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Ron Brown Scholar Program
The Jordan Building, 1160 Pepsi Place, Suite 110-B
Charlottesville, Virginia 22901
Tel: 804 964 1588
Fax: 804 964 1589
E-mail: [email protected]
file
Michael A. Mallory
Executive Director
December 10, 1998
Ms. Shirley Sagawa
Deputy Secretary to the First Lady
The White House
Washington, DC 20502
Dear Ms. Sagawa:
Thank you for taking the time to speak with me today. Steve Selby asked that I share the
enclosed materials with you. I am pleased to do that and pleased to have this opportunity to introduce
you to the Ron Brown Scholar Program. The program is sponsored by the CAP Charitable Foundation.
The foundation is dedicated to education, arts and the environment and the program is a significant
part of its education initiative. The program is specifically focused on young African-Americans of
outstanding promise; it seeks to accelerate their progress into the mainstream of leadership positions in
American business, education, government and a wide spectrum of professions.
Ron Brown once said, "I have demonstrated that there shouldn't be limits to the kind of
leadership that African-Americans can provide, that we can lead outside of our communities. that we
have a right to take the mantle of leadership and when we get that mantle we perform effectively."
His words are at the heart of our mission. We receive thousands of applications. In the first two years
of the program we have been able to award forty scholarships, providing significant financial support
for a group of young people whose promise is hard to exaggerate.
In addition, we have begun to coordinate internships for some of our scholars, underwrite the
attendance at programs such as the National Outdoor Leadership School for some, and have begun to
hold leadership conferences; please see page ten of the newsletter. Next summer's conference is
entitled, "Defining Leadership For a New Millennium." My friend, columnist William Raspberry,
attended our selection weekend warily, not at all sure he would find it worthwhile. He now threatens
me with the loss of our friendship if he is not invited annually. It is not hyperbolic to say that the
entirety of the Ron Brown Scholar Program is inspirational for the Scholars--and for those of us lucky
enough to work with them.
I have outlined the conference below. Steve mentioned your many talents, role with
AmericCorps National Service, and your keen interest in the success of young people. We would be
honored to have you join us in Aspen next year if your schedule permits.
Event:
1999 Ron Brown Scholar Leadership Conference
Sponsor:
The CAP Charitable Foundation (USA)-a private family foundation
"Politics, life and business are not spectator sports. You have to get involved to get abead. Most importantly, when you reach
that level of success, keep the door open and the ladder down for others to follow"
Ronald
H.
Brown
dedicated to education, arts and the environment. Its purpose is to
provide opportunities to individuals or groups who do not have the
means to achieve their full potential without outside assistance. The
Foundation is dedicate to providing assistance to such worthy groups
and individuals. The Foundation seeks no financial support from
outside sources.
Place:
The Gant Hotel, Aspen Colorado
Date:
August 18-22, 1999
Audience/Participants:
Sixty Ron Brown Scholars (18-20 years of age)
Purpose:
The event, which will be held August 18-22, 1999, in Aspen is
intended to focus on leadership, career and public service opportunities
for our sixty Ron Brown Scholars. We intend to accomplish this by
having our group interface with some of the country's most dynamic
artists, scholars and other professional and community-minded leaders.
The primary objectives of the conference are:
1)
to enhance the scholars' vision and perspective regarding
leadership,
2)
to provide scholars with a dynamic opportunity to bond with
each other,
3)
to create stewards of effective leadership and public service,
4)
to disseminate information and challenge scholars to set future
goals
5)
and to create a long lasting and far reaching network of
referrals, support and advice.
The CAP Foundation is thrilled to offer our young scholars this opportunity in addition to the
financial support and summer internships currently available. Enclosed you will find the conference
schedule and other informational materials. If you have any questions please contact me at (804) 964-
1588.
Sincerely,
Michael Mich Pally A. Mallory
Vice President/CAP Charitable Foundation (USA)
Executive Director/Ron Brown Scholar Program
Rough Draft: Revised August 16, 1998
Ron Brown Scholar Summer Conference
Defining Leadership for a New Millennium
August 18-22, 1999
The Gant Hotel
Aspen, Colorado
Wednesday, August 18th
3:00pm-6:00pm
Arrivals
6:00pm-9:00pm
Ice breakers and evening hors d'oeuvres
Thursday, August 19th
8:00am-9:00am
Breakfast
9:00am-9:30am
Welcome
9:30am-11:30am
Keynote: "Defining Leadership for a New Millennium"
11:30am-12:45pm
Lunch
1:00pm-2:30pm
Session 1
Leadership in a Global Economy
Choose one of
these topics
Public Policy: An Inside Perspective
Shaping the Thoughts of a Generation: The Changing Role of the
Media
3:00pm-4:30pm
Session 2
Volunteerism and Community Service
Choose one of
The Future of Medicine and Public Health
these topics
Rejuvenating America's Public Schools
7:00pm-8:00pm
Dinner
Friday, August 20th
8:00am-9:00am
Breakfast
9:30am-10:30am
Group Discussion: "Finding and Gaining Admission to the Graduate
School of Your Choice"
11:00am-11:45am
Internships (The scholars will divide themselves into 5 groups of 12 to
discuss their internship experiences and future ambitions)
12:00pm-1:15pm
Lunch
1:30pm-3:00pm
"Town Hall" style discussion: Affirmative Action in Higher Education
3:00pm-3:15pm
Break
3:30pm-5:00pm
Panel Discussion: "thefuture.com: Domestic and
International Telecommunications Issues"
7:00pm-8:00pm
Dinner
8:00pm-9:00pm
Keynote: "On the Shoulders of Giants: Learning From the
Trials and Triumphs of Our Predecessors"
Saturday, August 21st
8:00am-9:00am
Breakfast
10:00am-2:00pm
Outdoor Experience
4:00pm-6:00pm
Moving Into Positions of Influence
7:00pm-8:00pm
Dinner
Sunday, August 22nd
Beginning at 9am
Breakfast
Departures throughout the day
-criticism
BY KAREN MARRERO-THE WASHINGTON POST
Myla Alston, a senior at Banneker Senior High School, has been named a Ron Brown Scholar. She will receive $10,000 annually for four years for college.
HILL & KNOWLTON
WASHINGTON POST
APRIL 3, 1997
referring to her own internships. "My goal
Young Life
Although Myia did not know it, on the
night of Feb. 2, her mother was writing her a
is to initiate and continue a program
letter that said: "Forgive me if I ever let you
that readies them for college and makes them
down or disappoint you in any way. Because I
more marketable to scholarship providers."
thought I was doing best for you."
Before winning her scholarships, Myia,
Is a Lesson
The next day, Terina Alston died after
who lives with her older sister, didn't know
suffering an asthma attack and a heart at-
how she would pay for college. But she knew
tack. Myia's father, who also has struggled
she would find a way.
with drug addiction, was in jail.
In her high school yearbook, Myia wrote:
1 Resilience
Last week, Myia, a graduating senior at
"It takes both rain and sunshine to make a
Banneker Senior High School in Northwest
rainbow." For years in Myia's life, it seemed
Washington, found out she had been named a
to only rain.
Ron Brown Scholar. She will receive
"My parents were both working when I
Scholarship Winner Relates
$10,000 annually for four years for college.
was born. I went to Catholic school. We lived
The scholarship, which honors the late
in a nice, middle class neighborhood. We
Esteem for Troubled Mother
secretary of commerce, goes to 10 students
were the perfect family-two kids, two cars,
in the United States and is based on academ-
a cat and fish."
ic excellence, leadership potential, communi-
But she recalls that as far back as when
ty service and financial need. Myia, who has
she was 6 years old, there were signs of her
By Patrice Gaines
a 3.8 cumulative grade-point average, al-
parents' drug abuse. When she was in third
Washington Post Staff Writer
ready had been awarded a scholarship to
grade, things began to fall apart. Her parents
Included in Myia Alston's application to
George Washington University.
separated briefly, and both soon lost their
become a Ron Brown Scholar was the re-
jobs. The family moved constantly; her fa-
Her life experiences have combined to
quired essay, answering the question: "If you
ther started going in and out of jail.
create a delicate, strong-willed young wom-
could spend the evening with someone you
an, a steel magnolia in early bloom.
"I hate to admit I was ashamed of my parents,
admire, who would it be and what would you
Ranked No. 3 in her class, she is a mem-
but I'll never forget my father came to school
talk about?"
ber of the National Honor Society, the Span-
when I was in the fifth grade, and he stuck his
Myia, a bright, introspective 17-year-old,
head in the room. He looked so bad. One of my
ish Honor Society, the Math Honor Society
wrote about her mother, Terina Alston,
friends said, Who is that pipe-head?"
and the student government. For four years,
whose drug abuse kept them apart for many
Still, Myia doesn't consider her childhood
Myia, who plans to major in mass communi-
years. "This evening would probably be a
an unhappy one. She couldn't have the
cations, has interned for the D.C. schools'
once in a lifetime event. That is why I would
clothes, games and other things she wanted,
cable channel, where she hosts a teenage
spend it with my mother," Myia wrote. "She
but for her birthday and Christmas each
and health news show, anchors a weekly
lives in a women's shelter and is receiving
year, her parents made sure she got what
news show and is an assistant producer and
drug counseling. This is why I admire her.
she wanted. And although her father wasn't
director. She recently began working as an
"I would tell her over and over again that
always around, on special occasions, the en-
intern with the C-SPAN cable network.
tire family went to Sizzler for dinner.
she is the person I most admire, and to keep
As part of the application for the Ron
up her strength so that I can follow her exam-
Myia took control of her own life, leaving
Brown scholarship, Myia also had to write
ple of being wise enough to give up the things
home at 13 and moving in with family friends
about a program she would initiate if she
that are harmful and strong enough to take on
and relatives at various times. In 11th grade,
were 30 years old. She proposed a news
she moved in with her sister.
the things that are toughest but necessary.
magazine program targeted at African
"I would also let her know that I want her
About her parents, Myia said, "They tried
American and Latino youth. The program
their best to do what they could for us."
to continue to get herself together because
would provide internships to train young mi-
As her parents became less involved in her
she is not physically strong enough to abuse
norities for the communication field.
life, other adults took their place. Venora Lu-
her body anymore," Myia wrote.
"Not all youth with my economic or family
cas, who began baby-sitting Myia when the
Myia mailed the essay shortly before the
backgrounds are this fortunate," Myia wrote.
Feb. 2 deadline.
teenager was 3 months old, "was like a second
mother," Myia said. "She made you do your
homework 'first before anything. She praised
us when we came home with our report cards.
I always knew she was proud of me.
"Then I had a teacher in fourth grade I'll
never forget-her name was Mary C. Par-
rish.
I had started cutting up in school to
get attention. She always said, 'No matter
what's going on at home, you can make your
life special.' "
Lucas, the baby-sitter who was also a
friend of Myia's mother, said of Myia: "She
deserves whatever good she gets. She's ma-
ture, maybe because of what she went
through. It was a big load for a little girl."
This year has been a particularly tough
one for Myia. In addition to her mother, two
of her aunts died.
Now, Myia believes, the rain has stopped.
"I think the sun is shining," she said.
"I don't know who I would have been if my
parents had not had their problems," Myia
said. "I don't know if I would have tried so
hard or if I would have just been average.
"Everyone said, 'You went ahead despite ad-
versity.' But I don't know if it wasn't the adver-
sity that made me go on. Maybe I'm supposed
Four Area Students Win
to be an example for young people like me."
She is ready for her rainbow. She will greet
it with her mother's letter in her hand.
"I am proud of you for being just who you
Ron Brown Scholarships
are," Terina Alston wrote. "You are not only
beautiful, you are intelligent, funny and will go
Four Washington area stu-
Alston is host of a teen and
places in life. Know that I am always here for
dents are among 20 African
health news show on the D.C.
you.
You MUST call me when you need me."
American high school seniors
Public Schools' channel, is an-
from across. the nation to be
chor of a weekly news show and
named Ron Brown Scholars,
is an assistant producer and di-
each receiving $40,000 scholar-
rector. She also is a member of
ships in honor of the former sec-
several honor societies and the
retary of commerce who died in
student government.
a plane crash last year in Cro-
Donovan is president of her
atia.
student government and Nation-
The program is intended to
al Honor Society chapter. She
identify students who will make
ranks first in her class and par-
significant contributions to soci-
ticipates in Operation Under-
ety. The students "share Ron
standing, which promotes racial
Brown's traits of excellence,
harmony. She sits on the D.C.
leadership, commitment to pub-
School Board Students Advisory
lic service and a desire to make a
Council.
difference," said Michael Mallo-
Established last year, the
ry, executive director of the Ron
scholars program is funded en-
Brown Scholars Program. They
tirely by the nonprofit CAP
were chosen from more than
Foundation, based in Charlottes-
1,500 applicants; criteria includ-
ville. The foundation was found-
ed financial need.
ed by Antony Pilaro, a tax lawyer
Locally, those honored were
and former shareholder of the
Myia Artis Alston, 17, a senior
retailer colossus Duty Free
at Benjamin Banneker Academic
Shoppers. Pilaro some years ago
High School in the District; Ter-
renounced his U.S. citizen-
ence Sebekos Carter, 18, of
ship-a move most often made
Chevy Chase, a senior at
by wealthy people seeking tax
Georgetown Day School; Megan
relief.
Christene Marie Donovan, 17, a
Pilaro asked Michael Mallory,
senior at Dunbar Senior High in
a University of Virginia adminis-
the District; and Miriam Mich-
trator, to head a new scholarship
elle Robinson, 17, of McLean, a
program for minorities, and Mal-
senior at Thomas Jefferson High
lory suggested it be named for
in Fairfax County.
Brown.
Revised August 15, 1997
1997 Ron Brown Scholars
Name
City, State
College/University
Myia A. Alston
Washington, DC
George Washington University
Michael A. Billings
Salt Lake City, UT
University of Pennsylvania, The
Wharton School
Jordan C. Brewer
Los Angeles, CA
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
John A. Burton
Miami, FL
Harvard University
Terence S. Carter
Washington, DC
Harvard University
Yolanda D. Covington
New York, NY
Brown University
Kelly A. Cross
Beckley, WV
Princeton University
Megan C.M. Donovan
Washington, DC
Trinity College
Marco F. Ellis
Fort Sill, OK
The University of Virginia
Travis A. Gayles
Chase City, VA
Duke University
Bianca Kannatey-Asibu
Ann Arbor, MI
Stanford University
Diarra K. Lamar
Montgomery, AL
Harvard University
Angela L. Ledbetter
Detroit, MI
Xavier University
Carmelle T. Norice
Fresno, CA
University of California at Los
Angeles
Miriam M. Robinson
McLean, VA
Harvard University
Kelli E. Stewart
Bartlett, TN
Emory University
Francis A. St. Louis
Rosedale, NY
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Sparlha N. Swaby
Oyster Bay, NY
Stanford University
Jean Paulson Tuffet
Miami, FL
The University of Pennsylvania
Luther G. Williams
Oakland, CA
Harvard University
Revised May 7, 1998
1998 Ron Brown Scholars
Name
City, State
College/University
Elizabeth V. Alicea
Chicago, IL
Columbia University
Jennifer M. Banner
New York, NY
Harvard University
Traci R. Burch
Claymont, DE
Princeton University
Shirley J. Delaleu
Dix Hills, NY
Stanford University
Maleka I. Donaldson
Columbus, OH
Harvard University
Melanie L. Forbes
Midlothian, VA
Harvard University
Tiffany Y. Griswell
Columbia, NC
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Antonia J. Henry
Grand Rapids, MI
University of Michigan
Leah V. Hodge
Jacksonville, FL
University of Pennsylvania
Christopher A. Hunter
Los Angeles, CA
Harvard University
Tiombe E. Jones
Swarthmore, PA
Pomona College
Fatoumata Kaba
Evanston, IL
Columbia University
Marc Q. Knight
Elmont, NY
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Jonathan W. Piper
University Heights, OH
Wake Forest University
Tomeka L. Suber
Winston-Salem, NC
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Sara Whetstone
Palo Alto, CA
Brown University
Aaliyah N. Williams
Tulsa, OK
Harvard University
Damian Williams
Stone Mountain, GA
Harvard University
Tracy M. Wynter
Willingboro, NJ
Princeton University
Allen T. Yancy
Baltimore, MD
Harvard University
THE NEW YORK TIMES EDUCATION WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1998
Michael Billings; a
Ron Brown
Profiles of the first-year recipients
the University of Pennsylvania's
reveal a great variety of circum-
Wharton School of Business, has
stances Family incomes range
come a long way since he ran away
from a high of $101,000 total low (in
from his home in Salt Lake City at
Scholarships
three cases) of zeroF-Six the schol-
age 13. He left to escape his unem-
ars come from single parent fam-
ployed mother's drinking shortly af-
ilies. One, whose father is an econo-
ter the man who lived with her died
Open Doors
mist and whose mother is an intelli-
of drug-related causes in the fam-
gence officer, scored a perfect 1600
ily's sparsely furnished living room.
on her S.A.T.'s; another, whose
After living In a park for part of
For Blacks
mother died of drug-related health
that summer, Mr. Billings was taken
problems and whose father is in jall,
in by friends, whose families sent
finished third in her high school class
him to a private school, where he
By IAN ZACK
with a 3.8 grade point average.
earned a 4.0 high school grade point
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb.
The students are finishing their
average.
10 - Entering its second year, the
freshman years at colleges that in-
"Ever since I was in the sixth
Ron Brown Scholar Program has
clude Harvard, Princeton, Brown,
grade, I knew I was going to go to
quickly emerged as the nation's
Stanford, Virginia, the Massachu-
college and I knew the only way I
most lucrative scholarship for black
setts Institute of Technology and the
was going to be able to afford to pay
students - and one of the most im-
University of Pennsylvania.
for college was to get a scholarship,
portant.
"These groups of young people
so I had to do well," said Mr. Billings,
The other day, the modest office
that we're talking about here can be
19. "I decided that I didn't want to
here of the scholarship director, Mi-
considered a beacon,". said Dennis
live with my mom because I didn't
Hightower, a member of the selec-
think she was going to take care' of
chael Mallory, was inundated with
envelopes. Big Manila ones and
tion panel who is a former president
her problems. I didn't care if I was
small white ones were stacked peril-
of Disney's television and telecom-
on the street."
munications division and now teach-
"Education really opens incredi-
ously on desks, piled on the carpeted
floor and crammed into gray plastic
es at Harvard Business School.
ble doors for you," Mr. Billings add-
"Here is an example of unbridled
ed. "People have really been willing
postal crates. "This is incredible,"
Mr. Mallory gloated. "I am seeing
ability. We have got to find more of
to help me."
the best black kids in the country."
our youngsters like this across all
racial lines if we are going to be the
The program was established In
world leader we expect ourselves to
honor of Mr. Brown after he was
killed in April 1996 in a plane crash in
be."
The Ron Brown scholars are ex-
Croatia while he was Commerce Sec-
pected to serve the community dur-
retary. Recipients receive $40,000 to-
ward an undergraduate degree.
ing summer internships and after
college, a task that Yolanda Coving-
Mr. Mallory, a 40-year-old former
ton, an 18-year-old freshman at
admissions officer for the University
Brown University, said she relishes.
of Virginia, is working to select the
"So many people, they make it,
next group, sorting through the
they make money and they keep on
records of more than 4,000 black high
going," said Ms.- Covington, who
school seniors around the United
grew up one of five children of a
States to whittle the contenders to
single mother on welfare in the
about 500. A selection committee will
Morrisania housing projects in the
narrow the list to 60 semifinalists
Bronx. "They forget about everyone
and then 20 finalists, who will com-
who helped them."
pete next month in a three-day series
Ms: Covington, who went to Strath
of interviews and seminars.
Haven High School in Swarthmore,
Last year, the finalists were so
Pa., at no cost to her family, through
impressive that the selection com-
a program called "A Better
mittee, which conducted interviews
Chance," plans to become a doctor.
at the Washington offices of the Pat-
"I still want to become a doctor
ton & Boggs law firm, decided to
and a successful one at that, but I
award scholarships to all 20, instead
want to open up a practice, probably
of narrowing the field to 10 winners.
in an African-American communi-
The scholarships are financed by
ty," said Ms. Covington, who noted:
the CAP Foundation, a philanthropic
"There's still a lot of distrust in the
organization in Charlottesville that
African-American community of
was started by the multimillionaire
hospitals."
Anthony M. Pilaro, who earned part
of his fortune in the duty-free goods
industry.
call May Siddell
The
HRC
Heritage Foundation
A tax-exempt public policy research institute
Ohr
April 20, 1999
Jan looks
Shirley Sagawa
Deputy Chief of Staff
great
Office of the First Lady
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Shirley:
On May 19, 1999 The Heritage Foundation will present its Salvatori Prize for American Citizenship
to the principals of six schools with low-income student bodies and exceptional academic achievement. Each
school will receive a $5,000 check. These principals will then share the secrets of their success at a conference
the following day. We would be honored if you could join us.
These events will kick off a No Excuses campaign organized by Heritage and designed to mobilize
public pressure on behalf of better education for the poor. The No Excuses Campaign will bring together
liberals, centrists, and conservatives who are committed to academic achievement among children of all races,
ethnic groups, and family incomes.
Participants in the No Excuses campaign may hold differing views about vouchers, the federal role in
education, and other policy issues. But we agree that there is no excuse for the academic failure of most
public schools serving poor children. All children can learn. The principals we are honoring with the Salvatori
Prize have proved it. We hope you will help us shine a spotlight on their success. And we hope you will join
us in demanding that failing schools meet their standard. No Excuses.
The reception will be held in the Lyndon B. Johnson room of the U.S. Capitol Building from 6 to 8
o'clock in the evening. The conference will begin at 9 o'clock the following morning at The Heritage
Foundation. Seating is extremely limited, so please take a few minutes to fill out the registration materials I
have enclosed for you and fax them back to us as soon as possible. If you have any questions about either
event, please feel free to call me.
I look forward to seeing you at the event.
Sincerely,
incsiddall
Mary Siddall
Coordinator, Civil Society Projects
Officers
Board of Trustees
Edwin J. Feulner, Jr., President
David R. Brown, M.D., Chairman
Hon.) William Middendorf, II
MADERSHIP
FOR
Phillip N. Truluck, Executive Vice President
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Resource and Referral Agencies
Dear Shirley,
Welfare reform represented a serious step in the devolution of decisions affecting families to states,
counties and communities. Embedded in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Omnibus
Reconciliation Act, federal child care investments followed the path of devolution to states, counties and
communities. Given the belief of child care resource and referral experts that "all child care is local,"
this appeared to be a move in the right direction. The potential for all stakeholders to be involved in the
decisions that affect their lives and those of their children, has been, at the least, exciting. Child care,
after all, is the community bedrock that makes it possible for families to raise their children, get them
ready for school, and provide for their survival and their future. Child care is a cornerstone in the
foundation of communities that function well.
However, in the absence of any federal standards for child care, of a shared vision for a quality system
for families, how does community planning actually work? What are the lessons learned from some of
the states that have been among the first to "devolve" child care? How do the recommendations of
Quality 2000 research play out in the world of 1999? Is child care a prominent item on the agendas of
local planning boards, community councils, and other decision arenas? What about Head Start? Pre-K?
Implications of the Abbott decision? What are the conditions that must be in place in order to have the
vision of community-based and family-centered child care move toward reality? Will the children be
ready for school? Is there an infrastructure for child care already in place in some communities and what
more does it need in order to be effective? What is the role of child care resource and referral in building
community? Where is the leadership for planning?
On behalf of the National Civic League's Alliance for National Renewal, and the National Association of
Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, we are pleased to invite you to join a dialogue conducted by
some of the foremost national experts on this topic, such as Sharon Lynn Kagan, Gwen Morgan, Stacey
Goffin, and Joan Lombardi, along with the most respected community practitioners with first hand
experience in various community planning models from North Carolina, Colorado, Florida, California,
and Massachusetts. The dialogue is by invitation only and will take place on March 6, 1999 from
10:00AM to 2:00 PM, during NACCRRA's Policy Symposium in Arlington Virginia. If you are able to
attend, we will supply you with a set of background materials in advance of the meeting.
Please let Adrienne Tilton at 202 393-5501, ext. 126 know of your attendance by February 15.
Sincerely,
Claim
Yamine
Christine Benero, Vice President
Yasmina S. Vinci. Executive Director
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FUKUOKA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY
1-1-1 KASUMIGAOKA, HIGASHI-KU, FUKUOKA 813-8529
JAPAN
December 23 1999
Ms. Shirley Sagawa
Deputy Assistant to the President
Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Laday
The White House
Washington
U.S.A.
Dear Ms. Sagawa:
I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Thank you very much for your letter of August 24, 1999. In the letter,
you mentioned that due to uncertainties regarding the First Lady's schedule
next year you were unable to make a commitment for her to accept my invitation
to my university during the Kyushu-Okinawa Summit.
I understand that situation well. I wish the First Lady the best of luck
next year. Thank you very much for your kind assistance.
Respectfully yours,
Mamoru Tokumoto, LL.D.
President
Fukuoka Women's University