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Since 1947, more than 30,000 men and women from 100 nations have studied abroad thanks to Rotary. The Ambassadorial Scholarship program was the world's largest privately funded international scholarships program. More than 1,100 scholarships were awarded for study in 2002-03. Grants totaled US$26 million.
The foundation was created in 1917 by Rotary International's sixth president, Arch C. Klumph, as an endowment fund for Rotary "to do good in the world." It has grown from an initial contribution of US $26.50 to more than US $1 billion. It has one of the largest and most prestigious international fellowship programs in the world.
Herbert Scoville (1915-1985) was a nuclear arms control activist and held many professional positions related to arms control. Dr. Scoville worked for the National Defense Research Committee, the Atomic Energy Commission, the Department of Defense, helped found the Arms Control Association, and led the Arms Control Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
2021, 2024 [274] [275] 2022: Center for Civil Liberties: 2007 Kiev, Ukraine 2022: Awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize with Ales Bialiatski and Memorial. Campaign for Uyghurs: 2017 Washington, D.C., United States 2022 [294] Civil Disobedience Movement: 2021 Yangon, Myanmar 2021 [295] [296] National Unity Government of Myanmar: 2021 Yangon ...
The pole's message reads "May peace prevail on earth," which is also translated into eight languages including, Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish and Japanese. Rotary Club of Granville dedicates new Peace ...
The Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution (formerly known as the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution or S-CAR) [4] is a constituent college of George Mason University based near Washington, D.C., United States, specializing in peace and conflict studies with locations in Arlington, Fairfax, and Lorton, Virginia, as well as at the Mason Korea campus in ...
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Ambassadorial Scholarships (founded 1947) was a program of the Rotary Foundation.The program ended in 2013 and was replaced by the Rotary Global Grant Scholarship, which expands on the Ambassadorial mission, by now ensuring that every Rotary Scholar advance Rotary's International mission to " promote service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace." .