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Luis J. Lauredo
Luis J. Lauredo (born 1949) is an American diplomat who served as the 15th United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States from 2000 to 2001 and National Coordinator for the 3rd Summit of the Americas held in Quebec City, Canada. Biography Lauredo received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia College, graduating in 1972. He attended the University of Madrid, Spain for graduate studies and Georgetown University Law Center. Lauredo had an extensive career in public service. He was Senior Vice President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Commissioner of the Florida Public Service Commission, City Councilman for the Village of Key Biscayne, Florida, and as the President's Representative to the Southern States Energy Board. He served as the executive director of the 1994 Summit of the Americas in Miami. Lauredo was appointed on December 22, 1999, for the post of ambassador. At the time of his appointment, he was the President of Greenberg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Marrero
Victor Marrero (born September 1, 1941) is a United States federal judge, Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Education and career Marrero was born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from New York University in 1964 and a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1968. Marrero was an assistant to the mayor of New York City from 1968 to 1970. He next served as an assistant administrator/neighborhood director of the Model Cities Administration in New York City from 1970 to 1973, co-founding of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund in 1972. He continued working in the city government, serving as Executive Director of the Department of City Planning of New York City from 1973 to 1974 and as special counsel to the comptroller of New York City from 1974 to 1975. He then moved to the New York (state), New Yor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern States Energy Board
The Southern States Energy Board (SSEB) is a multi-state regional organization created by an interstate compact approved by sixteen states and two United States territories. The board is committed to promoting economic development and quality of life in the Southern United States through innovations in energy and the environment. Constituent members include Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, United States Virgin Islands, Virginia, and West Virginia. Early history The creation of the SSEB can be traced to the Southern Governors Conference meeting in Point Clear, Alabama, which on October 20, 1955 approved the "Point Clear Plan" whereby Southern states would coordinate the possible development of civilian uses of nuclear energy in the region. The agreement led to Florida Governor LeRoy Collins convening a preliminary energy conference o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Complutense University Of Madrid Alumni
The Complutense University of Madrid ( es, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; UCM, links=no, ''Universidad de Madrid'', ''Universidad Central de Madrid''; la, Universitas Complutensis Matritensis, links=no) is a public research university located in Madrid. Founded in Alcalá in 1293 (before relocating to Madrid in 1836), it is one of the oldest operating universities in the world. It is located on a sprawling campus that occupies the entirety of the Ciudad Universitaria district of Madrid, with annexes in the district of Somosaguas in the neighboring city of Pozuelo de Alarcón. It is named after the ancient Roman settlement of Complutum, now an archeological site in Alcalá de Henares, just east of Madrid. It enrolls over 86,000 students, making it the third largest non-distance European university by enrollment. It is one of the most prestigious Spanish universities and consistently ranks among the top universities in Spain, together with the University of Barcelona, Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia College (New York) Alumni
Columbia College may refer to one of several institutions of higher education in North America: Canada * Columbia College (Alberta), in Calgary * Columbia College (British Columbia), a two-year liberal arts institution in Vancouver * Columbia International College, a private preparatory school in Hamilton, Ontario United States ''Listed alphabetically by state'' * Columbia College (California), a community college in Sonora, California * Columbia College Hollywood, a film school in Los Angeles, California * Columbia College (Florida), an historical college in Lake City, Florida, now merged with Stetson University * Columbia College Chicago, a large arts and communications college in Chicago, Illinois * Loras College, a private Catholic college in Dubuque, Iowa, known as Columbia College during 1920–1939 * Columbia College (Missouri), a liberal arts college in Columbia, Missouri * Columbia University, New York, known as Columbia College during 1784–1896 ** Columbia College (New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1949 Births
Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. * January 11 – The first "networked" television broadcasts take place, as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air, connecting east coast and mid-west programming in the United States. * January 16 – Şemsettin Günaltay forms the new government of Turkey. It is the 18th government, last One-party state, single party government of the Republican People's Party. * January 17 – The first Volkswagen Beetle, VW Type 1 to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to New York City, New York by Dutch businessman Ben Pon Sr., Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Council Of American Ambassadors
The Council of American Ambassadors (CAA) is an association of non-career United States ambassadors. A nonprofit and nonpartisan organization, the CAA comprises over 200 members whose ambassadorial service collectively extends over five decades and eleven U.S. presidents. CAA supports the Department of State and its Chiefs of Mission, sponsors Fellowships to develop young leaders for careers in public diplomacy and international affairs, and conducts semiannual conferences on current international topics. The Council convenes roundtable member discussions with Ambassadors to the United States, organizes overseas fact-finding missions, publishes a bi-annual journal, ''The Ambassadors REVIEW'', administers Ambassadors Perspectives, an on-line forum for commentary, and educates the public about foreign policy issues affecting the national interest. Programs The Council fulfills its mission through its programs, which serve to educate the public about critical foreign policy issu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenberg Traurig
Greenberg Traurig is a multinational law firm founded in Miami in 1967. As of 2022, the Greenberg Traurig is the 9th largest law firm in the United States. The firm has 43 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and approximately 2500 attorneys worldwide. Their largest office is in New York City. The firm was founded by Larry J. Hoffman, Mel Greenberg and Robert H. Traurig. It is the ninth largest law firm in the United States by headcount and ranks in the top 20 of the Am Law 100 by gross revenue, in the top 10 of the NLJ 500, and in the top 25 of the Global 200. History In the 1970s, Greenberg, Traurig and Hoffman became Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, and Quentel with the addition of attorneys Norman H. Lipoff and Albert D. Quentel as named shareholders. The late Florida governor Reubin Askew was a named shareholder in the early 1980s while he also sought the Democratic nomination for president. Larry Hoffman became managing pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Summit Of The Americas
The First Summit of the Americas was convened in Miami, Florida, United States, on December 9–11, 1994. Protests and demonstrations The summits which garnered most general public and media attention were the Quebec City and Mar del Plata events, both provoking very large anti-globalization The anti-globalization movement or counter-globalization movement, is a social movement critical of economic globalization. The movement is also commonly referred to as the global justice movement, alter-globalization movement, anti-globalist m ... and anti– Free Trade Area of the Americas protests. Police responses to protesters and demonstrations developed into independent news stories. Notes References * External linksSummits of the Americas {{DEFAULTSORT:Summit of the Americas 1994 Organization of American States Politics of the Americas Diplomatic conferences in the United States 20th-century diplomatic conferences 1994 in international relations 1994 conferen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Key Biscayne, Florida
Key Biscayne is an island town in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The population was 12,344 at the 2010 census. Key Biscayne lies south of Miami Beach and east of Miami. The village is connected to Miami via the Rickenbacker Causeway, originally built in 1947. Because of its low elevation and direct exposure to the Atlantic Ocean, it is usually among the first Miami areas to be evacuated before an oncoming hurricane. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of . of it is land and of it (8.63%) is water. The village is bordered on the north by Crandon Park, Miami-Dade County park, on the south by Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and on the west by Biscayne Bay. History While there had been earlier schemes to develop a town on Key Biscayne, it wasn't until the opening of the four-mile (6 km) long Rickenbacker Causeway from Miami to Virginia Key and on to Key Biscayne in 1947 that the island was opened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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