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The newsle t ter of the Fle tcher S ch o ol o f L aw and Dipl o ma c y, Tu ft s U n i ve rsi t y, Me d fo rd, Massa ch us e t t s 0 2 1 5 5
i n t h i s i s s u eDean’s Corner 2From the Fletcher Files 6Fletcher in the News 8Notables 9Class Notes 10Fletcher Club News 18In Memoriam 19
Fl e t c h e rNe w s
In a rare public appearance, a seniorTaliban leader from Afghanistan spoke atTufts’ Fletcher School of Law andDiplomacy on October 25, defending hiscontroversial Islamic movement inAfghanistan against charges of aidingterrorists like Osama bin Laden, engagingin international drug trafficking, andmistreating women.
Speaking before an overflowing crowdof about 350 people in ASEAN
Auditorium, Abdul Hakeem Mujahid, theTaliban representative to the United States,blamed the Taliban’s problems on theWestern media, which he asserted had“demonized us,” as well as the former SovietUnion, and cultural differences betweenWestern and Islamic culture.
Reporters covering the event came fromnational as well as local outlets, includingThe New York Times, The Boston Globe, The
New Professors Bring Their “Peculiar Ta l e n t s” to Fl e t c h e r by Megan V. Brachtl, F’02
Ian Johnstone, an assistant professor ofinternational law, joins Fletcher after havingbeen employed at the United Nations forseven years. He spent the last five years as anaide in the Office of the Secretary-General,working for both Boutros Boutros-Ghali andKofi Annan. As an aide, Johnstone traveledextensively (he counts 21 countries in histhree years working for Secretary-GeneralAnnan alone) and participated in historicdiplomatic events, such as a visit to theMiddle East as Israel was withdrawing fromsouthern Lebanon. When asked about hisexperience at the UN, his response conveys hisrespect for Secretary-General Annan, as well asa certain level of pride for having had thechance to work with him.
But Johnstone has come to Fletcher tosatisfy his desire to teach, and, despite what hehad to give up, is glad to be here. He assertsthat, “I had always been interested in anacademic career, but had hesitations aboutteaching in a law school. Having worked inthe UN…I would not find [pure law] entirely
satisfying. That students are [at Fletcher] tolearn the law and to learn public policy andthe interaction between them was veryappealing to me.” Johnstone’s experiences atthe UN have made him the perfect instructoron international organizations, and a valuable
n 1898, the American poet and critic John Jay Chapman wrote that, “Be n e volence alone will not make a teacher, nor will
learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is apeculiar talent, and implies a need and acraving in the teacher himself.” This ye a r,t h ree new professors have joined the faculty atFl e t c h e r, and if Mr. Chapman is right, theya re a gifted bunch indeed.
Professors Ian Johnstone, Peter Uvin, andMa t t h ew Kahn have widely va ry i n gb a c k g rounds and interests, but they share twocommon traits: a passion for their fields and areal desire to teach Fletcher students.Whether it be for law and peacekeepingt h rough international organizations, such asin the case of Johnstone; for post-conflictassistance to African countries in the case ofUvin; or for urban environmental economicsin the case of Kahn; these newest facultymembers have come to Fletcher to meet theirp rofessional needs and to satisfy theiracademic cravings.
C e rt a i n l y, Fl e t c h e r’s administration isthrilled to welcome these gifted scholars. “Ipersonally am really delighted with all three of these candidates. I think they eachindividually demonstrate that Fletcher is ableto attract the highest quality talent,” saidProfessor Joel Trachtman, who curre n t l ys e rves as the school’s interim dean. As setf o rth in the school’s strategic plan, theFletcher administration conducted thoro u g hs e a rches to identify and pursue potentialfaculty members according to their fields ofe x p e rtise. Trachtman notes that, “We got ourfirst choice in all of those contexts.”
But just who are these three individuals,and how are they demonstrating their“peculiar talent” as described by Chapman?
I sla m i c M il i ta n t Leader De fe n dsM ove m e n t a t F le tch e r by Te r ry Ann Knopf
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Ian Johnstone isthe newest professorteaching in the international law andorganization division.
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D e cember 2000
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F l e t c h e r N e w s
W ha t ’ s New at F le tcher: I m ple m e n t i ng the S t ra teg i c P la nA tF le tch e r, we re co g n i ze tha t we must continue to cha nge in order to
keep up with the cha ng i ng st r u c tu re and co n ce r ns o fi n te r na t i o na l
re la t i o ns. W h ile sometimes t h is tas k fe e ls S is y p h ean, it ke e ps us
f rom ever growi ng bored. And so fa r, we ha ve su cceeded in
ma i n ta i n i ng the finest p ro g ram in inte r na t i o na l re la t i o ns in the
wo r ld .
Our st ra teg i c plan, now 18 months old, included a number of
i n i t ia t i ves. Le t me fo cus on our Globa l Master of A rt sP ro g ra m
(GMAP), and huma n i ta r ian stu d i es and busi n ess i n i t ia t i ves .
We ha ve imple m e n ted the first co m m un i t y- based e-lea r n i ng
maste r ’ sp ro g ram in inte r na t i o na l re la t i o ns with grea ti n i t ia l su ccess .
I t is a co m bined resi d e n c y and co m pu ter media ted inst r u c t i o n
p ro g ram – we fe e lt ha ti t co m bi n es the best o ft rad i t i o na l class ro o m
lea r n i ng with the best o f the opp o rtun i t i es p rovided by n e w
e d u ca t i o na l te ch n ol o g i es. The class o f 31 stu d e n t s re p res e n t s a
co m m i t ted and dive rse group of s easoned inte r na t i o na l re la t i o ns
p ro fessi o na ls. We ha ve a depu t ym i n ister of co m m e rce from a
d e ve l o p i ng co un t ry, a top reg i o na l law yer for a lead i ng co m pu ter firm, seve ra lp ra c t i ci ng dipl o mats, seve ra l
busi n ess exe cu t i ves and seve ra li n te r na t i o na lh u ma n i ta r ian assista n ce pro fessi o na ls. As you can imagine, it
is an active group of e nga ged, and enga g i ng, students. The first resi d e n c y was h e re in Me d fo rd in August. T h e
s e cond will be in Costa Rica in January, with the su pp o rt o f a number of our highl y- pla ced Costa Rican alumni.
The fina l resi d e n c y will be ba ck in Me d fo rd in Jul y. We are alread yb eg i n n i ng to re cr u i t for the foll owi ng class ,
co m m e n ci ng in Jul y 2001.
The huma n i ta r ian stu d i es p ro g ram has go t ten off to a good beg i n n i ng with the hiring of P ro fessor Pe ter Uvi n ,
p ro f iled els e w h e re in this issue. We ha ve the opp o rtun i t y to develop a new pro g ram tha t will l o o ka t the ro o t
ca us es o fp ove rt y, conflict, dis ease, famine, and fo rced migration, usi ng the inte rd isci pl i na ry to ols t ha t ha ve
b e come a ha ll ma r ko fF le tcher education and res ea rch. Ma ny o f our pro fess o rs, from eco n o m i cd e ve l o p m e n t ,
h u man rights, co n f l i c t res olution, re fu gee stu d i es, South Asian stu d i es, secu r i t y stu d i es, envi ro n m e n ta lp ol i c y,
and els e w h e re ha ve joined in this e f fo rt. And our students, ma ny o f whom seek jobs in inte r na t i o na l
assista n ce, ha ve provided much enco u ra ge m e n t and inte rest. We hope soon to sta rt a le c tu re series, to bring
in fe ll ows f rom the field, and to esta bl ish a digita ll i b ra ry o fp ro fessi o na ll i te ra tu re in huma n i ta r ian stu d i es. In
the longer term, we hope to bring in add i t i o na l fa cul t y to su pp o rt t h ese stu d i es.
I n te r na t i o na l busi n ess is a third ma jor pro ng of our st ra teg i c plan. You might co nsider our inte r na t i o na l
busi n ess i n i t ia t i ve, co m bined with our huma n i ta r ian stu d i es p ro g ram, as a two - le ve l st ra tegy to add ress
g l oba l i zation. In inte r na t i o na l busi n ess, we re co g n i ze tha t our name re cognition is n o t as st ro ng as i n
i n te r na t i o na l pu bl i ca f fa i rs, and we wa n tf i rst to ex pand the re cognition of our abil i t i es in this a rea. We will d o
so through st ro nger pro g ra m ma t i ca c t i vi t i es i n cl u d i ng co n fe re n ces, sp ea ker series, and res ea rch pro jects. We
will a lso enha n ce our pla ce m e n ta c t i vi t i es. We ha ve had some short- term help in beg i n n i ng to add ress t h es e
n e e ds f rom the Ca b o t Fa m il yC ha r i ta ble Tr ust. We need to find longe r- term su pp o rt, as we ll as su pp o rt fo r
some add i t i o na l cu r r i culum tha t we re co g n i ze we need in inte r na t i o na l busi n ess. We alread y ha ve st ro ng
cove ra ge of f i na n ce, ma r ke t i ng and st ra teg i c ma na ge m e n t. We need to provide our stu d e n t s with st ro nge r
s kills in acco un t i ng, sta t ist i cs, entre p re n e u r ia l ism, nego t iation, busi n ess - gove r n m e n t re la t i o ns and other
a reas. Most i m p o rta n t l y, we do not i n tend to become a busi n ess sch o ol. Bu t we re co g n i ze the importa n ce of
t h ese skills for our stu d e n t s who go into busi n ess, as we ll as for our stu d e n t s who go to the pu bl i cs e c tor who
m ust d ea l with inte r na t i o na l busi n ess. Fu rt h e r m o re, stu d e n t s who wo r k in NGOs m ust ha ve ma ny o ft h es e
s kills a ls o.
I t is an exci t i ng time at F le tch e r. We are blessed with grea t students, a co m m i t ted and skilled fa cul t ya n d
d e d i ca ted pro fessi o na l ad m i n ist ration. We see grea tp ossi bil i t i es for the fu tu re .
Joel P. Trachtman, Dean ad interimand Professorof International Law
D e a n ’ sC o r n e r resource to students interested in pursuing a
career in his field. “It’s an interesting anddifficult field because nowadays peacekeepingoperations cover so much that ideally youspeak two to three languages, you know thebasics of conflict resolution/conflict manage-ment, you’re an area specialist, you haveacquired diplomatic skills.... Fletcher is a goodplace because you get that interdisciplinaryperspective.”
Professors Peter Uvin and Matthew Kahn,meanwhile, have come to Fletcher fromteaching positions at two highly respectedinstitutions: Brown University and the Schoolfor International and Public Affairs (SIPA) atColumbia University, respectively. UnlikeJohnstone, Uvin and Kahn are not makingcareer changes, but their professional needshave compelled them to join the faculty atFletcher.
Uvin’s experiences and writings on thelinks between humanitarian relief efforts andconflict in Burundi and Rwanda have, despitehis claims to the contrary, propelled him tothe level of expert on these very subjects. In1999, Uvin won the Herskovits Award for themost outstanding book written on Africa,Aiding Violence: The Development Enterprise inRwanda. Still, he insists, “I’m not a specialistof Africa, I’m a specialist of us, of our system,of how we think, behave, to aid, to do good.That’s my real specialty. And that’s what I seekto reform.” Very much concerned with stayingcurrent in his teaching and relevant in hisresearch, Uvin continues to work as aconsultant to development agencies in Europeand to the UN while teaching. “A lot of whatI’m trying to do as I consult…is to try to push[donor agencies] away from this technocratic‘us’-centered approach towards ways ofmoving beyond that and delegating power.That’s not easy to do. People with powerrarely delegate it voluntarily. They typicallyonly give it away if forced to do so, andAfricans are not in a position to force.”
Uvin, who is serving as the Henry J. LeirAssociate Professor of InternationalHumanitarian Studies, was selected for hisposition because of his multidisciplinarybackground. “I think that the idea was to tryto put [the humanitarian aid/development/peace building program]...together such thatthe total could be more than the sum of theparts…and that the new person whom theylooked for (i.e. the position that I occupynow) would provide an impetus to make that
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SIMULEX 2000: Crisis in Nigeria
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By Gary W. Lane, USAF Nat i o n a lDefense Fe l low
A si m ula ted wo r ld cr isis e r u p ted on Friday,O c tober 20, and S a tu rday, October 21, atthe Fle tcher S ch o ol when an insu rge n t fo rcea t te m p ted to ove rt h row the gove r n m e n to fN i ge r ia. In the sce na r i o, the United S ta tesand United Kingdom we re at o dds wi t hF ra n ce, Libya, Ca m e roon, Iraq, and Ira n ’ sa t te m p t to undermine the leg i t i ma tegove r n m e n to fN i ge r ia and su pp o rt o fN i ge r ian insu rgents’ atte m p t to ove rt h rowt ha t gove r n m e n t. T h is cr isis co uld ha veesca la ted into Wo r ld War III, bu t the 110stu d e n t s and others who pa rt i ci pa te dsu ccess full y ma na ged the cr isis d u r i ngS I M U L E X 2000. T h is yea r ’ s si m ula t i o ne vol ved aro und a Nige r ian ci vil war in2005. Rogue na t i o ns led by L i bya, Iraq, andI ran atte m p ted to cl ose the S t ra i t so fH o r m u z and threa ten Eu rope and the U.S.with wea p o ns o f mass d est r u c t i o nm o un ted on intra- and inte rco n t i n e n ta lba ll ist i cm issiles i fa ny a t te m p t was mad eto inte rvene in the co n f l i c t on the side ofthe Nige r ian gove r n m e n t. The Nige r ia ngove r n m e n ta lso dispu ted Ca m e ro o n ’ sa n dEq u a to r ia l G u i n ea ’ s claim to the Ba kassiPe n i nsula and ce rtain wa te rs in the Gul fo fG u i n ea tha ta lso led to armed co n f l i c ta n di ns e rtion of F re n ch tro o ps i n to the are na .
P ro fessor Rob e rt P fa l t zg ra f f co n d u c t sS I M U L E Xa n n u a ll y as a tea ch i ng aid for theF le tcher S ch o ol ’ s fu tu re grad u a tes a n dwo r ld dipl o ma t s to un d e rstand all the to olsa va ila ble to them in res ol vi ng cr is es. T h eexe rcise is h e ld as pa rt o f the S e m i nar inCr isis Ma na ge m e n t and Co m plexE m e rge n ci es t ha tP ro fessor Pfa l t zg ra f f
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happen. So I guess that’s my task.”For Uvin, one of Fletcher’s greatest selling
points is its professional atmosphere. “Brownwas a very nice place to be as well, I enjoyed itgreatly. But it was an almost entirelytheoretical atmosphere amongst my colleaguesand the students, of course, beingundergraduates.... There are students in myclass [at Fletcher] who have spent ten years incountries that I care about and who knowmore about the place than I do. I like that...Imust say I found what I was looking for. Itwas here.”
Like Uvin, Matthew Kahn, associateprofessor of international economics, iscontinuing his teaching career at Fletcher,after spending the last seven years at SIPA. Anenvironmental economist, Kahn is particularlyinterested in using empirical methods toanswer questions about trade-offs betweeneconomic growth and environmentalprotection, especially in urban areas indeveloping countries. He has acted as aconsultant to the public sector on these issuesboth in the United States and in Chile.Questions such as whether dirty trade willgrow with globalization and whether urbansprawl has significantly reduced air quality arejust the type that Kahn seeks to answer in hisresearch, and seeks to have students answer intheir own research. Kahn’s emphasis on theempirical, both in class and in his research,reveals his convictions toward the use ofstatistics. “I think that the wave of the futureis faster computers and more data, and theability to analyze data and the ability to seethrough when people are lying with statistics[will be critical].” As far as his particular roleat Fletcher is concerned, he sees himself as alink between the fields of economics andenvironmental policy. “Fletcher has anexcellent set of economists...but I’m a micro-economist, and I view myself as a bit of a
bridge [between the two fields].” When asked, Kahn says frankly that he
decided to come to Fletcher for both personaland professional reasons. He likes thecommunity here, he says, as well as thecurriculum, and the fact that faculty size aswell as class size is smaller than he is used to.Furthermore, he is impressed by the academiccaliber of the students. “I teach at 8:30 in themorning, which could have been a disaster,but students rarely fall asleep in my lectures. Itake this as good signs that things are goingwell.... I find that if you’re excited about yoursubject, most students will get excited. I’vebeen very encouraged.”
Perhaps most importantly, teaching atFletcher means finally living with his wife,Dora Costa, a newly tenured professor ineconomic history at M.I.T. The couplepublished their first joint article in November,on a topic that has significant bearing on theirown lives – the issue of co-location as powercouples’ careers develop. It is no coincidencethat the opportunity to teach at Fletchersupports their conclusion that larger citiesoffer a solution to dual-career couples.
According to Kahn, by virtue of itslocation, Tufts University can easily attract topprofessors, because their spouses and partnerscan also obtain top positions that areabundant in the Boston area. Fortunately forFletcher, this ensures that gifted scholars suchas Ian Johnstone, Peter Uvin, and MatthewKahn will continue to join the school’soutstanding faculty to satisfy their needs andenthusiasm to teach and research. Amongstsuch distinguished and enthusiastic professors,the gift of teaching as a “peculiar talent” seemsto be not so peculiar.
Fletcher’s new HenryJ. LeirAssociate ProfessorofInternational Humanitarian Studies, PeterUvin
Environmental Economist Matthew Kahn
The non-governmental organization (NGO)team (from left to right): Sam Nichols,research associate; Ursina Plüss, F’02; MariyaKravkova, F’02; a Kennedy School participant;and Assaf Moghadam, F’02.
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tea ch es in the fa ll s e m este r. S I M U L E X iso rga n i zed under the ausp i ces o ft h eI n te r na t i o na lS e cu r i t yS tu d i es P ro g ram ofthe Fle tcher S ch o ol.
M il i ta ry o p e ra t i o ns, sa n c t i o ns ,h u ma n i ta r ian re l i e fe f fo rts, and dipl o ma c yb e t ween fo reign ministe rs we re the fo cuso f the two - day i n te nsi ve sce na r i o. S tu d e n t sex p e r i e n ced first- hand the difficul t i es o fn ego t ia t i o ns, co m m un iqués, mil i ta ryst ra teg i es, and huma n i ta r ian re l i e fe f fo rt sw h i ch had to be ba la n ced with time-cr i t i ca lt h rea t s and dead l i n es. Pro fessor Pfa l t zg ra f fled a ta le n ted team of p ro fessi o na ls f ro mthe Pe n ta gon and the U.S. mil i ta ry s e rvi ceswar colleges’ ga m i ng ex p e rt sw h oco n t rolled and ma na ged the co m plexsce na r i o. S tu d e n t s ex p e r i e n ced thed isi n teg ration of coa l i t i o ns, inte r na lf i g h t i ng and st r i fe within their teams, aswe ll as fa iled atte m p t s to impose theirst ra teg i es, goa ls and st ra teg i ci n te rest s o nother na t i o ns or gro u ps. Pro fess o rP fa l t zg ra f fi n cluded for the first time a non-gove r n m e n ta l team to help stu d e n t s ga i nan app re ciation of the role of su cho rga n i za t i o ns in re d u ci ng the su f fe r i ng andm e d i ca l aid to non-co m ba ta n t sa f fe c ted by the co n f l i c t. The ANSER Co r p o ra t i o np rovided two ex p e rt s to help theh u ma n i ta r ian team define medicine, fo o d ,cl o t h i ng, shelte r, and sa n i ta ry re q u i re m e n t sby usi ng a newly d e veloped co m pu te r i ze dh u ma n i ta r ian pro g ra m .
T h is yea r ’ s si m ulation exe rcise was ares o un d i ng su ccess a cco rd i ng to stu d e n tpa rt i ci pa n t s and others who to o k pa rt.T h e y fe l tt ha tt h e y gained a bette run d e rsta n d i ng of the co m plexi t i es o fn ego t ia t i o ns and inte r na t i o na li n te ra c t i o nwith other gove r n m e n t s and other gro u ps .P ro fessor Pfa l t zg ra f f sta ted tha tt h is yea r ’ sexe rcise was the best yet, and tha th ei n te n ds to use the sce nario in otherga m i ng exe rcis es .
Boston Herald, The Christian Science Monitor,the Associated Press, Reuters, and Radio FreeEurope. Also represented were The Tufts Daily,The Tufts Observer, The Fletcher Ledger andThe Fletcher Forum.
The event was sponsored by Fletcher’sProgram in Southwest Asia and IslamicCivilization under the direction of ProfessorAndrew Hess. Two weeks earlier, the programarranged a similar appearance by Dr. A.Abdullah, an opposition leader from the groupclaiming to be the legitimate rulers ofAfghanistan.
Mujahid was repeatedly asked about hisconnections to Osama bin Laden, theinternational terrorist believed living inAfghanistan and widely suspected ofinvolvement in the apparent terrorist attack onthe USS Cole.
Arguing there was no real evidence that binLaden was connected to the USS Cole, hesaid, “Osama bin Laden is living as a refugeewhile his life is not protected.” He thenadded, “We condemn this act on an Americanwarship. We condemn terrorism. We areagainst this kind of problem.”
Perhaps mindful of the Taliban’s imageproblems, Mujahid was a conciliatorypresence, frequently pausing before answering
questions to compliment the students on their“wonderful” or “excellent” questions. “We inno way want to harm the people andgovernment in the United States,” he said.
But he was dealing with a tough crowd. Oneby one, the students asked pointed, oftenskeptical questions. One wanted to know ifthe Taliban had control over Osama binLaden. Another, citing the poem written by anAmerican about the mother who rocks thecradle, questioned him about the influence ofhis own mother and wife on him. Anotheraccused the Taliban of being “the stooges ofPakistan” and warned the students: “Don’t bedeceived by his soft tongue.”
Many of the questions revolved aroundcharges of discriminatory, abusive treatment ofwomen. Farhat Shekib, a doctor now living inthe Boston area, told Mujahid, “When I leftAfghanistan in 1989, Afghan culture meantrespect for women. Sixty percent of universitystudents and 40 percent of doctors werewomen.”
Then, looking at the Taliban leader, she askedif there was any place for her to help Talibanwomen in Afghanistan. “I invite her back,”Mujahid countered, “but to work underAfghan culture and values.”
The Taliban government, which now controls90 percent of the country, is largely aninternational outcast. It is recognized by onlythree nations: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and theUnited Arab Emirates. It does not hold a seatat the UN, with Afghanistan representedinstead by the mujahedeen alliance, the now-defunct government.
And, it continues to face withering criticismfor abusing human rights, especially thoserelating to women, harboring terrorists, anddrug trafficking. (Afghanistan is the world’slargest producer of opium.)
Despite the event’s serious tone, there were afew light moments. During an informal newsconference after Mujahid’s speech, reportersquestioned him about whether the Talibanwould be allowed to occupy Afghanistan’s seatin the UN. Norullah Zadran, his first deputy,interjected. “Write your senators andcongressmen,” he quipped.
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Abdul Hakeem Mujahid, the Taliban representativeto the United States
B ill L aw re n ce, F’90
and Ph.D.
ca n d i da te, and
M o ha m m e d
Bula ma, F’02,
playi ng the roles
o fn o rt h e r n
N i ge r ia n
i nsu rge n t sd u r i ng
the "cr isis . "
Surely, your interactions with Professor JohnPerry remain for you, as mine do for me,treasured among the many memories of being astudent at the Fletcher School. Whether you weredrawn to his wise way with words, appreciatedhis devotion to the humane in a schoolpreoccupied with the profane, or tried to keep upwith him on one of his legendary voyages to theNorth Pacific, you undoubtedly saw in ProfessorPerry something that is rare. You are not alone.
So begins the letter co-authored by a smallband of Fletcher graduates and mailed earlierthis fall to over 350 of their fellow alumni.The letter goes on to explain that thevolunteers, dubbed the John Curtis PerryFellowship Committee, have undertaken tocreate an endowed fellowship fund here atFletcher bearing the name of their belovedprofessor. The committee will continue itsoutreach and fund raising through next May,and on May 17, 2001, they will hold acelebratory party to toast Professor Perry andannounce the new fellowship.
The original instigator of the Perry Tributeeffort is Lisbeth Tarlow (Bernstein), MALD‘84 and Ph.D. ‘97. Tarlow says, “I discoveredthe field of Russian-East Asian studies inProfessor Perry’s Diplomacy 208 course –famous for, among other things, his uniqueoratorical panache.” Tarlow credits Perry withinspiring her professional direction: she is nowassociate director of the Davis Center for
Celebration Planned to Recognize John Perry
Russian Studies at Harvard. Tarlow, who isalso a member of the Fletcher Board ofOverseers, kicked off the Perry Tribute with aleadership pledge. Forty-five others havejoined in with gifts of their own, bringing thetotal to over $112,000...and counting.
“To honor the number of hearts and mindsJohn has touched over the years, we want toinclude as many of his former students aspossible,” says Tarlow. “If you’re a John Perryfan and we failed to reach you, please speakup!” (To join the “John Perry Tribute” roster,please e-mail the External Relations office [email protected] or send a fax to 617-627-3659. Include your contact details, so wecan mail you information both about thefellowship and the May 17 event.)
“Lest anyone misinterpret our tribute to Johnas an indication that he is retiring, it is worthobserving that he is just as vigorous andinvolved at Fletcher as ever,” says committeemember Alan Wachman, F’84, another formerstudent of Perry’s and now his colleague onthe Fletcher faculty. “None of us have everheard the ‘r’ word slip across his lips!” At age70, Perry continues to teach, inspire, advise,and befriend Fletcher students, while workingon his next research project, in the emergingdiscipline of Oceanic Studies. “The festivitiesin May should not be viewed as an occasion to
John Curtis PerryFellowship Committee
Bonnie Clendenning, F’82 [email protected]
Amy Goldman, F’89202-244-1446
Augusta Heywood, F’86978-371-1803
Edith Johnson Millar, F’[email protected]
Yoshio Murakami, F’[email protected]
Michael O’Dougherty, F’[email protected]
Kirk Patterson, F’[email protected]
Elizabeth Rowe, F’[email protected]
David Rubin, F’[email protected]
Kate Ryan, F’[email protected]
Lisbeth Tarlow, F’[email protected]
Alan Wachman, F’[email protected]
Professor John Perry, speaking during theNorth Pacific Program’s seminar in Hokkaido,Japan
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The Fletcher Campaign Total Tufts Campaign Goal:$600,000,000
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Fletcher Fi l e sAlan Henrikson, who is currently serving aspresident of the United Nations Association ofGreater Boston (UNA-GB), welcomedFletcher participants among others at a formalUnited Nations Day luncheon held at theBoston Harbor Hotel on October 24. Thefeatured speaker was Sir Jeremy Greenstock,permanent representative of Great Britain atthe UN, who forcefully addressed the subjectof “Peacekeeping in the 21st Century and theU.S. Role.” Participating in the luncheonevent were Fletcher faculty members JoelTrachtman, Ian Johnstone, Karen Jacobsen,and Hurst Hannum, also a member of theboard of directors of UNA-GB. Alsoparticipating was President of Tufts UniversityJohn DiBiaggio, who served as a member ofthe honorary UN Day luncheon committeethat was chaired by Marshall N. Carter,chairman of State Street Corporation. Fletcherstudent Coleen Nicol, F’01, coordinated theparticipation of other Fletcher students, anumber of whom also gathered, along withProfessor John Hammock, at the lateafternoon UN Day ceremony at the StateHouse in Boston. An atmospheric highlight ofthe day, whose beautiful autumn weatherpermitted, was the large-lettered “UN DAY”skywritten above greater Boston by AVIADCorp.
Andrew Hess wrote a chapter for ‘TheTempest’ and Its Travels (Peter Hulme andWilliam H. Sherman, eds., 2000), entitled“The Mediterranean and Shakespeare’sGeopolitical Imagination.”
Matthew Kahn published a paper titled “TheEnvironmental Impact of Suburbanization” inthe Journal of Policy Analysis and Managementthis fall. He also published a paper titled“Power Couples: Changes in the LocationalChoice of the College Educated, 1940-1990”(with his wife, Dora L. Costa) which appearedin the November 2000 Quarterly Journal ofEconomics.
Michael Klein gave a lecture entitled “CapitalControls and Capital Account Liberalization”at the International Affairs Office of theUnited States Department of the Treasury inWashington, D.C., in October.
Carsten Kowalczyk presented “ReformingTariffs and Subsidies in International Trade” atthe Swedish Central Bank in Stockholm, andgave the public lecture “The WTO afterSeattle” at the Central Bank of Iceland inReykjavik. His host in Iceland wasAmbassador Einar Benediktsson, F’54.
Lisa Lynch was appointed by the president toserve on the Advisory Committee onExpanding Training Opportunities. Thecommittee will study the progress made by thefederal government in its use of technology intraining programs.
John Perry spoke at the Peabody-EssexMuseum on November 16, 2000, on theoccasion of the opening of a new exhibition:“Worlds Revealed: The Dawn of Japanese andAmerican Exchange.”
On October 27, Alfred Rubin was electedchairman of the Executive Committee of theAmerican Branch, International LawAssociation, relinquishing his position aspresident of the branch (a post he has held forthe past six years).
Alan Wachman was invited by the Center forNational Policy to participate in a conferenceabout Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations onSeptember 15 in Washington, where he spokeabout the “Rise of Taiwanese Nationalism andRamifications for Cross-Strait Relations.” He
also delivered a paper entitled “Taiwan’sPresidential Election of 2000: Implications forU.S.-Taiwan-P.R.C. Relations” at the East-West Center in Honolulu this August as partof a conference on “Taiwan’s PresidentialElections: Outcomes and Implications.” Inaddition, he attended two conferences(Harvard University Asia Center and FreeUniversity of Berlin’s Workshop on theInternationalization of China, and WorldCongress, International Political ScienceAssociation) at which he delivered the paperconcerning human rights in the P.R.C.: “BlackEyes, White Papers: Does the Diplomacy ofShame Promote Human Rights in China?” InOctober, he was invited to join the editorialboard of Issues and Studies, a social sciencejournal published by National Cheng-chiUniversity in Taipei, which focuses on Chineseaffairs and international relations in East Asia.On November 2, Alan was the studio guest ona radio-television simulcast call-in show called“Perspectives on China,” broadcast live byVoice of America into the P.R.C. In the courseof the hour-long program, he responded toquestions from callers in the P.R.C. whowanted to know about American attitudestoward China.
To celebrate United Nations Day on October24, a skywriterwashired to create a subtle reminderforBoston dwellers.
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Dan Fahey, F’02, spoke at theinternational conference“Depleted Uranium: Health andEcological, Economic and LegalAspects of the Use of RadioactiveConventional Weapons,” whichwas held in Gijon, Spain, in lateNovember.
Enrique Hidalgo, F’98 andPh.D. candidate, received afellowship at PrincetonUniversity to work on hisFletcher Ph.D.
Jim Holmes, F’98 and Ph.D.candidate, presented a paper onhis dissertation topic, “TheodoreRoosevelt, ‘International PolicePower,’ and the Defense ofWorld Order,” at the annualconflict studies conference atUMass Boston. His MALD,“Sarajevo, Whence Comes ThyGloom?: Ethnic and ReligiousOrigins of the First World War,”was published in the September/October 2000 issue of theJournal for the Study of Peace andConflict, University ofWisconsin.
Sebastian Knoke, F’02, is therecipient of a scholarshipsponsored by the Fazit-Stiftungin Frankfurt, Germany.
Bill Lawrence, F’90 and Ph.D.candidate, traveled to the UnitedKingdom and presented aportion of his research at theOxford University Conferenceon Middle Eastern PopularCulture, the first ever conferencecombining Arabic linguists,ethnomusicologists,anthropologists, historians, andpolitical scientists who studypopular culture. Thepresentations will be publishedby Oxford University Press. Billalso spoke at the three-dayconference on aspects ofinternational relations, politics,and culture of Moroccan Shaabiand Algerian Rai. He wasinterviewed at length forcoverage in the internationaledition of Al-Hayat newspaperand the Saudi Gazette.
Arturo Ramos, F’01, is therecipient of the DorothyCompton Fellowship, given bythe Institute for the Study ofWorld Politics. The fellowshipaims to promote scholarlyexamination of political,economic, and social issues thataffect the security, well-being,and dignity of the peoples of theworld. The fellowship is insupport of his studies indevelopment economics and histhesis, which deals with therelationship between foreigninvestment and human capitaldevelopment in emergingmarkets.
Kelly Sims, F’00 and Ph.D.candidate, participated in ameeting in Beijing thisNovember to discuss scenariosfor “Prospects for the Future ofU.S.-China Relations.” TenChinese and ten American“mover and shaker” experts wereinvited to this meeting, whichwas sponsored by the FordFoundation, Rockefeller BrothersFund, and the W. Alton JonesFoundation, and facilitated bythe Nautilus Institute.
Anthony Wanis-St. John, F’96and Ph.D. candidate, was aresearch fellow with Harvard’sProgram on Negotiation (PON)during 1999-2000. During thattime, he began drafting thesischapters and spent April andMay in Palestine and Israelinterviewing key negotiators inthe peace process. While visitingJaffa, the old Arab city now partof Tel Aviv, with his wifeClaudia, they ran into ImanSoliman, F’98 and Ph.D.candidate, who was visitingJerusalem for Easter. Anthonywent back to Jerusalem in Juneto teach a negotiation course to agroup of Palestinian managers.Anthony and Claudia celebratedthe arrival of Christopher (a.k.a.“ibn Antun” to friends in theMiddle East) in October 1999,who joins older sister Isabela.While a PON fellow, Anthonypublished a working paper onback channel negotiation in theMiddle East, and another articlein Harvard Negotiation LawReview. He taught a course ininternational negotiation withProfessor Andrew Hess’sArmenian Diplomatic Training
Program, and continues to trainprivate and public sectormanagers in negotiation skillswith Conflict ManagementInc./Vantage Partners.
The Consulting Club, withsponsorship from A.T. Kearneyand the Yankee Group, held asymposium entitled “CreatingTransitions: Consulting in theNew Economy” on October 27.Over 60 students, seniorconsulting professionals, andfaculty were in attendance. Go tothe Web site for moreinformation: http://fletcher.tufts.edu/symposium. Kudos to MarkBattistoni, F’02, head of theFletcher Consulting Club, andLaurent Guinand, F’98, whomoderated the event.
The Fletcher Ledger continues togarner readership as it begins itssecond year of publication. Thepublication has increased itsreadership significantly since itslaunch, and recently publishedan exclusive interview withincoming Dean StephenBosworth, written by PaulHazell, F’01, who interned atthe U.S. Embassy in Seoul overthe summer. The interview, aswell as articles on the Taliban’svisit to Fletcher and profiles ofnew faculty, can be found onlinein the Ledger’s archives athttp://www.fletcherledger.com.
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F l e t c h e r N e w sFletcher inthe NewsThe foll owi ng is an abridged collection of F le tch e r ’ sm ost re ce n tn e ws m e n t i o ns. For add i t i o na li n fo r mation, please co n ta c t our pu bl i cist, Te r ry Ann Knopf, atte r ry. k n o p f@ tu ft s .edu or ( 617) 627-27 78.
A u t h o r e d
Marc Gopin: “Share Jerusalem or battleforever,” Op-Ed, The Boston Sunday Globe,September 24, 2000.
James R. Holmes, F’98 and Ph. D.candidate: “The high-tech Cole was highlyvulnerable,” Op-Ed, Los Angeles Times,October 25, 2000. (Reprinted in TheVirginian Pilot and The Minneapolis StarTribune.)
Sue Lautze: “The war the world isn’twatching,” Op-Ed, Los Angeles Times,September 24, 2000. (Reprinted inInternational Herald Tribune.)
Ellen Lutz: “Bringing Milosevic to justice,”Op-Ed, The Christian Science Monitor ,November 8, 2000.
Lee McKnight: “ICANN – the importantelection,” Mass High Tech, October 9-15,2000.
John D. Moore, F’02 and Donald A.Weadon: “Assessing the USS Cole Attack,”Op-Ed, The Boston Globe, October 31, 2000.
Nina Sovich, F’01: “Azerbaijan’s forgottenremnants of war,” The Christian ScienceMonitor, October 19, 2000.
W. Scott Thompson: “Trouble in thePhilippines – Yet again,” Op-Ed, Los AngelesTimes, November 8, 2000.
Ana Trbovich, F’01: “Reflecting onrevolution: What happened in BelgradeThursday changed the world – and lets Serbsremember what it is to feel proud,” TheBoston Sunday Globe, October 8, 2000.
E v e nt s
Visit of Abdul Hakeem Mujahid, TalibanRepresentative to the U.S., to the FletcherSchool on October 25. Event covered byreporters from The New York Times, TheChristian Science Monitor, Associated Press, TheBoston Globe, The Boston Herald, Women’sENews, Radio Free Europe, and New EnglandCable News. Stories also appeared inCNN.com, AOL.com, Associated Press(International), United Press International, andnewspapers – from Canada to Pakistan –around the world.
I nt e rv i e w s
Leila Fawaz: CNN’s “World View,” discussingthe Israeli/Palestinian conflict, October 29,2000.
Marc Gopin: CNN International, discussingthe Israeli-Palestinian conflict, October 17,2000.
Ian Johnstone: BBC-WGBH’s “The World,”discussing informal diplomacy at the UNsummit meeting in New York, September 6,2000.
Bill Moomaw and Rama Krishna: BBC-WGBH’s “The World,” discussing globalwarming and The Hague meeting, November13, 2000.
P r o f i l e s
Neamatollah Nojumi, F’01: “Soldier ofserenity: An ex-Afghan rebel commandertraces his long journey to peace,” The BostonGlobe, October 4, 2000.
Q u o t e d
Marc Gopin: “The leaders not at the Mideastpeace table,” The Christian Science Monitor,November 8, 2000; “Religious summit aims atpeace, despite infighting,” Associated Press,September 4, 2000.
Andrew C. Hess: “Experts wonder if Arafatcan control Palestinians,” The Boston Herald,October 18, 2000; “Milosevic camp vowsrunoff vote,” The Boston Globe, September 27,2000.
Theodore Johnson, Ph. D. candidate: NPR’s“Talk of the Nation,” quoted on affirmativeaction, October 30, 2000.
William R. Moomaw: “Landmark OPICreport shows way for government and businessto demonstrate accountability for climateimpacts,” U.S. Newswire, October 30, 2000.
Robert L. Pfaltzgraff: “Experts cite lengthylist of world’s usual suspects,” The BostonHerald, October 13, 2000.
Alfred P. Rubin: “New leader could makematters worse,” The Boston Herald, October 6,2000; “The next ordeal: Wen Lee Ho is freefrom jail, but not problems,” ABCNews.com,September 14, 2000.
Richard H. Shultz: “Foreign policy mostlymissing on presidential campaign trail,” ThePlain Dealer, October 30, 2000; “Criticalsecurity issues simmer beneath surface of 2000campaign,” Newhouse News Service, October11, 2000.
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No ta b l e s
S pe a ke r s
A. Abdullah, acting minister,Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Per-manent Mission of the IslamicState of Afghanistan to the UnitedNations, “The Current PoliticalDevelopment in Afghanistan andIts Impact on International Secu-r i t y,” October 2, 2000
Victor Agyeman, ForestResearch Institute of Ghana,“The Challenge of SustainableManagement of West Africa’sForests,” September 21, 2000
Alan L. Balsam, director,Public Health and Human Ser-vices (Brookline, MA) and assis-tant professor, School of NutritionScience and Policy, Tufts Univer-s i t y, “Assessing CommunityHealth,” October 3, 2000
Sukhumphand Boribha-t r a, deputy minister of foreignaffairs, Thailand, “ASEAN afterthe Financial Crisis,” September26, 2000
Rodolfo Diaz, formerArgentinian minister of labor andsocial security, “Legal Aspects ofPrivatization in Argentina,”November 13, 2000
Simson Garfinkel, colum-nist, The Boston Globe, author,and founder of “Vi n e y a r d n e t , ”“Offensive Information Wa r f a r e :The Business Case,” October 5,2 0 0 0
Alvaro Guerrero, visiting fel-l o w, David Rockefeller Center forLatin American Studies and for-mer chairman of the board,National Council for Moderniza-tion (CONAM) in Quito, Ecuador,“Dollarization: A New Trend inLatin America?” November 1, 2000
W. Patrick Lang, president,Future Management Services,Inc., and Future MillenniumFoundation, “Palestine: Optionsfor a Livable Future,” November20, 2000
Roy Lee, executive secretary,Diplomatic Conference to Estab-lish an International CriminalCourt, United Nations, “TheUnited Nations and the Interna-tional Criminal Court,” Novem-ber 20, 2000
Itzhak Levanon, consulgeneral of Israel to New England,“Jerusalem and the Final StatusIssues: A Paradigm for Co-exis-tence or Contention?” October 4,2 0 0 0
Pandeli Majko, formerprime minister, Albania, “TheEffects of Globalization on SmallStates: Managing Ethnic Conflictin Kosovo,” October 23, 2000
Suzanne Maloney, F’00,research associate, The BrookingsInstitution, “Iran at the Cross-roads: Reform and Retrenchmentin the Islamic Republic,” October18, 2000
William C. Martel, profes-s o r, The Naval War College, “Net-works in Space: Te c h n o l o g i c a land Policy Implications,” Octo-ber 10, 2000
Richard L. Morningstar,U.S. Ambassador to the EuropeanUnion, “U.S. - E.U. Relations,”October 16, 2000
Abdul Hakeem Mujahid,representative of the Taliban tothe U.S., “The Political Situationin Afghanistan,” October 25, 2000
Jesse Parker, senior vicepresident, Softbank, “The GlobalInternet and Development – TheRole of Venture Capital,” Novem-ber 2, 2000
Colin L. Powell, general(ret.) and former chairman, JointChiefs of Staff, “Management ofCrisis and Change: The MiddleEast,” November 2, 2000
Thomas C. Ramey, “WhoAdapts to Whose Culture? Tales ofan American Global Entrepre-n e u r,” September 14, 2000
Sabri Saleem, director,Yemen Language Center andYemen Center for Arab Studies,“ Yemen, Past and Present,”November 14, 2000
Debra Sauermann, Tr e a-sury Department, ExxonMobilCorporation, “Challenges of Pro-ject Finance in Africa,” October17, 2000
James Gustave Speth,dean, Yale School of Forestry andEnvironmental Studies, “Run-ning Out of Time? CascadingEnvironmental Consequences,”September 14, 2000
Ernst Sucharipa, director,Diplomatic Academy in Vi e n n aand former permanentrepresentative of Austria to theUnited Nations, “The E.U. in theUN: A Manifestation of its CFSP, ”September 21, 2000
Sid To p o l, former c h a i r m a n /CEO, Scientific Atlanta, and presi-dent, Topol Group LLC, “DigitalT V: How Did We Get in ThisMess?” October 12, 2000
Nancy Wa l k e r, d i r e c t o r,Africa Center for Strategic Stud-ies, “The Role and Mission of theAfrican Center for Strategic Stud-ies in Supporting U.S. ForeignPolicy Efforts to Promote Democ-ratic Change in Africa,” Novem-ber 6, 2000
Co n f e r e n c e s
The Center of South Asian andIndian Ocean Studies, A SpecialSymposium on RabindranhathTagore, chaired by A m a r t y aSen. Ranajit Guha, visitingprofessor at the Institut fuerWirtschafts-und Sozialgeschichte,Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien,spoke on “The Poverty of Histori-ography: a Poet’s Reproach,”October 17, 2000
The Global Development andEnvironment Institute, “StopGlobal Waffling: TheImportance of Action at theUpcoming Global Climate ChangeNegotiations,” featuring S t e v eB e r n o w, Ross Gelbspan,Adam Markham, J a m e sM c C a r t h y, Kelly Sims a n dBill Moomaw, October 24, 2000
The Hitachi Center for Te c h n o l-ogy & International Affairs andthe International Business Rela-tions Program, “Creating Tr a n s i-tions: Consulting in the NewE c o n o m y,” October 27, 2000 (Formore information, visit http://f l e t c h e r- h c t i a . o r g / s y m p o s i u m )
M ov i ng U p
Kathy Bobick has joinedF l e t c h e r ’s Office of External Rela-tions as a staff assistant. Kathyhad been splitting her timebetween the reception desk andExternal Relations over the pastfew years, but everyone in theoffice is thrilled to have her nowon staff on a full-time basis.
M o v i ng I n
Vladimir Aseneta j o i n e dFletcher in August as the newmailroom/office assistant. Overthe past four years, Vladimir hasheld positions such as officeassistant and customer servicerepresentative, and has studiedmusic production and song writ-ing at Berklee College of Musicand acting and improvisation atBunker Hill Community College.
Jennifer Hoegen accepted theposition of assistant director ofexternal relations, and beganwork on November 20. Jenn has am a s t e r ’s degree in internationalrelations from Boston University,and spent the past six monthsassisting the Global Master of ArtsProgram.
Cheryl Martin has joined theFletcher community for the cur-
rent academic year as U.S. StateDepartment fellow. Before com-ing to Fletcher, she was posted inFreetown, Sierra Leone, as deputychief of mission.
F l e t c h e r ’s new European Unionfellow is Rocco Ta n z i l l i, whoarrived this fall. He is a director-general of the European Com-mission, and has most recentlybeen responsible for all transla-tion, interpretation, and confer-ence services.
M o v i ng O n
On September 12, Tufts UniversityPresident John DiBiaggioannounced that he will be step-ping aside as president, not laterthan June 30, 2002. By that time,he will have served as presidentfor 10 years. In his statement, henoted that “I’m proud to haveserved Tufts when the members ofour community have madenumerous headlines as research-ers, educators, business and gov-ernment leaders, entrepreneurs,change agents and influentialpolicymakers. Tufts is remarkablefor having achieved scholarlyprominence while maintainingits roots in teaching.” A presiden-tial screening committee hasbeen formed to find PresidentD i B i a g g i o ’s successor.
MarJean Knokey left theFletcher School on November 30,after three years of service. Shejoined the school as director ofadmissions in the fall of 1997,and then helped launch theGlobal Master of Arts Program asmanager of admissions andactivities. With GMAP a resound-ing success with thirty-one stu-dents from nineteen countries,MarJean is moving to Seattle,which is closer to family andh o m e .
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F l e t c h e r N e w s
Colin Powell
Fl e t c h e rClub NewsB os to n
Mark Ferri, F’86
Boston Edison/NSTAR
800 Boylston Street, P-1075
Boston, MA 02199
Farah Pandith, F’95, hosted theFletcher Downtown group at MLStrategies on December 13. Themorning gathering featured Pro-fessor Alan Henrikson, who spokeon “The American ElectoralProcess, Its Results, and Its PossibleImpact on U.S. Foreign Policy. ”
Lo n do n
Cynthia Valianti Corbett, F’78
15 Claremont Lodge, 15
The Downs
Wimbledon SW20 8UA
United Kingdom
By kind arrangement of AndreiVandoros, F’71, the Fletcher Clubof London held an evening recep-tion and private view of “Cyprus,The Holy Island: Icons throughthe Centuries” at the HellenicCenter on November 28. DeborahN u t t e r, associate dean for plan-ning and research, and ElizabethRowe, F’83, associate director ofexternal relations, joined approx-imately 30 other alumni at thee v e n t .
N e w Yo r k
David Vinjamuri, F’91
250 West 105th Street,
Apt. 2D
New York, NY10025
Close to 200 Fletcher alumni andstudents turned out for theannual networking reception,held this year at the JuilliardSchool by kind arrangement ofthe school’s president, JosephPolisi, F’70. The reception washeld after the first day of the two-day career trip (which featuredinformational career panels andalumni panelists). The two-day
event ended with a MillenniumSummit roundtable discussion atthe UN.
S a n F r a n c i s co
OlafGroth, F’95
Liz Hudson, F’98
Sandra Short, F’82
Dorothy Tomaszewski, F’93
dorothy.tomaszewski@mail.
doc.gov
Loretta Graziano Breuning, F’76,hosted a Thai curry brunch inOakland in October. Olaf Groththen followed up with an “Inter-nationalist Thanksgiving Brunch”on November 11 in San Francisco,and Sandra Short has kindly vol-unteered to hold a reception ather home in Silicon Valley inearly spring. In addition, the clubis holding its regular monthlyhappy hours alternately at theLondon Wine Bar in San Fran-cisco and at Fanny & Alexander’sin Palo Alto. For more informa-tion, e-mail the group at f l e t c h e r- w e s t @ e g r o u p s . c o m .
S eo u l
Yunju Ko, F’99
DeputyDirector
North America Trade Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and Trade
Seoul 110-760
Korea
The end of the year meeting ofthe Seoul Fletcher Club was heldon November 27. AmbassadorStephen Bosworth, dean-desig-nate, attended the meeting andmet the club’s members. We ,Korean members, were honoredto have the new dean at themeeting and to listen to his firstremarks on the vision of thes c h o o l .
To ky o
Aya Konishi Abe, F’91
506-4 Kuji
Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki
213-0032 Japan
Mariko Noda, F’90
6-31-2 Chimoshakujii
Nerima-ku
Tokyo 177
Japan
The club got together at Kirk Pat-t e r s o n ’s (F’83) home on Novem-ber 18. They discussed futurepossible events as well as currentFletcher projects and the possibil-ity of making the club more for-mal. Aya Abe has taken over forNaoko Anzai as one of theFletcher alumni contact persons.
W ash i n gton, D.C .
Gabriella Rigg, F’97
4407 35th Street, NW
Washington, DC20008
Club Web page: members.
aol.com/dcfletclub
Club members got together onOctober 15 for a hiking excursionon Old Rag Mountain in theShenandoah National ParkRegion. They also held a PubSpeak on November 8, whenMichael Hammer, F’87, spokeabout his work as assistant presssecretary for foreign affairs anddirector for public affairs at theNational Security Council. OnNovember 18, they spent anevening tasting fine Latin Ameri-can wines, which was organizedby Laurent Guinand, F’98 andastute connoisseur of wines. Thefirst ever Fletcher Wo m e n ’s Net-working Event, held on December7, was met with great enthusiasmfrom area alumnae. For moreinformation, e-mail the group atf l e t c h e r- d c w @ l i s t p r o c . t u f t s . e d u
B a ng ko k
Kusuma Snitwongse, F’57
245 Sukhumvit Road –
Soi 21
Bangkok10110
Thailand
B a ng la d e sh
Masud bin Momen, F’90
Director, Foreign
Secretary’s Office
Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
Segun Bagicha
Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
B e i j i n g
Nicole Monter, F’98, and
Agustin Escardino, F’97
Delegation ofthe
European Union
Dongzhimenwai Dajie 15,
Sanlitun, 100600 Beijing
PRC
cn.net
B u da pes t
Tom Schwieters, F’97
Taro Gato Lejto 8., I/4
1021 Budapest
Hungary
C h ic a g o
H. Jürgen Hess, F’86
743 West Buckingham
Place, Apt. 2
Chicago, IL60657
heinzjuergen@yahoo.
com
G e r m a ny /C e nt r a l E u ro p e
Jan-Philipp Goertz, F’98
Deutsche Lufthansa
I n te r na t i o nal A f fa i rs (BRU CP)
130 Rue du Trone
1040 Brussels
Belgium
G e n e v a
Philippe Truan, F’89
5, Chemin de Mapraz
1226 Geneva
Switzerland
H on g Ko n g
To Be Determined
Edie Millar, previous club con-tact, has left Hong Kong andnow makes her home inPhoenix, Arizona. A new clubcontact will be determined soon.
Pa r i s
Julien Naginski, F’93
104, rue Eugene Labiche
Rueil 92500
France
Nicholas Ray, F’94
2 clos d’Antheaume
6 Rue des Poilus
78600 Le Mesnil Le Roi
France
Ta i pe i
Ben Benitez, F’98
Philippine Representative
Office in Taiwan
4/F MetrobankPlaza
107 Chung Hsaio E. Road,
Sec. 4
Taipei, Taiwan
V i e n n a
Rainer Staub, F’96
Slatingausse 6/B/12
A-1130 Vienna, Austria
other fletcher club contac ts
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Da v i d A s h t on , F ’ 5 2
died in Brewster, Massachusetts, on November 7, 2000. He graduated from TuftsUniversity in 1942, and was a professor at Boston University. He is survived by his wifeSally.
J a r e d D o r n bu r g , F ’ 6 4
died on October 29, 2000. He recently retired from Citigroup after 35 years ofdistinguished service in international banking. He is survived by his wife, KimikoWatanabe Dornburg; son Jed Dornburg; daughter Erica Miwa Dornburg; and brothersIan and Roger Dornburg.
W a r r e n G . P e ck , F ’ 5 0
passed away on September 6, 1999. He is survived by his wife, Gladys. No otherinformation was available at time of printing.
Pau l i n e W a ng
a former member of the Fletcher staff, passed away on September 7, 2000, at the age of78. Pauline began her Fletcher career in 1975, working with Professor Philip Horton. Inaddition to working with many professors over the years, she assisted the ClaytonSeminar Series Program and the Senior Global Managers Program before leaving theFletcher School in 1998. Pauline is survived by her husband, C.C. Wang, and herdaughter, Janice Wang Smyth.
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bid John farewell,” saysWachman, “but as amidterm celebration of hisremarkable role at Fletcher– and in our lives – thusfar. There is much more tocome.”
Volunteers worldwide havesigned on to the project.Kirk Patterson, F’83, andYoshio Murakami, F’61,both based in Tokyo, earnthe distinction of mostgeographically distantcommittee members, withEdie Johnson Millar, F’85,in second place, havingenlisted in Hong Kong andlater relocated to Phoenix,Arizona. The local Bostonarea volunteers includeMichael O’Dougherty,
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F’87, Augusta PipkinHeywood, F’86, KateRyan, F’87, BonnieClendenning, F’82, andBetsy Rowe, F’83 (aFletcher staff member).(Contact Fletcher’s Office ofExternal Relations if youwould like to join thecommittee.)
Lis Tarlow consulted Perryearly on for his permissionto establish the fellowship,which he granted despite acertain amount ofembarrassment. Asked fora quote for this article, hesaid, “I’m flattered beyondwords.... It’s also a bitawkward. I don’t knowwhat to say.... It will be
wonderful to see people atthe party.”
–––––––––The John C. PerryFellowship Fund counts asone component inFletcher’s currentcampaign, which is now inits sixth year and has raiseda remarkable $36.5 million(through October 2000).The goal for the campaign,which ends in June 2002,is $44.7 million. Fletcher’scontributions represent justone segment of Tufts’overall campaign for $600million.
S a ve the DateAmbassador Stephen W. Bosworth will be formallyinstalled as Fletcher’s seventh dean in a ceremony at 6p.m. on March 7, 2001, at the school. Invitations willbe sent early in the new year. We look forward toseeing you there.
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Although I did not re a l i ze this when I began planning for the Decembern e w s l e t t e r, as it turns out, this will be the last F l e t ch e rN ew s that I will be editing. I am taking the position of admissions and activities managerfor the Global Master of Arts Pro g ra m(GMAP), and I feel ve ry fortunate that I will remain a part of this outstandingc o m m u n i t y. Sadly, I won’t be interacting as much with theexternal relations staff, which has been an incredible group for me to work with these last four ye a r s .
I ’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of the people who really make F l e t ch e rN ew s possible. The class secre t a r i e sh a ve the tremendous job of keeping in touch with a great number of you to make sure your exciting life events and globetrotting adve n t u res are re c o rded for all to share .They also help org a n i ze your reunions so you can cometogether again as a class eve ry once in a while and share yo u rstories in person. Likewise, the club secretaries help plane vents for those of you far away from Fletcher, making themfeel like they are simply extensions of guest lectures, or conversations held over Fletcher’s coffee hour or in Wi l s o nHouse or Blakeley Hall. These volunteers are the embodimentof the Fletcher spirit. Fletcher students, faculty, and staff havealso affected the publication for the better, by sharing what itis they are currently pursuing, thereby making connectionsb e t ween the members of the Fletcher community here in Medford and those of you around the world. They have alsolent their writing and photography talents to the newsletter,enriching it even more.
Other people who might not be so apparent have also had an impact on the publication. The designers of the newsletterh a ve been nothing short of wonderful to work with, and makethis job a joy. Similarly, the photographers have provided quality work. And I would be remiss not to mention the staffsof Fletcher and university development, especially the Officeof External Relations, who have countless times prov i d e dinformation, ideas, and additional sets of eye s .
As I join Fletcher’s GMAP s t a f f, I look forward to staying intouch with you, and with all the people I have worked withover the last four years, in this new and exciting capacity.
F l e t c h e r N e w s
Membersof History200, The Foreign Relations of the United States to 1917, who were pho-tographed on October13 in the garden atthe side of the "Old House," the home of John andAbigail Adams and theirdescendents, including John QuincyAdamsand his family. TheAdamsNational Historic Site staff is anticipating that, especially if George Bush is elected(which still wasnotknown attime of printing), there will be even more publicinterest in theAdams Site – asthe Bushes will succeed the Adamses asthe only other family in American his-toryto have placed a father-and-son combination in the presidency. The site was recently fea-tured in a segment developed forNHK television by Takeshi Yamashita, F’00, political corre-spondent forthe NHK Washington Bureau.
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