Announcements
Welcome to New Center Board
Chairs:
Eugene Terry, ICRAF-World Agroforestry Centre,
succeeding Lucie Edwards
Isher Judge Ahluwalia, IFPRI, succeeding Geoff
Miller
Honor Roll
A comprehensive list of honors, awards, and scientific
recognition received by CGIAR scientists was distributed
at Annual General Meeting 2003. A copy is available
on the CGIAR website, www.cgiar.org
In Memoriam
Wilfried Thalwitz, Fifth CGIAR Chairman and World
Bank Vice President, passed away in Brussels. In a tribute,
Ian Johnson, CGIAR Chairman, dedicated his opening address
to the Annual General Meeting 2003 to the memory of
Mr. Thalwitz. His legacy is being nurtured through a
Wilfried Thalwitz Fellowship for Young Scientists.
Walter Rill, Austrian Representative to the
CGIAR. Mr. Rill had a distinguished career of public
service at the Ministry of Finance and previously as
an Executive Director of the World Bank. In the latter
role, he was instrumental in strengthening Austria-CGIAR
relations and ensuring sustained Austrian support to
CGIAR.
Derek Tribe, Australian Representative to the
CGIAR, founder of The Crawford Fund, and author of such
classics as Doing Well by Doing Good and Feeding and
Greening the World.
The entire CGIAR family mourns the passing of these
strong supporters.
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