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    M2 Presswire
    June 9, 2005

    YALE UNIVERSITY: President Levin announces selection of 2005 Yale
    World Fellows


    M2 PRESSWIRE-JUNE 9, 2005-YALE UNIVERSITY: President Levin announces
    selection of 2005 Yale World Fellows ©1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

    New Haven, Conn. - Yale University President Richard Levin announced
    Tuesday the selection of the 2005 Yale World Fellows.

    Building on Yale's reputation for training leaders (including four of
    the last six U.S. Presidents), and aiming to develop a global network
    of emerging leaders and broaden international understanding at the
    university, the Yale World Fellows Program brings 18 highly
    accomplished men and women from a diverse set of countries around the
    world to Yale each year for a 17-week leadership program.

    "Now in its fourth year, the Yale World Fellows Program has created a
    vibrant network of leaders spanning more than 50 countries around the
    world," said Levin. "With the selection of the 2005 World Fellows,
    that network includes 10 new countries: Panama, Venezuela, the
    Bahamas, Kenya, Armenia, Lithuania, Uzbekistan, Israel, Vietnam and
    Japan. I look forward to welcoming these future world leaders to Yale
    this fall."

    Selected from outside the U.S. at an early mid-career point, World
    Fellows come from a range of fields and disciplines, including
    government, business, media, non-governmental organizations, the
    military, religion and the arts. This year's World Fellows include
    the vice president of a leading South Korean conglomerate, the chief
    of staff for the President of Lithuania, the Philippine Secretary of
    Energy, the director of Israel's first legal advocacy group for Arab
    minority rights, the former Minister of Trade of Panama, the Chief
    Superintendent of the Royal Bahamas Police Force, one of China's most
    influential television anchormen and the former governor of the third
    largest state in Venezuela. A complete list of 2005 World Fellows
    follows this release.

    "The 2005 World Fellows have exceptional records of achievement and a
    proven capacity for leadership," said Yale World Fellows Program
    Director Daniel Esty, a professor of environmental law and policy at
    Yale. "Building on their access to Yale faculty, alumni, visitors and
    students, these World Fellows will be prepared for even greater roles
    of leadership when they return home. In fact, over half of the 2004
    World Fellows have already experienced noteworthy career changes
    since their program ended last December."

    This year, the Program selection process was intense-with hundreds of
    top quality applications for only 18 positions.

    Review committees representing six geographical regions around the
    globe helped to narrow the field. The final selection was made by a
    panel of Yale faculty. "I cannot adequately express my excitement
    about the opportunity to take part in this prestigious fellowship as
    a member of the World Fellows class of 2005," said Nigerian human
    rights lawyer Hauwa Ibrahim, upon hearing of her acceptance to the
    Program. "I am looking forward to becoming a 'world citizen' after
    sharing experiences with the other fellows this fall."

    >From September to December, the 2005 World Fellows will take part in
    a specially designed World Fellows Seminar taught by some of Yale's
    most distinguished faculty; are able to take any of the 3,000 courses
    offered at Yale (including courses in management, law, history,
    economics and political science); and are provided with
    individualized skill-building sessions on public speaking, media
    training, conflict resolution and problem solving. The Program
    provides the World Fellows with tuition fees, housing, travel, health
    care coverage and a $30,000 living stipend.

    Through a private weekly dinner speaker series and trips to New York
    and Washington, D.C., World Fellows have access to U.S. government
    officials, business leaders, international affairs experts, Yale
    alumni and other American and foreign leaders. Past World Fellows
    have met with Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan,
    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, former CEO of Procter &
    Gamble John Pepper, Washington Post White House Correspondent Dana
    Milbank and UN Millennium Project Director Jeffrey Sachs, among
    others.

    While at Yale, World Fellows develop invaluable contacts with one
    another and U.S. academic and professional communities.

    World Fellows also have access to the extensive network of Yale
    graduates around the world. In addition, all World Fellows are
    invited to a biennial "Return to Yale" forum where current and alumni
    fellows meet and build a global association of world leaders, as well
    as renew their ties to Yale.

    Reflecting on why he chose to take part in the Yale World Fellows
    Program, South African IBM executive and 2004 World Fellow Mteto
    Nyati said: "I decided to invest this time to take a step back from
    all the things I am involved in, develop new strategies and close
    knowledge gaps. At the end of the day, it was a very worthwhile
    investment. I have never been on any program that offers what this
    program offered."

    Other past World Fellows include a Ugandan member of parliament now
    running for president of his country; a Canadian army officer,
    subsequently promoted to brigadier general, now in charge of
    strategic planning for the Canadian Army; a deputy director for the
    German Environment Ministry, now chief of staff for the President of
    Germany; a Philippine congressman, elected vice president of his
    party; a councilwoman from La Paz, Bolivia, now the city's director
    of human development; and a former head of the UNDP in Kosovo, now
    chief of staff for the UN's Office of Special Envoy for Tsunami
    Recovery headed by former U.S. President Bill Clinton (Yale Law
    School '73).

    2005 Yale World Fellows

    Lusine Abovyan - Armenia Title/Organization: Lawyer and former
    journalist, currently serving as a constitutional law specialist for
    the Armenia Legislative Strengthening Program charged with reforming
    the Armenian constitution.

    Age: 31

    Marianne Camerer - South Africa Title/Organization: Director, Global
    Integrity, a project of the Center for Public Integrity, an NGO that
    tracks the state of corruption and accountability in twenty-five
    countries and conducts investigative research on public policy issues
    around the world.

    Age: 35

    Marvin H. Dames - Bahamas Title/Organization: Chief Superintendent of
    Police and interim Assistant Commissioner of Crime, Royal Bahamas
    Police Force.

    Age: 41

    Bakhodir Ganiev - Uzbekistan Title/Organization: National Coordinator
    for Regional Development Strategy, UNDP Sustainable Income Generation
    Program.

    Age: 28

    Paromita Goswami - India Title/Organization: Founder and President,
    Shramik Elgar (Marching Army of Working People) for the indigenous
    and rural poor of Chandrapur and Gadchiroli districts of Maharashtra,
    India.

    Age: 35

    Darius Gudelis - Lithuania Title/Organization: Adviser and interim
    Chief of Staff to the President of Lithuania.

    Age: 31

    Irne Hors - France Title/Field: China Governance Program Coordinator
    at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
    in Paris.

    Age: 36

    Hauwa Ibrahim - Nigeria Title/Organization: Lawyer specializing in
    human rights and, in particular, defense counsel in cases involving
    Islamic Sharia law.

    Age: 38

    Hassan Jabareen - Israel Title/Organization: General Director of
    Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel.

    Age: 41

    Joaquin Jcome Diez - Panama Title/Organization: Partner, Jcome and
    Jcome, and Minister of Trade and Industry of the Republic of Panama
    from 1999 to 2004.

    Age: 39

    KHUAT Thi Hai Oanh - Vietnam Title/Organization: Director, Center for
    Health and Social Development, focused on HIV/AIDS through the local
    health development process-oriented NGO Institute for Social
    Development Studies.

    Age: 35

    Mi-Hyung Kim - South Korea Title/Organization: Executive Vice
    President and General Counsel, Kumho Asiana Business Group, one of
    the largest conglomerates in South Korea.

    Age: 41

    Sascha Muller-Kraenner - Germany Title/Organization: Director for
    Europe and North America at the Heinrich Bll Foundation, which works
    with the German Green Party to develop policy.

    Age: 42

    Henry Njoroge - Kenya Title/Organization: Managing Director, UUNET
    Kenya Ltd and proponent of the expansion and development of the
    information technology sector in Kenya.

    Age: 38

    Vincent S. Perez - Philippines Title/Organization: Secretary of
    Energy, Philippine Department of Energy (2001-2005).

    Age: 47

    RUI Chenggang - China Title/Organization: Anchor and Director at
    China Central Television (CCTV), the national television network of
    the People's Republic of China.

    Age: 28

    Henrique Fernando Salas-Rmer - Venezuela Title/Organization: Vice
    President, Unin de Partidos Latinoamericanos, a coalition of Latin
    American political parties, and Governor of the State of Carabobo,
    the third largest state in Venezuela (1996 to 2004).

    Age: 45

    Kazushige Tanaka - Japan Title/Organization: Deputy Director of the
    Energy Efficiency Division, Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and
    Industry (METI).

    Age: 35

    CONTACT: Mia Reynolds, Yale World Fellows Program Tel: +1 203 432
    1912 e-mail: [email protected] Dorie Baker Tel: +1 203 432 8555
    e-mail: [email protected]

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