Dear HBS Alumni:
What is going to happen in the Middle East?
Please join the HBS Club for a luncheon with Ambassador Edward Djerejian, the founding director of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University.  The Middle East has taken on an even greater importance in recent days and Ambassador Djerejian is a renowned expert in this area of the world.
SPEAKER:    Ambassador Edward Djerejian, Director of James A. Baker III
                     Public Policy Institute at Rice University
DATE:           Tuesday, October 2, 2001
TIME:            11:40 a.m. Check in, 11:55 a.m. Lunch, 12:15 p.m. Presentation
PLACE:         Houston Club, 811 Rusk in downtown Houston 
COST:           Platinum Members:   No charge     Guests: $30
                     Gold Members:         No charge     Guests: $30
                     Silver Members:        $25               Guests: $30
                     No shows will be charged.
RSVP:           RESERVATIONS REQUIRED By 5:00 pm on September 27, 2001
                     email dottie@kerr-solutions.com, phone (281) 424-3084, 
                     fax (281) 424-4770 or at www.hbshouston.org 
 
Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian, founding Director of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, is one of the United States' most distinguished diplomats with his career spanning the administrations of eight U.S. Presidents. A leading expert on the complex political, security, economic, religious, and ethnic issues of the Middle East, Ambassador Djerejian has played key roles in the Arab-Israeli peace process, the U.S.-led coalition against Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, successful efforts to end the civil war in Lebanon, the release of U.S. hostages in Lebanon, and the establishment of collective and bilateral security arrangements in the Persian Gulf.
Prior to his nomination by President Clinton as U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Ambassador Djerejian served both President Bush and President Clinton as Asst. Sec. of State for Near Eastern Affairs and President Reagan and President Bush as U.S. Ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic.  He served in the United States Army as a First Lieutenant in the Republic of Korea following his graduation from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and holds both a BS and an Honorary Doctorate from Georgetown University and is fluent in Arabic, Russian, French and Armenian.
Ambassador Djerejian has been awarded the Presidential Distinguished Service Award, the Department of State's Distinguished Honor Award, the President's Meritorious Service Award and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
I hope you will be able to join us at this event.
Best Regards,
Sean Daichman
President
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Reservation
Tuesday, October 2, 2001 Luncheon
Robert Miller, Chairman METRO
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Dottie Kerr (dottie@kerr-solutions.com)
Administrator for Harvard Business School Club of Houstonhttp://www.hbshouston.org/