The_Elise_and_Walter_A._Haas_International_Award

The Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award

The Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award

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Also called “Haas Award” is an award from the University of California at Berkeley[1] established in 1964 by Walter A. Haas Jr., Peter E. Haas and Richard Goldman. It recognizes students or alumni of the university who are from a different country to the United States who have made significant contributions to their country.

The award winners[2] have been:

Year Winner Country Accomplishments
1966Abdul MajidAfghanistan
1967Galo PlazaEcuadorpresident of Ecuador and secretary general of OAS
1968Kiyoshi “George” TogasakiJapan
1969Mario BáncoraArgentina
1970Sun FoChinapremier of China
1971John J. AkarSierra Leoneambassador to US; composed national anthem
1972Garegin SaroukhanianIran
1973Zulfikar Ali BhuttoPakistanprime minister and president of Pakistan
1974Li Choh-mingChina-Hong Kongfounding vice chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
1975Håkon WexelsenNorwayrector of the Norwegian College of Agriculture
1976Haraldur KröyerIceland
1977Menahem RebhunIsrael
1978Sadako OgataJapanpresident of UNICEF and later UN High Commissioner for Refugees
1979João Baptista PinheiroBrazil
1980Kenneth D. TaylorCanadaas ambassador to Iran, assisted escape of Americans from Iran
1981Kuang Tou ChangChinavice president of Tsinghua University
1982Choong Kung ChoSouth Korea
1983Yoash VaadiaIsrael
1984Widjojo NitisastroIndonesiaeconomist
1985Allan GotliebCanadaambassador to US
1986Joon LewSouth Korea
1987Not given
1988Hans HolleinAustriaarchitect
1989Julius Gikonyo KianoKenya
1990Not given
1991Not given
1992Mohammed Al-ShaikhSaudi Arabia
1993Hans-Peter DürrGermanyphysicist and peace activist
1994Han Sung-JooSouth Korea
1994James C. Y. SoongChinagovernor of Taiwan
1996Venkataram RamakrishnaIndia
1997Laura Castillo de GurfinkelVenezuela
1998Ahmed Ahmed GoueliEgypt
1999Urvashi Malhotra SahniIndiafeminist education activist
2000Živorad I. KovačevićYugoslaviapolitician, ambassador to US
2001Miguel Ángel Rodríguez EcheverríaCosta Ricapresident of Costa Rica
2002Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-JaktiIndonesiaambassador to US
2003Norman MyersUnited Kingdomenvironmentalist
2004David HarrisonSouth Africa
2005Juree Vichit-VadakanThailand
2006Mu SochuaCambodiapolitician and human rights activist
2007Marcos EspinalDominican Republicphysician in Pan American Health Organization
2008Mario BergaraUruguayeconomist, presided over Central Bank of Uruguay
2009Reynato S. PunoPhilippinesChief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
2010Josephine NambozeUganda
2011Yuan Tseh “Y.T.” LeeTaiwanNobel Prize in Chemistry
2012Xiulan ZhangChina
2013Andrés RoemerMexicopublic intellectual

References

  1. [1]
    University of California at Berkeley. "The Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award". Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  2. [2]
    University of California at Berkeley. "The Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award Previous Recipients". Retrieved 30 April 2014.
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