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 Kiyoshi “George” Togasaki Japan
1969 Mario Báncora Argentina
1970 Sun Fo China premier of China
1971 John J. Akar Sierra Leone ambassador to US; composed national anthem
1972 Garegin Saroukhanian 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 Haraldur Kröyer Iceland
1977 Menahem Rebhun Israel
1978 Sadako Ogata Japan president of UNICEF and later UN High Commissioner for Refugees
1979 João Baptista Pinheiro 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 Choong Kung Cho South Korea
1983 Yoash Vaadia Israel
1984 Widjojo Nitisastro Indonesia economist
1985 Allan Gotlieb Canada ambassador to US
1986 Joon Lew South Korea
1987 Not given
1988 Hans Hollein Austria architect
1989 Julius Gikonyo Kiano Kenya
1990 Not given
1991 Not given
1992 Mohammed Al-Shaikh Saudi Arabia
1993 Hans-Peter Dürr Germany physicist and peace activist
1994 Han Sung-Joo South Korea
1994 James C. Y. Soong China governor of Taiwan
1996 Venkataram Ramakrishna India
1997 Laura Castillo de Gurfinkel Venezuela
1998 Ahmed Ahmed Goueli 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 David Harrison South Africa
2005 Juree Vichit-Vadakan 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 Josephine Namboze Uganda
2011 Yuan Tseh “Y.T.” Lee Taiwan Nobel Prize in Chemistry
2012 Xiulan Zhang China
2013 Andrés Roemer Mexico public intellectual

References

  1. ^ University of California at Berkeley. "The Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award". Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  2. ^ University of California at Berkeley. "The Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award Previous Recipients". Retrieved 30 April 2014.