[ALBSA-Info] Albanian president to visit Clark

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>Subject: [alb-info-talk] Albanian president to visit Clark
>Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 02:29:47 EDT


>Albanian president to visit Clark
>
>Tuesday, September 5, 2000
>
>By Emilie Astell
>Telegram & Gazette Staff
>
>
>WORCESTER-- Albanian President Rexhep Meidani is planning to speak on
>education, democracy and the problems facing his country in a visit to 
>Clark
>University Saturday.
>          Mr. Meidani will address about 200 Albanian-Americans, including
>Clark alumni and faculty, at 2 p.m. at Tilton Hall. R. Norman Peters, class
>of 1962, is chairman of a luncheon preceding the president's address.
>          Clark President John E. Bassett, City Councilor-at-Large 
>Konstantina
>B. Lukes and Steve C. Dune, class of 1953, are expected to welcome Mr.
>Meidani.
>          Prior to assuming the presidency in July 1997, Mr. Meidani served 
>as
>head of the theoretical physics department at Tirana University. A lecturer
>for 30 years, Mr. Meidani has participated on many commissions, scientific
>councils and various organizations dealing with academic matters.
>          During his visit, Mr. Meidani will speak with 12 Albanian 
>students,
>three of whom attend Clark on scholarships.
>          Clark's linkage with the Albanian-American community began in the
>1930s between an Albanian student and Homer Payson Little, a former college
>dean. A permanent endowment fund, The Lambi and Sarah Adams Endowed
>Scholarship Fund, was established in honor of Mr. Little in 1987 by Dr. 
>Lambi
>N. Adams, class of 1933.
>          An endowed professorship, The Lambi and Sarah Adams Endowed Chair 
>in
>History, was later established to support scholarship and teaching at Clark
>on the culture and history of Eastern Europe, with an emphasis on the
>Illyrian/Albanian experience.
>          Mr. Meidani's appearance at Clark is part of a series of visits 
>he
>is making in the United States. He is scheduled to attend the Millennium
>Summit of the United Nations in New York and a separate dinner with 
>President
>Clinton prior to his visit here.
>
>
>© 2000 Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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