News Briefs

Congratulations to Ambassador Frank Baxter, who has been named to the USC Rossier Board of Councilors.

The Council of American Ambassadors gratefully acknowledges the generous support of its contributors during calendar year 2016.

C. Howard Wilkins, who served as Ambassador to the Netherlands, passed away on December 24.

The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board elected Jeffrey L. Bleich as Chair and Dr. Emma Sepulveda as Vice Chair for 2017 at its annual election held November 17, 2016.

The Fall 2016 edition of The Ambassadors REVIEW is now online. Among the countries covered by REVIEW articles are Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Republic of Korea and Turkey. Pieces about the European Union and the United Nations are also featured in this issue.

Ambassador Beatrice Welters launched a breast-cancer education program with New York University Langone Medical Center on Oct. 5, which "will send health workers into low-income Kings County neighborhoods to share information about the disease with local woman and help them access free mammograms," according to the October 14 edition of the Brooklyn Paper.

Sen. Elena Parent (D-Atlanta) honored U.S. Ambassador David Adelman for his dedication and service to the citizens of Georgia.

Former CAA Vice Chairman Ambassador Joseph Verner Reed died suddenly on September 28

Former US Ambassador to Hungary Nancy Brinker is an avid collector of Hungarian Art. Her collection will be exhibited from Oct. 18 to Jan. 8 at the Boca Raton Museum of Art in Florida.

CAA President Ambassador Timothy A. Chorba will receive the 2016 Diplomatic Leadership Award from Sister Cities International