Literature, University of California at Berkeley, 1971-72; Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Cluj, 1972-74. Publications: Several essays, articles, reviews about American authors (Hemingway, Steinbeck, Albee) or America in Tribuna; "Prepositions in Romanian," pamphlet published by the Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington.
• Ranjit Atapattu - India. Medical doctor in Tangalla; contested a seat as a candidate of the United National Party in the General Elections of 1970 but was defeated.
• Leif H. I. Carlsson - Sweden. Head of the Cultural Department, Svenska Dagbladet, since 1969; Major, Royal Swedish Air Force (Res.), 1974;
• Bernt Eklundh - Sweden. Cultural Editor of the Göteborgs-Posten; contributor to magazines, radio and television; member of the Swedish State Cultural Council since 1974; Göteborgs-Posten. Previous Position: Member of the Gothenburg Municipal Cultural Council, 1969-73. Publications: The Restless Blotting Paper (essays), 1970; The Illusion (novel), 1974.
• Tang Thi Thanh Trai South Vietnam - Occupation and Office Address: Senior Partner of Law Firm Tang Thi Thanh Trai and Ta Van Tai; Professor of Law, University of Hué.

 

Known member

1 of the 21 of the members already have pages here:

Member	Description
Robert Skidelsky	British economic historian

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