Bangkok--13 Mar--TQPR
The chancellor, chancellor-emeritus, deans representing all seven schools, and several internationally prominent faculty scholars from Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) will be meeting with Asian leaders and officials fromChulalongkorn University in Bangkok on March 11-13. The primary focus of the visit will be a review of progress for a unique partnership with 16 top Asian universities, known as the McDonnell International Scholars Academy, according to Mark S. Wrighton, chancellor.
In addition, seminars will be given by prominent WUSTL faculty at Chulalongkorn University, including experts on medicine, engineering, international law, business, social work, art, and culture. Chulalongkorn faculty will be participating in the presentations.
Since 1995, Chancellor Wrighton has lead Washington University — a US $1.7 billion education and research enterprise that has risen to the top-dozen best institutions in the US News and World Report rankings. A world-renowned scientist, Chancellor Wrighton is the recipient of the MacArthur “Genius” Award, served as a Presidential appointee to the National Science Board, and is immediate past chair of the Business-Higher Education Forum of the United States. He was the 2004-05 chair of the Association of American Universities — composed of the 62 best universities in North America.
The Washington University representatives visiting Thailand will first meet with the members of its International AdvisoryCouncil for Asia (IACA) — a group of prominent business and education leaders from ten Asian nations, including Sumet Jiaravanon, executive chairman of Charoen Pokphand, which has a significant presence in Thailand. The Bangkok IACA meetings are being held at the Peninsula Hotel on March 11-13. Addressing the meetings will be the president of Chulalongkorn University, the governor of Thailand Bank, and the U.S. Ambassador to Thailand.
Seminars being presented at Chulalongkorn University by such prominent Washington University faculty members as:
- Stephen H. Legomsky, J.D., D.Phil., is an internationally known expert on immigration
law, who has served as a visiting fellow at both Oxford and Cambridge Universities.
- Pratim Biswas, Ph.D., is the president of the American Association for Aerosol Research
and chair of Washington University’s department of energy, environmental and chemical
engineering.
- Frank C.P. Yin, M.D., Ph.D., is a world-renowned biomedical engineer who heads one of
America’s top biomedical engineering programs, founded less than a decade ago. His
pioneering work involves blood flow and soft-tissue mechanics.
- Shirley Dyke, Ph.D., heads the Washington University Structural Control and Earthquake
Engineering Laboratory, and is an acclaimed expert in earthquake engineering of “smart”
structures, especially long-span bridges.
- James T. Little, Ph.D., is the academic director of China’s number-one-ranked EMBA
program, a joint venture of Washington University and Fudan University in Shanghai. He
also is academic director of Washington University European International Programs.
- Gautam N. Yadama, Ph.D., is Washington University’s ambassador to Chulalongkorn
University for the McDonnell International Scholars Program. He is an expert on how
under-served populations operate successfully in developing nations.
Also traveling to Thailand with Chancellor Wrighton are: John F. McDonnell, retired chairman of the board of McDonnell Douglas Corporation — for whom the McDonnell International Scholars Academy is named; William H. Danforth, chancellor emeritus of Washington University in St. Louis; Ralph S. Quatrano, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Biology and Spencer T. Olin Professor; Edward S. Macias, executive vice chancellor and dean of Arts & Sciences and an air pollution expert; Robert E. Thach, dean of the graduate school of Arts & Sciences; Mahendra R. Gupta, dean of the Olin School of Business; Edward F. Lawlor, dean of the Brown School of Social Work; Carmon Colangelo, dean of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts; Jeff Pike, dean of the college of art and graduate school of art; Larry J. Shapiro, executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the Washington University School of Medicine; Kent D. Syverud, dean of the School of Law; Gerald Early, director of the Center for Humanities; and James V. Wertsch, director of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.
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