Vol. XI N o. 3 Sum m er 1988

FulbrightALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEW SLETTER

AT&T Grant Streamlines DatabaseThanks to a grant of $2,000 from

AT&T this spring, the Fulbright Alumni Association was able to pur­chase a new computer software pro­gram which enables it to maintain more data on its alumni, both mem­bers and nonmembers, and access it much faster.

“ This payment represents support of the project to upgrade the alumni membership database, “ wrote Albert B. Wann, Regional Manager, PublicRelations at AT&T. "I 'm glad wewere able to help you with yourproject and wish you much contin­ued success."

The database contains the records of 24,000 former Fulbright scholars and includes not only name and ad­dress and Fulbright scholarship but information on academic institutions attended and languages spoken. With so many Fulbrighters and so much information to maintain on each person, speed becomes an im­portant factor in using the data. Target/1 by GT National of Auburn, Maine, proved capable of allowing the necessary flexibility while pro­viding the speed necessary for such a large database.

The number of Fulbright alumni listed in the database represents ap­proximately half of the total. The Association hopes to improve that percentage significantly within the next few years.

Inside This IssueChapter N ew s.................................. 2Scholarship Opportunities........... 3Fulbright Alumni Directory..........5Fulbright Program Funding

Trends............................................. 6Exchange Programs with China......................................................... 6

Recent Achievements..................... 7

I Nyoman Sumandhi and family

I Nyoman Sumandhi, Fulbright Visiting Artist-in-Resident at Wes­leyan University in Connecticut, traveled to San Francisco last winter for the Asian Art Museum's celebra­tion of Balinese performing arts. In fact, his whole family performed for the occasion. Although colleges and universities are encouraged to con­tact visiting scholars directly (using the faculty associate names in the directory), visits may also be ar­ranged through the CIES Occasional Lecturer Program, which provides limited funds for the round-trip transportation of scholars who accept lecturing invitations.

Ni Putu Sutiati Sumandhi, his wife, has performed and taught the world over. Eleven-year-old Ni Ketut Mayeni Sumandhi has been studying traditional Balinese dance for the last three years; and I Made Roberto Sumandhi, seven years old, made his debut in 1987.

News From Washington

The Fulbright Program In Post- Reagan Washingtonby Norman PetersonExecutive SecretaryLiaison Group for International

Educational ExchangeCongress has just completed

work on the last funding bill for the Fulbright Program under the Reagan Administration, and a cru­cial change in government is to take place which will set the Program's course for the next 4 years.

The Reagan era comes to an end in an oddly symmetrical manner. Capitol Hill turned down a USIA request to cut funds for academic exchanges to invest in its electronic arsenal. It is symmetrical because the Reagan era began with a similar, though far more serious, effort to cut exchanges to enhance USIA's media outreach - an effort also re­versed by Congress. Odd because these two threats are sandwiched between 6 years of solid support from the Administration, when the financial base for academic ex­changes grew dramatically. In 1982, USIA spent $72 million on educa­tional exchanges. This fiscal year Congress approved an expenditure of $150 million.

As we look into the future for USIA-sponsored exchanges, it is re­assuring to see the strong base of support in Congress for the pro­grams built over the last several years. This was vividly illustrated when Senator Ernest F. Hollings (D SC), Chairman of the Appropria­tions Subcommittee which funds USIA, brought his Subcommittee's $15 billion, multiple-agency appro­priation bill to the Senate floor and pointed out that the bill “ made ad­justments in . . . USIA accounts to fulfill congressional priorities, such

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Chapter NewsHawaii Chapter

In 1987 the Hawaii Chapter launched the Fulbright Forums which are presentations made by former Fulbrighters on their over­seas experiences. Zenny Estrada, program chair, collaborated with AAUM in setting up these presenta­tions. I-Pai Wu spoke on his Fulbright to Israel; Darrow Aiona on his award to India; Pat Harpstrite on her Fulbright to Brazil; and Ed Wiggers spoke on his Fulbright to England.

Barbara Peterson, former Hawaii chapter president.

In the spring of 1988, the chapter co-sponsored a series of forums with departments of the University of Hawaii. Fulbrighter from India, Sushil K. Gupta, spoke on "Urban Water Resources in Semi-Arid India." Visiting Fulbrighter from the Sorbonne, Tran Van Khe, spoke on "The Traditional Theatre of Vietnam." Judy van Zile of the Music Department spoke on "Christmas in China: First Impres­sion of the Contemporary Dance Scene in the People's Republic of China."Arkansas Chapter

The spring meeting of the J.W. Fulbright Chapter of the Fulbright Alumni Association was held in the Student Union of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, on Tuesday, March 15 from 12 noon to 2 p.m. After the luncheon, a business meeting was held in which the fol­lowing officers were elected:William R. Orton - President, Todd Hanlin - Vice President, and Kay Pritchett - Secretary-Treasurer.There was a discussion of plans and activities for the year. The featured speaker was Leslie C. Hunter of the Council for International Exchange of Scholars who gave current infor­

mation on lecture and research grants under the Fulbright Program. During the question and answer pe­riod, several potential applicants were informed of the status of Fulbright grants for 1989-90. There were individual conferences with Ms. Hunter following the meeting. Chicago Chapter

The Chicago Chapter honored Dr. Rolf Weil, retiring president of Roosevelt University and a Fulbrighter to Germany, at a lunch­eon at the historic Cliff Dwellers Club in Orchestra Hall. Ni Lan, vio­linist of Shanghai, a protege of Elisabeth Matesky, Fulbrighter to England, offered two brilliant violin solos. Dr. Bruce Douglas, president of the Chicago Chapter, presented a plaque to Dr. Weil who responded with an overview of international issues including education.

Shirley Anne Sequin, concert pi­anist, Fulbrighter to Paris and cur­rently a U.S. Artistic Ambassador, toured Europe with a series of con­certs in Portugal, Italy, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and Luxembourg. A previous tour, also conducted under the auspices of the U.S. State Department, was to the Far East including Korea and China.

Aphrodite Sarelos, Fulbrighter to Greece, will coordinate a special Fulbright program under the spon­sorship of Dr. Michael Bakalis, Dean of the Loyola Graduate School of Education. This involves a 30-day observation visit by six daycare teachers from Athens, Greece, co­sponsored by the U.S. Educational Foundation (Fulbright) in Athens and the Mayor of Athens.

Dr. Charles O'Reilly, Dean of the Loyola University Graduate School of Social Work, Fulbrighter to Italy, heads the organizing committee planning the celebration of the 1989 Illinois Centennial in Social Work Education.

Dr. Bruce Douglas, Fulbrighter to Japan, president of the Chicago Chapter, hosted a successful Presi­dent's Brunch at his Evanston home for Fulbrighters from overseas living in metropolitan Chicago. Other spe­cial guests included the presidents of Barat College, Institute of Inter­national Education and Council of International Programs. Minnesota/East Lansing Chapter

Local Fulbrighters who have trav­eled the world over can meet in the state now that a Michigan Fulbright Alumni Chapter has been estab­lished.

About 50 people attended a recep­tion in Kresge Art Center on Sun­day to announce the inauguration of the new Mid-Michigan Fulbright Alumni Association. The event was highlighted by the MSU music school's Continental String Quartet, which featured Zhu Hong from China, Tamer Ozkaratufan from Turkey, David Paschlakal from Michigan and Ursula David from Austria.

Michiganians who have been in­volved with the Fulbright program began meeting a year ago to decide whether the state needed a chapter and, If so, how to create it, said Manfred Thullen, assistant dean of MSU's International Studies and Programs and the chapter's interim President.

The chapter plans to start several committees that will host events for visiting Fulbrighters, sponsor lec­tures, publicize scholarship pro­grams and bring members together. The organizers of the chapter also on its interim board include: Susan Bandes, Kresge Art Center director; David Horner, Office for Interna­tional Students and Scholars direc­tor; Charles Gliozzo, Overseas Study director; Vincent Hoffman, a criminal justice associate professor;

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left to right: Ambassador Tommie T.B. Koh at the podium, Loren Hershey, Harriet Mayor, and Senator ]. William Fulbright at the Washington Area Chapter's annual dinner in June.

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David Levin of USIA and Fulbright exchange teachers at the orientation program for the teachers and their families at Georgetown University.

USIA Announces Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program

The United States Information Agency (USIA) has announced details of the 1989-90 Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program, which involves a one-on- one exchange for teachers at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels with suitable teachers overseas. The program will involve Argentina, Australia, Belgium/Luxembourg, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Chile, Cyprus, Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, Finland, France, Hungary, Ice­land, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Panama, the Philippines, Senegal, South Africa, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The number of ex­change positions available and the eligibility requirements vary by country.

The program also provides opportunities for teachers to participate in summer seminars, which last from three to eight weeks. During the sum­mer of 1989, seminars will be held in Italy and the Netherlands. For further information, write the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program, E/ASX, United States Information Agency, 301 Fourth St., S.W., Washington, D.C. 20547; telephone 202/485-2555.

The 1989-90 Fulbright Scholar-In-Residence Program

Opportunities for American colleges and universities to host a visiting scholar from abroad for all or part of the 1989-90 academic year are avail­able through the Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program. Institutions are invited to submit proposals for visiting scholars in the humanities and so­cial sciences, or in scientific or professional specializations with a strong in­ternational focus. Of particular interest for the 1989-90 program year will be proposals to bring scholars in American literature, history, or politics; professionals from the media or government; or specialists in constitutional law or politics.

A Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence may teach regular courses from a for­eign area perspective, serve as a resource person in interdisciplinary courses, assist in developing new courses, or participate in special semi­nars. An institution hosting a scholar-in-residence would be expected to share the scholar's expertise with a wide range of departments and with neighboring institutions, involve him/her in community activities and professional organizations, and provide opportunities for the visitor to pursue personal research interests.

The program provides round-trip travel for the grantee and, for full-year awards, one accompanying dependent; a monthly maintenance allowance; and incidental allowances for travel, books, and services essential to the as­signment. The host institution is expected to share some costs in the form of supplementary funding and in-kind support such as housing.

The deadline for receipt of proposals is November 1, 1988. Detailed pro­gram guidelines and proposal forms are available as of June 1988 and can be requested from the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Eleven Dupont Circle N.W., Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20036-1257. Telephone: 202/939-5401.

Former Fulbright Scholars

Offered ScholarshipsThe Monterey Institute of Interna­

tional Studies in Monterey, Califor­nia, announces that it will offer a half-tuition, two-year scholarship exclusively for former Fulbright Scholars in the 1989-90 academic year. Selection is based upon pre­vious academic achievement, how education and international experi­ence relate to the applicant's pro­posed degree programs, letters of recommendation in the admission file, and the applicant's personal statement on the scholarship appli­cation form.

The Monterey Institute offers language-based master's degree programs in International Policy Studies (MA), International Man­agement (MBA), International Pub­lic Administration (MPA) with an international management or a de­velopment management emphasis, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Teach­ing Foreign Languages (MATFL), and in Translation and Interpreta­tion (MA). In addition, students who have completed their first two years of college may enter an upper division undergraduate program in Language Studies or in Interna­tional Relations.

Those wishing to apply for the Scholarship for Former Fulbright Scholars for fall semester 1989, all materials needed to complete your application for admission and your scholarship application must be received by the Institute by March 1, 1989.

Questions regarding the applica­tion for admission should be di­rected to the Admissions Office; questions regarding applications for a scholarship should be directed to the Financial Aid Office. Be sure to state that you are applying for the scholarship when requesting infor­mation. In addition to this scholar­ship, the Institute offers a full range of financial aid based on need. The address and telephone numbers are: Monterey Institute of

International Studies 425 Van Buren Street Monterey, California 93940 Admissions Office: (408) 647-4123 Financial Aid Office: (408) 647-4119

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(continued from p. 2, col. 3)Mary Jim Josephs, Lifelong Educa­tion acting assistant dean; William Rittenberg, undergraduate educa­tion assistant provost; Elizabeth Seagull, pediatrics and human de­velopment professor; and Scott Whiteford, anthropology director. Minnesota Chapter

The fall meeting of the Associa­tion, on the theme, “ Freedom of Communication Worldwide," was held at Macalester College in St.Paul on October 24, 1987. Topics ranged from international musical exchanges to television news report­ing. Speakers included Philip Brunelle, well-known Minnesota or­ganist, pianist and conductor, who cited some of his international musi­cal experiences; Don Shelby, an an­chor person for WCCO-TV, who presented a frank appraisal of tele­vision news in this region; and Chin-chuan Lee, Associate Professor of Journalism at the University of Minnesota, who discussed press freedom in three Chinese societies.

The Association's spring meeting focused on “ Human Rights in East­ern Europe: Implications for US- USSR Relations." Participants in­cluded Stephen Feinstein, professor of history at the University of Wis­consin—River Falls, a specialist in Russian history; Maria Schweichert, instructor in Russian and inter­preter, who reviewed the status of women in Eastern Europe; and James Cunningham, coordinator of Russian Area Studies in several Twin Cities colleges.

Bruce L. Douglas, President of the Chicago Chapter, presents a round-trip air travel to Brian Kim, recipient of a scholarship award to attend Camp Rising Sun in Rhinebeck, N.Y. The Chicago Chapter selects a 14-year- old annually for this award.

New and experimental was the Fulbright Enrichment Program Proj­ect developed jointly with the Office of International Education (OIE) and the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota, and the Minnesota International Center (MIC). Participants included foreign Fulbright students and scholars at­tending various Minnesota colleges and Humphrey North-South Fel­lows. The project was funded by two $3,000 grants from the United States Information Agency to the OIE and the MIC.

The project involved Fulbrighters and Fellows in a variety of innova­tive enrichment activities, both in the community and on the campus. It was hoped that the events planned specifically for this talented

group of international students would lead to an expanded under­standing of American and other cul­tures, while encouraging their intellectual and professional devel­opment.

A key component of the project was the linking of current Fulbright students with Fulbright alumni, many of whom are or were faculty members at the University of Min­nesota and other higher education institutions in the area. On April 23, following dinners in their homes for small groups of foreign Fulbright students, Fulbright alumni and members of the project staff en­gaged in far-ranging discussions of national and international affairs. Other activities included seminars for Fulbrighters on campus; meet­ings with professional counterparts; social and theater events; and par­ticipation in many existing pro­grams sponsored by the MIC, including the International Students Speakers Bureau, the Statewide Cultural Exchange, and the Friendship Exchange.

The Fulbright Enrichment Pro­gram appears to have had a very positive impact. Fulbrighters and Fellows showed their appreciation, not only by participating, but also through responses and comments made on evaluation forms.

Although funding for a future project is not yet assured, the OIE and the MIC will apply for contin­uation grants.

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11th Annual Fulbright Alumni Association Conference

Albuquerque, NM October 13 -15,1988

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Conference Registration Form

Please register me for the upcoming Fulbright Alumni Conference:

Cost: Fulbrighter - $65 Spouse or family member - $35(Fee includes: attendance at all forums, lunch, continental breakfast, coffee breaks, transportation to and from airport and Fine Arts Center, buffet reception, and cultural evening)

Banquet - $20/person

$___ enclosed. Please make checks payable to 1988 Fulbright Alumni Association Conference.

Name_________________________________________________________________________Name for badge_________________________________________________________________Address_______________________________________________________________________City, State, ZIP_________ _________________________________________Phone___________________ ____________________________Year and place of Fulbright_________________________________________________________Current position_________________________________________________________________

Hotel Registration Form

Location: Albuquerque MarriottSpecial Fulbright Conference Rate: $59/room/night/double occupancy

$____ enclosed. Please make checks payable to Albuquerque Marriott or fill out below:

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REMEMBER; Registration deadline is Sept. 15.No refunds will be given after this date.Please make out two checks — one for the hotel and one for conference registration. This will be the only mailing you will receive.

Mail to: Ernest Rose, DeanUniversity of New Mexico College of Fine Arts Albuquerque, NM 87131

ToursThe following optional tours are available Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, October 15,16 and 17. They will be five to eight hour tours and will feature dining and refreshments. The deadline for tour registration is September 15. Please register directly with your tour host. Rojotours, 228 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87501, (505) 983-8333.

Taos -10/16, $42 Situated between the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and the Rio Grande Gorge, Taos is an exotic community created by Pueblo Indians, Hispanic colonists, mountain men, and later artists and writers.

Rio Grande Valley Artisans and Pueblo Tour - 10/17, $35 North of Santa Fe are pueblo villages and Hispanic communities noted for their fine native artists and artisans.

Santa Fe City and Museum Tour -10/15 or 10/17, $34 This comprehensive driving tour of the Santa Fe area will include visits to the downtown area and Canyon Road, Santa Fe's "Artists Road." Along the route, museums offer a variety of displays, including the fine arts, Indian arts and culture, and folk art, as well as state and regional history.

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Thursday, Oct. 133 - 4:30 p.m. WELCOME: Gerald May, President, University of New Mexico

David Johnson, President, Fulbright Alumni Association

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Ernest Rose, Conference CoordinatorGerald Slavin, Conference Coordinator

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Stephen Kanter, Dean, Northwestern School of Law,Lewis and Clark University

6 - 7:00 RECEPTION: Marriott Hotel - Cash bar

7:00 BANQUET: Marriott HotelSpeaker: Robert Trachinger, Professor, U.C.L.A. Department of Theater, Film and Television

Love & Loathing: Europe's Most Provocative American Import — Commercial Television

Friday, Oct. 147:45 - 8:45 a.m. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST: Marriott Hotel

8 -10:30 REGISTRATION

9 -10:15 la. "Propaganda, Intelligence & the Image of Scholar Exchange Programs" Moderator - Ted Sturm, Professor of Philosophy

10:30-11:45

Noon

2a. "Lessons from the Past: Directions for the Future" Moderator - Dennis Muchisky, Professor of Linguistics

b. "American Minorities Abroad: A Different View" Moderator - Michael L. Coniff, Professor of History

LUNCH: Marriott HotelSpeaker: Lawrence Lattman, President, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology

b. "Fulbright Goals, Perspectives & Expectations: Whose Needs Are We Really Serving?”Moderator - Charles Beckel, Professor of Physics

2 - 3:15 p.m. 3. "The Political Agenda for International Exchanges"Moderator - Richard T. Arndt, Diplomat in Residence, University of Virginia

3:30 - 4:45 4a. "Giving and Receiving: Comparative Impressions From the Peace Corps and the Fulbright Program" b. "Know Before You Go: What's Happening to Pre-service Orientation?

5:30 BUFFET RECEPTION: Busses leave Marriott Hotel for UNM president's house.

7:30 -10:30 ENTERTAINMENT: "Evening of Cultural Events", UNM College of Fine Arts, Fine Arts Center

10:30 RETURN: Busses leave Fine Arts Center and return to hotel.

Saturday, Oct. 15 9-10:15 a.m. 5a.

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"Diversity of Cultures in the Southwest""Teaching in Asia"" International Teacher Exchanges: How to Become Involved & Who is there to Help You?" "Women's Roles in Asia & the Middle East"

10:30 -10:45 Coffee and sweet rolls

10:45 -12:30 FAA Business Meeting (Recommendations for policy) End of ConferenceLunch (on your own) Regional Chapter Meetings

2:00 p.m. FAA Board of Directors Meeting

Guest Speakers

Keynote - Stephen KanterMr. Kanter is currently dean of the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark University. In 1984 he served as a Fulbright professor of law at Nanjing University in Nanjing, China. Following his stay in China, he served as an Ampart lecturer in Bangkok, Thailand. He earned his J.D. from Yale University and his S.B. in mathematics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Banquet - Robert TrachingerMr. Trachinger is presently a professor in U.C.L.A.'s Department of Theater, Film and Television. From 1975-85 he served as Vice President and General Manager of Broadcast Operations and Engineering on the west coast for ABC television, and he coordinated the television operations for the 1984 Summer Olympics. He served as a Fulbright lecturer at Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany in 1985.

Luncheon - Lawrence LattmanDr. Lattman is currently president of New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.He received his B.S. in chemical engineering from City College of New York and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Cincinnati. He is the author of 44 papers and two books dealing with aerial photographs and satellite imagery in petroleum and mineral exploration and energy law. He was a Fulbright professor at Moscow State University in 1975.

Conference locationAlbuquerque, one of the oldest inland cities in the U.S., is the metropolitan heart of New Mexico. It is a city

steeped in the history and culture of the American Indian, the Spanish, and the Anglo. Enlivened by growth and technology during World War II, the city became a center for scientific industry.

The Indians were established for more than a century in farming communities along the Rio Grande before the Spaniards came in 1540. Nine Indian pueblos surround Albuquerque today. Old Town —original Albuquerque— was established in 1706 as a Spanish villa, whose grassy plaza today is surrounded by shops, restaurants and galleries. On the plaza itself are four flag poles that display the banners of the nations that have governed the city: Spain,Mexico, the Confederacy, and the United States. A "new town" sprang up two miles to the east soon after the coming of the railroad in 1880, and it remains the modern core of the city today.

Albuquerque is bordered on the east by the 10,000 ft. Sandia Mountains, on the west by a chain of extinct volcanoes, and is divided by the legendary Rio Grande. Elevations in the city vary from 4500 to 6500 ft. above sea level. Its location results in a mild, dry climate with the fall being an ideal time to visit.

The University of New Mexico, your conference host, celebrates its centennial anniversary in 1989. Once a lone Victorian building on the sand hills outside of town, it is now a sprawling center of science and culture for the Southwest. The campus is distinguished by a modified pueblo style architecture. It currently enrolls over 27,000 students in 11 colleges and professional schools.

Getting thereAlbuquerque, with a population nearing 500,000, has an international airport that is served by ten major

airlines. Daily Amtrak railroad service is available. Two of the nation's major interstate highways, 1-40 and 1-25, intersect in Albuquerque.

Special Air Travel Discounts: American Airlines is offering up to 45% discounts to all conference participants who reserve seats at least seven days before flight time. When making reservations, be sure to call 1-800-433-1790 or your travel agent and give the following code number in order to qualify --

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Special conference rates have been arranged with the Marriott Hotel — $59/room/night/double occupancy. Please request reservations with the accompanying registration form. Reservations must be made by September 15. Cancellations must be made with the hotel.

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Minnesota International Center, 711 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455.Washington DC Area Chapter

On June 10, the Washington Area Chapter sponsored its first Annual Spring Dinner in the international setting of Chinatown's China Inn.In attendance were 75 alumni, 15 current Fulbright grantees, and 61 guests, including Senator Fulbright, Council for International Exchange of Scholars Director Cassandra A. Pyle, Ambassador for Singapore the Honorable Tommie T.B. Koh, and FAA Executive Director Harriet Mayor. Senator Fulbright remin­isced about the origins of the idea for the international exchange program which bears his name and how it developed after World War II.

Keynote speaker Ambassador Koh recounted his personal experiences as a young Fulbright scholar in Harvard Law School in 1963-64 and commented on the direction of United States policies as they relate to world affairs. He emphasized America's need to strengthen its ed­ucational system, improve its indus­trial competitiveness in the world's markets, and thus help to create long-term economic stability.

David Sullivan, Chapter Presi­dent, and FAA Director Harriet Mayor also spoke. Loren W.Hershey and Jenny Johnson were co-chairs of the dinner.

Fulbright Alumni Directory

The response to the call for the names and addresses of Fulbright alumni/ae has been heartwarming. Letters with information on col­leagues have come from as far away as Cyprus, and over 150 responded to the Association's advertisement in the February edition of the Chronicle for Higher Education.

Questionnaires have gone out to all Fulbright alumni listed on the Fulbright Alumni Association data­base. Harris Publishing Company will follow up with telephone calls this fall to verify all information listed. If you have not received your questionnaire, or if you think that a colleague might not be listed, please contact the Association by mail or phone, and we will see that you are sent one immediately.

(continued from p. 1, col. 3) as maintaining the educational and cultural exchanges at the current level.'' Hopefully, many in the Fulbright Alumni Association will respond with expressions of grati­tude to Senator Hollings and other key members of Congress for their crucial support.

Waiting for the next President are two overwhelmingly important fea­tures in the policy landscape: an enormous national debt and the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Deficit Reduction Law, poised to automati­cally cut the funds of all discretion­ary federal programs, including the Fulbright Program, if the budget deficit is not reduced through regu­lar annual increments by a total of $150 billion over the next five years.

Unless Congress makes some dra­matic funding policy changes, such as raising taxes, reducing entitle­ment programs, or slashing defense spending, USIA exchanges will not escape the knife. Chairman of the House committee which funds In­ternational Development programs, David Obey (D WI), stated that the entire pool from which Congress must find this $150 billion is only $400 billion. Thus, if Congress is going to meet the Gramm-Rudman requirements, and avoid automatic across-the-board cuts, most discre­tionary programs will have to be cut by more than 40%.

Somehow the blade never seems to fall with such deadly force. Nevertheless, Gramm-Rudman is a reality that will face us through much of the next administration and will seriously cut the options available to the next President.

Most importantly for Fulbright al­umni, these budget realities mean that the next several years will surely be a time in which it will be essential to remind policymakers about the crucial importance of the Fulbright and other U.S. govern­ment exchange programs. More than ever, the Fulbright Program will need a dedicated and active constituency if it is to survive, let alone prosper.

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Fulbright Program Funding TrendsThe past five years have witnessed dramatic increases in the funding of academic exchanges through the cooperation of the United States Congress and the Administration. Under the Percy-Pell amendment to Public Law 97-241, Con­gress mandated in 1982 a doubling of exchange-of-persons programs administered by the U.S. Information Agency (USIA) between fiscal year 1982 and fiscal year 1986. This period having been completed in the anniversary year, the Board of Foreign Scholarships (BFS) now reports on the amendment's impact on the Fulbright Program, the affected activity that is under the Board's oversight.

As accompanying graphs indicate, the U.S. Government funding for academic exchanges began a long decline in the mid-1960s. While absolute amounts showed occasional small increases, the purchasing power of those funds declined precipitously as inflation and increased costs took their toll. To reverse this erosion, Congress appropriated $48.8 million in 1984, $77.8 million in 1985, and $89.5 million in 1986. USIA calculates that the doubling target was actually 95% achieved, once the funding levels are corrected for inflation in the United States.

However, in the real world of escalating costs, cur­rency fluctuations, and double-digit inflation in some countries, this does not translate into a doubling of the number of Fulbright awards. By USIA count, total academic exchange grants increased from 3733 in fiscal year 1982 to 5785 in fiscal year 1986, the period cov­ered by the amendment (Note: Figures reported by the BFS for those years differ somewhat from these figures, principally because the Board does not report renewals as separate grants.) Proportionately more awards were given in Africa and in Latin America: these numbers more than doubled.

However, already in 1987 a number of factors have begun to erode the new funding base established by Percy-Pell. As part of a larger agreement between Congress and the President, funding for foreign af­fairs programs are to remain at virtually unchanged appropriation levels, which means decreases in num­bers of Fulbright awards and in the necessary support provided the Program by the U.S. Embassy personnel overseas. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 has had largely unintended but assuredly negative consequences for individual Fulbrighters and for the Program as a whole. New programs placed under Fulbright aus­pices take their share of resources. Despite the lauda­ble results of the Percy-Pell amendment, the need for hard choices and for husbanding resources will re­main.from the Twenty-fourth Annual Report of the Board of Foreign Scholarships, December 1987.

U.S. Governm ent Support 1960-1987 in Constant Dollars

Fiscal year obligations for Fulbright academic exchange programs,expressed in 1972 dollars. (Im p lic it price deflator for gross national product; source:Department o f Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis)

Scholarly Exchange Programs

With ChinaThe Committee on Scholarly

Communication with the People's Republic of China (CSCPRC) has announced its 1989-90 National Program of Scholarly Exchanges with China. This program includes the following:

The Visiting Scholar Exchange Program supports one-to-three month visits for American and Chinese scholars in all disciplines between September 1989 and August 1990.

The program also supports the

nomination of Chinese scholars in all disciplines by American scholars. Priority will be given to Chinese who have not visited the United States recently and to those whose visits will contribute to future aca­demic exchanges.

For both American and Chinese components, women, minorities, scholars beginning their careers, and scholars based at or visiting provincial institutions in China are especially encouraged. The deadline for application to the Visiting Scholar Exchange Program is November 15, 1988.

The Graduate Program supports individuals enrolled in a graduate program in social sciences or hu­

manities to do course work or dis­sertation research at a Chinese university.

Research grantees normally spend from two months to one year in the PRC, beginning no earlier than July 1989 and ending no later than December 1990. The deadline for application to the Graduate and Re­search Programs is October 15,1988.

For application information on all the above programs, write the Com­mittee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China, National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20418.

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FulbrightALUMNI ASSOCIATION The Fulbrighters' Newsletter

Recent AchievementsGordon Bronitsky, Fulbrighter to

Frankfurt, West Germany, 1984-85, has become an independent anthro­pological and archeological consul­tant in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He specializes in crosscultural and international programs, research and dialogue. He is currently coor­dinator of the Miguel H. Trujillo American Indian Education Project in affiliation with the All Indian Pueblo Council designed to honor the man who sued New Mexico to obtain the vote for Indians.

Giulio C. Cassani, Professor at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California for 29 years, and Fulbrighter in 1966-67 and 1973- 74, has been named Chair of the Italian Program of Syracuse Univer­sity in Florence, Italy.

Rodolphe J.A. de Seife, Professor of Law at Northern Illinois Univer­sity and Fulbrighter to Morocco, 1982, has been awarded the Silver Medal of the City of Toulon, France, in a ceremony commemorating the landing of U.S. troops during World War II.

Joseph W. Dellapenna, Professor from Villanova University, currently a Fulbright Professor of Law at Jilin University in Changchun, People's Republic of China, and formerly a Fulbright Professor of Law at National Chengchi University Taipei the Republic of China (Taiwan), re­cently had his book, Suing Foreign Governments and Their Corporations, published by the Bureau of National Affairs in Washington. This book is a manual for guiding lawyers through the intricacies of suits against foreign governments and foreign-government-owned corpora­tions in American courts.

Seymour Fersh, Coordinator of Curriculum Development at Brevard Community College in Cocoa, Flor-

The Fulbrighters' Newsletter of the Ful­bright Alumni Association is published three 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.

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ida and Fulbrighter to India in 1958- 59 and 1986, was chosen by the Committee on Teaching About Asia (CTA) to be its honoree for 1988.The CTA began its awards last year to "honor those individuals who have done outstanding work in pro­moting the teaching of Asian Stud­ies at the pre-collegiate level."

Maryhelen C. Harmon, Associate Professor of English at the Univer­sity of South Florida, and Fulbrighter to Paris, France, in 1984, received the University Distin­guished Teacher award for 1987, and was the speaker at the recent Commencement ceremony.

James M. Hendrickson, Professor of Spanish and English as a Second Language at Lansing Community College, and Fulbrighter to Bolivia, 1985 and to Chile, 1988, recently co­authored an intermediate college Spanish program, Nuevas dimen- siones, published by Heinle &Heinle of Boston, Massachusetts. The program includes eight inte­grated components: a textbook, a workbook, a reader, an unscripted audiotape, a set of scripted audi­otapes, a tapescript, an instructor's manual, and a videotape.

Jerri Holan, a Fulbrighter to Nor­way, has just completed Norwegian Wood: A Tradition of Building (Rizzoli, 1988) about the traditional buildings - farmhouses and churches - which represent a small but rich manifestation of the art and craft of wooden architecture. Using archival and contemporary photo­graphs, plans, and drawings, Holan explores a vernacular built form that responds to a nation's unique "wood culture." Each building type in the book is approached as an expression of Nordic man, cogni­zant of his total environment. Holan is an practicing architect in the San Francisco Bay area.

Howard P. Kainz, Professor of Philosophy at Marquette University and Fulbrighter to Germany, 1981- 82 and 1987-88, is the author of the recent book, Paradox, Dialectic, and System: A Contemporary Reconstruc­tion of the Flegelian Problematic.

Siegfried G. Karsten, Professor of Economics at West Georgia College and Fulbrighter to China, 1986-87, has recently published "China's Approach to Social Market Econom­ics, a Variant of Market Socialism"

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(continued from p. 7, col. 1)in the American Journal of Economicsand Sociology, April, 1988.

Clifford E. Landers, Professor of Political Science at Jersey City State College and Fulbrighter to the Do­minican Republic in 1981-82, is the translator of Memoirs of a Gigolo, by the Brazilian novelist Marcos Rey. The work was published earlier this year by Avon Books.

John H. Meiser, who went to the Philippines as a Fulbright scholar in 1985-86, has just published with Frederick K. Ault, Solutions Guide for General Chemistry and College Chemis­try (Holtzclaw and Robinson, Eighth Editions, D.C. Heath and Com­pany). Dr. Meiser is presently at Ball State University of Muncie, Indiana, in its Department of Chemistry.

Barbara Peterson of the University of Hawaii and Fulbrighter to Japan, 1967, has recently published Notable Women of Hawaii with the University of Hawaii Press.

Arvind V. Phatak, Professor of Business Administration and Inter­national Management at Temple University and Fulbrighter to India 1986 is one of five Temple Univer­sity faculty to receive the first an­nual “ Great Teaching Awards."The criteria included: long-term commitment to mastery of one's own teaching skills; accessibility and responsiveness to students, and meeting teaching responsibilities be­yond the classroom.

Earl A. Pope, IREX/Fulbrighter to Romania, 1977-78, has been named the Helen H. P. Manson Professor

in Bible at Lafayette College. Pope has conducted extensive research in American religious thought and in the religious situation of Eastern Europe.

Fritz Rohrlich, Professor of Phys­ics at Syracuse University and Fulbrighter to Austria, 1974, is the author of the recent From Paradox to Reality: Basic Concepts of the Physical World, Cambridge University Press.

Roberta Rubenstein, student Fulbrighter to England in 1966-68 recently published Boundaries of the Self: Gender, Culture, Fiction (Univer­sity of Illinois Press, 1987). She is Professor of Literature at American University in Washington, D.C.

Stephen Sandy, a member of the Bennington College Literature and Languages Division, and Fulbrighter to Japan, 1967, has recently been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship of $20,000. His fifth volume of poetry, Man in the Open Air was published this year by Alfred A. Knopf.

Richard C. Schultz, Professor of Surgery (Plastic Surgery) at the Uni­versity of Illinois, College of Medi­cine at Chicago, Illinois and Fulbrighter to Sweden 1960-61 was elected President-Elect to the Ameri­can Society of Maxillofacial Sur­geons at the Annual Meeting held in Atlanta this past fall. He has also just completed his term as President of the American College of Surgeons, Chicago Committee on Trauma. Schultz has recently com­pleted the third edition of his book Facial Injuries which was published in May 1988.

Judy Van Zile, Professor of Dance at the University of Hawaii and Fulbrighter to India, 1968-69, and Korea, 1981, has been appointed ed­itor of Dance Research Journal for the years 1989-91.

Douglas L. Wheeler, Professor of Modern History, University of New Hampshire and Fulbrighter to Por­tugal, 1961-62, is the editor of Portu­guese Studies Newsletter, the author of several scholarly works on Portu­gal, and the Coordinator of the In­ternational Conference Group on Portugal. He has recently initiated a new Master's degree in Portuguese history at UNH.

Robert L. Wild, Professor of Physics, University of California, Riverside, and Fulbrighter to the Philippines, 1981-82, has recently received the Most Outstanding Achievement Award from the Southern Philippines Physics Soci­ety for his workshops in Physics, and for shipping some 15 tons of science textbooks and journals to universities in the Philippines.

Mario D. Zamora, Professor of Anthropology at the College of William and Mary, Fulbright/Smith Mundt 1959 Cornell University and Fulbrighter to Norway 1986, was re­cently conferred a Presidential Cita­tion “ in recognition of Professional commitment and outstanding lead­ership as president of the Virginia Social Science Association" of 1986- 87. Zamora is co-editor/co-author of a forthcoming 2-volume publication entitled The Anthropology of War and Peace: Conflict, Diplomacy, and the Global System.

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