The Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award
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 |
1966 | Abdul Majid | Afghanistan | |
1967 | Galo Plaza | Ecuador | president of Ecuador and secretary general of OAS |
1968 | Japan | ||
1969 | Argentina | ||
1970 | Sun Fo | China | premier of China |
1971 | John J. Akar | Sierra Leone | ambassador to US; composed national anthem |
1972 | Iran | ||
1973 | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto | Pakistan | prime minister and president of Pakistan |
1974 | Li Choh-ming | China-Hong Kong | founding vice chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong |
1975 | Håkon Wexelsen | Norway | rector of the Norwegian College of Agriculture |
1976 | Iceland | ||
1977 | Israel | ||
1978 | Sadako Ogata | Japan | president of UNICEF and later UN High Commissioner for Refugees |
1979 | Brazil | ||
1980 | Kenneth D. Taylor | Canada | as ambassador to Iran, assisted escape of Americans from Iran |
1981 | Kuang Tou Chang | China | vice president of Tsinghua University |
1982 | South Korea | ||
1983 | Israel | ||
1984 | Widjojo Nitisastro | Indonesia | economist |
1985 | Allan Gotlieb | Canada | ambassador to US |
1986 | South Korea | ||
1987 | Not given | ||
1988 | Hans Hollein | Austria | architect |
1989 | Kenya | ||
1990 | Not given | ||
1991 | Not given | ||
1992 | Saudi Arabia | ||
1993 | Hans-Peter Dürr | Germany | physicist and peace activist |
1994 | South Korea | ||
1994 | James C. Y. Soong | China | governor of Taiwan |
1996 | India | ||
1997 | Venezuela | ||
1998 | Egypt | ||
1999 | Urvashi Malhotra Sahni | India | feminist education activist |
2000 | Živorad I. Kovačević | Yugoslavia | politician, ambassador to US |
2001 | Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría | Costa Rica | president of Costa Rica |
2002 | Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti | Indonesia | ambassador to US |
2003 | Norman Myers | United Kingdom | environmentalist |
2004 | South Africa | ||
2005 | Thailand | ||
2006 | Mu Sochua | Cambodia | politician and human rights activist |
2007 | Marcos Espinal | Dominican Republic | physician in Pan American Health Organization |
2008 | Mario Bergara | Uruguay | economist, presided over Central Bank of Uruguay |
2009 | Reynato S. Puno | Philippines | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines |
2010 | Uganda | ||
2011 | Yuan Tseh “Y.T.” Lee | Taiwan | Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
2012 | China | ||
2013 | Andrés Roemer | Mexico | public intellectual |
References[]
- ^ University of California at Berkeley. "The Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award". Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ^ University of California at Berkeley. "The Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award Previous Recipients". Retrieved 30 April 2014.
External links[]
Categories:
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Berkeley people