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The East–West Center (EWC), or the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West, is an education and research organization established by the U.S. Congress in 1960 to strengthen relations and understanding among the peoples and nations of Asia, the Pacific, and the United States as part of Cold War diplomatic efforts.
Suzanne Puanani Vares-Lum [1] (born 1967) is the president of East–West Center in Honolulu, HI, and a former Major General in the United States Army.. In 2015, she became the first Native Hawaiian woman to become a general, and upon her appointment as president of East-West Center in 2021, became its first woman and the first Native Hawaiian to lead the organization since it was founded in 1960.
Richard R. Vuylsteke is the current President of East–West Center. [1]From 2008 to 2016, he was the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. He was formerly the Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei and served on the Board of Directors of Taipei American School, a school for which he authored the history.
From 1981 to 1990, Li was President of the East-West Center in Honolulu, [11] dedicated to promoting understanding between the United States and Asia-Pacific nations through cooperative study, training, and research. [12] In 1983, he was invited as the commencement speaker of California State University, Dominguez Hills. [13]
Center for National Policy: Washington, D.C. Center 1981 Center for Public Integrity: Washington, D.C. Independent 1989 Center for Public Justice: Washington, D.C. Christian 1977 Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments: Washington, D.C. Independent 1983 Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress Washington, D.C. Nonpartisan 1965
Asia Pacific Leadership Program (APLP) is the signature program of the East-West Center linking advanced and interdisciplinary analysis of emergent regional issues with experiential leadership learning
Murray Turnbull (1919–2014) was an American artist and art educator, but is best known as the founder of the East–West Center in Honolulu. [1] He was born in Sibley, Iowa. He received a BFA from the University of Nebraska in 1941 and an MA from the University of Denver in 1949.
From 1959 to 1960 he served as a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. From 1973 to 1975, Schramm served as Director of the East-West Center 's Communication Institute in Honolulu , Hawaii, and later held the titles of Director Emeritus and Distinguished Senior Fellow.