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Newsletter of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs  |  Harvard University  |  Vol. 22 Num. 1  |  Fall 2007

Photo essay

Photo Essay: Celebrating 50 Years (1958–2008)
WCFIA Fellows 1960-61
From left to right—Bunroku Yoshino of Japan, Counselor for General Affairs in the Economic Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Soemarman of Indonesia, Secretary General of the Ministry of Home Affairs; Il‑Kwon Chung of the Republic of Korea, Ambassador to the United States, General in the Korean Army, and former Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and A.D. Pandit of India, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Works, Housing and Supply in the Government of India—were Fellows of the Center in 1960–61.
CFIA advisor to the Fellows, Benjamin Brown.
CFIA advisor to the Fellows, Benjamin Brown, nurses a bloody ear following a September 25, 1969 attack on the Center by the Weathermen faction of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).
Lee Kuan Yew, 1975 prime minister of Singapore and Raymond Vernon.
Lee Kuan Yew, then prime minister of Singapore, visited Harvard in the spring of 1975. He spoke with Raymond Vernon, who was Center Director from 1973 to 1978.
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Sam Huntington.
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan spoke on "The Politics of Globalization" at Harvard's Sanders Theatre in September, 1997, addressing the promise and frustrations engendered by the world's faltering journey towards global prosperity and social justice. An audience of more than 1200 people, mostly students, filled the theatre to capacity and gave the Secretary-General three standing ovations. Hundreds more had lined up outside. The event was sponsored by the Weatherhead Center's Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies.
Dedication of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs in 1998.
From left to right, President Neil Rudenstine and Celia and Al Weatherhead admire the plaque and accomapanying certificate that were unveiled at the dedication of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs in 1998.
2007-2008 WCFIA affiliates.
2007–2008 WCFIA affiliates. Photo credit: Martha Stewart.

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