USA

Gilda Agajanian
Founder Member. BA in Slavic languages, literatures and music. Musician, pianist, educator. She has worked as a classical pianist specialising in the works of Alan Hovhaness. In 1987 she added piano lessons to her schedule. Chair of Recitals, California Association of Professional Music Teachers; Past President (1992-95), Westshore Musicians Club.

Shashi K. Agarwal
Founder Member. MD. Main fields: Cardiology, cardiovascular drugs. Physician (Cardiology Private Practice); Director of the Division of Cardiology, South Amboy Memorial Hospital, 1991; Attendant Cardiologist, Orange Memorial Hospital, Orange, NJ. Has contributed over 500 health related articles to professional and non-professional publications. President (1997-99) and later Chairman (2000-2001), Board of Directors, Asian American Heritage Council; Chairman of the International Advisory Committee of Physicians Panel of Sarvodaya Health Charitable Foundation.

James Linwood Anderson
Academic Member. B.S. degree in Biology; M.S. degree in Physiology. Main field: Pharmacy. Pharmaceutical saleman with Wallace Laboratorios, 1974-76; Hoechst-Roussell, 1976-84; Bayer Pharmaceuticals, 1984-present. At the same time, Territory Sales Specialist, Divisional Trainer, and Hospital Sales Specialist. U.S.C.G. Auxiliary. He has been a member since 1987 and has held the positions of Flotilla Commander, Division Vice Captain, Division Captain, Rear Commodore-South, Vice Commodore-Chief of Staff, and District Commodore. He is presently an O-7 in the Coast Guard Auxiliary.

John Charles Antonelli
Academic Member. Associate of Science in Mathematics. Technical Consultant. Writer, Session Ltd., 1987-present; Consultant, Charter Management, 1991-92; Tutor, College of DuPage-SGA, 1995-99; Consultant, Whitehouse, 1996-2000; Office Assistant, Community Presbyterian Church, 2004-present. Has published numerous articles in periodicals and journals. Member of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations.

Catherine Evans Babcock
Founder Member. BFA and MFA. Artist and educator. Teaching appointments: 1949- , various teaching appointments including 1979-96, Art Teacher, Rowayton Arts Center, Connecticut, also serving as Board Member and Recording Secretary. Artistic appointments: artist to Sea Services (USCG & USN); Equestrian Artist, Fairfield Hunt show's Benefit Horse Show, 1993. Has also worked as a designer, illustrator and translator.

Maria Bach †
Founder Member. Graduated in Modern Languages with concentration in classical Latin. Main fields: interpretation, translation, writing. 1953, Interpreter/Translator, Educational Program, Voice of America in conjunction with the New York State Historical Associations, Cooperstown, NY.; 1961-71, Researcher, Translator and Negotiator, Historical Documents, Minnesota Historical Society, Inc., St. Paul, Minn. Sponsor (1992-present), Maria Bach Scholarship, Luxembourg Program European Center, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

Fouad A. Bashour †
Founder Member. BA, MD, PhD in Medicine. Main fields: Medicine and Physiology. Ashbel Smith Professor of Medicine and Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Texas. Following positions at the American University Medical School in Beirut (1957-59). Founder and Director of Cardiovascular Institute, 1967-78. Founder and President of Cardiology Fund, 1972-93. Emeritus Member of the American Federation of Clinical Research, the Central Society of Clinical Research, the Southern Society of Clinical Research.

Jeanne Marie Bleadorn
Academic Member. Writer and innovator. Director of volunteers and other management appointments; developed programmes to foster youth expression and social growth; numerous community and church positions; programmes with the elderly and disabled; safety awareness programmes.

Shauna D. Boulton
Founder Member. BS and MEd. Main fields: Elementary and Special Education. 1971-73, Habilitation Center; 1973-79, Hartvigsen School for Multiple Handicapped; 1979-83, William Penn Elementary; 1983-88, East Millcreek Elementary; 1988-present, Canyon Rim Elementary. Member National Education Association, Utah Education Association, Granite Education Association, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.

John G. Brosky
Founder Member. Bachelor and Law degrees. Artillery officer for 39 months in WWII. Rose to the rank of General, US Air Force and retired as a Major General, Pennsylvania Air National Guard. 1960, appointed to the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, elected to a full term in 1961 and re-elected in 1971; 1970, Administrative Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Family Division; 1979-89, Elected (1979) to the Superior Court and served until 1989 when he chose not to run for retention, but continued to serve as a senior judge.

Roberto Calderon-Sanchez
Academic Member. BS, Civil Engineering. 1960-64, Surveyor and Construction Engineer in projects by different companies; 1965-68, Engineer, Puerto Rico Highways Authority; 1969-81, Patent Examiner, US Patent Office. Member College of Engineers, Architects and Surveyors of Puerto Rico; American Society of Civil Engineers; Association of Mechanical Engineers of Puerto Rico; American Water Works Association; Rotary International.

Jacqueline Aimee Capelle-Frank
Senate Member. BA. Writer and artist. Member Collier County Historical Society Board of Directors, 1994-present, and President, 1997-2001; Advisory Board, Greater Naples Leadership, Inc.; Museum Trustees Association; National Museum of Women in the Arts; American Association of University Women.

Naibedya Chattopadhyay
Founder Member. B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. Main field: Endocrinology. Instructor in Medicine at the Endocrine-Hypertension Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston. Member of the Endocrine Society, New York Academy of Sciences, American Society for Neurochemistry, American Physiological Society.

Eva Anna Czajkowski
Senate Member. B.Sc., M.Eng. in Aeronautical Engineering; M.Sc., Aeronautics and Astronautics; Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering. Main fields: Aircraft and space vehicle design. Actually, Principal aerospace engineer on numerous projects. 1982-84, Research Assistant, U.S. Army Research Office's Center of Excellence, Rotary Wing Aircraft Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; 1984-85, Research Assistant, Air Force Research in Aero Propulsion Technology Program, MIT; 1985-88, Teaching and Research Assistant, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

John Jacob Eberts
Academic Member. BS, MEd, MS, MA, Ph.D. Main fields: Educator. Teacher Social Studies, Pinellas County, Florida; Adjunct Professor, Social Science, St. Petersburg College, Florida; Adjunct Professor, Sociology, Pasco-Hernando Community College, Florida; Department Chair, Social Studies, Dunedin High School, Pinellas County, Florida. Member American Sociological Association; International Association of Counsellors and Therapists; Royal Institute of Philosophy, England; Philosophical Society of England; American Association for Sociology of Religion.

Zhanna Fedina
Academic Member. Undergraduate studies in Economics; Postgraduate studies in Philosophy. Main fields: Economist, philosopher, writer, anti-war campaigner. 1968, Economist, Department of Statistics, Abhazia Home Government; 1971-78, Inspector, City Statistics, chief, Department, Executive Committee of the Soviet People's Deputies. From 1978 on, she was victim of political persecution by the KGB, USSR. Her case was echoed in the international press and she received the status of political refugee in the USA. She has published extensively in the USA.

Joseph Edward Garrett
Founder Member. BS, Aeronautical Engineering; MS, Aeronautical Engineering. Main fields: Structures Engineer. He has been employed at Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Company in Marietta, Georgia, since 1966. In engineering he has worked in fatigue, stress analysis, and testing. Since 1996 he has been responsible for performing C-141 individual aircraft retirement analysis through developing and operating computer programs to scan and analyze data. He represented Lockheed in 1984 in the United Way Loaned Executive program and served on the United Way of Atlanta Board of Directors.

Marian Debelle Gellermann †
Senate Member. LL.B., AB in Economics, S.J.D. District of Columbia Bar; D.C. Court, 1939; D.C. Court of Appeals; admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the USA, 1944. Main fields: Attorney. 35 years service at Federal Services Finance Corporation, secretarial and filing work leading to Assistant Vice-president and later Secretary of the Corporation; State Mutual Life Insurance Company; sole practice of law with emphasis on probate work and the incorporation and licensing of corporations; Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company; Secretary-Treasurer, The Washington Pension Center.

Paul John Green
Academic Member. BA, MA, MLS, PhD. Main fields: Independent critic, scholar in Comparative Literature. 1963-66, Teaching Assistant, English, University of Washington; 1966-67, Instructor in English, Central Washington University; 1967-68, Assistant in Librarianship, University of California, Berkeley; 1968-69, Assistant Serials Librarian, University of Oregon; 1974-76, Teaching Assistant, English, Washington State University. Member Modern Language Association, American Comparative Literature Association. He has published several articles, reviews, notes, biographies, translations.

Sudhir Gupta
Founder Member. MD and PhD. Main fields: Immunology, AIDS, cancer research and ageing. 1982-present, Professor of Medicine, Pathology, Neurology, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and Chief of the Division of Basic and Clinical Immunology. Vice-chairman of the Department of Medicine, and Director of Allergy & Immunology as well as of Clinical Laboratory Immunology Training Program. He has published more than 400 scientific publications, invited reviews and book chapters. Edited 18 books. Founding and current Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Immunology (1980).

Leon Edward Hoke
Senate Member. Military schools. Main fields: Minister and author. 1967-73, Non-Commissioned Officer, Police Hon Guard, USAF, Europe; 1974-75, United Airlines Subsidiary Co., WIH; 1977-79, Arlex Associates; 1979-83, Manager, Hoke Co., Apts. Member World Poetry Society, International Poets Academy, NC Writers Network. He has published several articles in professional publications.

Tzu Yang Hwang
Founder Member. Studies in Biblical Theory, Advanced Studies in Humanity Sciences, Master of Divinity in Systematics and Church History, Master of Theology in Systematics and History, PhD Religious Philosophy, Theology and Culture. Main fields: Pastor and Educator. Adjunct Professor, Holy Light Theological Seminary, Taiwand, and the California International Theo-Philosophical Institute; Founder, Professor, Chief Executive Officer, and President, American Chi Chou Theo-Philosophical Institute; Senior Pastor and Founder, Light Christ Church.

Alexander Iosebashvili
Founder Member. Main fields: Logic, Philosophy, Psychology and Psychoanalysis; Human Rights of the Young. Lawyer Scientist, Research Scientist, Hypnologist Rescuer, Criminologist, Psychologist. Research in Physico-Logical and Philosophical-Scientific fields. Research contributions in Philosophy and the Science of Language. Member New York Academy of Science; American Association for the Advancement of Science, Academy of Political Science, American Psychological Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Shirley Marie Jacobsen
Founder Member. Bachelor of Career Arts. Main fields: Writer. Her interests include cultural arts, environmental issues and the promotion of peace, harmony and unity. She has published poetry and gospel music. Book Feelings of the Heart, Poems The Eloquence of the Quill and the Soul, I Just Stood There, and The popsicle Stick reached semi-final classification in competitions of the National Library of Poets. Editor's Choice Award from the National Library of Poetry.

Dale Pierre Layman
Academic Member. BSc, MSc in Physiology, EdS in Physiology and Health Science, PhD in Health and Safety. Main fields: Addiction and Injury in Runners; Artificial Intelligence; Retardation of Ageing. Histological Technician in Neuropathology (1971-72) and Teaching Fellow in Human Physiology (1972-74), University of Michigan Medical School; 1974-76, Instructor, Lake Superior State University; 1976-present, Professor of Medical Terminology, Human Anatomy, and Physiology, Joliet Junior College.

Don Yoon Lee
Senate Member. BA in Chinese and Far Eastern History, MA in Asian History, MSc in Japanese and Linguistics, MS Studies in the East, Inner Asia and Arabic languages, PhD in Asian Studies. Main fields: Publisher, academic researcher and writer. In 1981 he founded the Eastern Press Inc., where he now works as a publisher.

Eusebio G. Lim
Founder Member. MD. Main fields: Ear, nose and throat. Practised Internal Medicine in Manila, 1952-59; Internship, Regina General Hospital, Regina, Canada, 1959; Pathology, Saskatoon City Hospital, Saskatoon, 1961; Otolaryngology, Royal Victoria Hospital, 1961-63; General Surgery, Westminster Hospital, London, Canada, 1964; Otolaryngology (1964-66) and Plastic Surgery (1967) at Queen Mary Veterans Hospital, Montreal; practised Otolaryngology in Montreal, 1968-72 and in Los Angeles, California, 1973-present.

Joanne Madeline Lindsey
Academic Member. AA. Main fields: Flight Attendant and Poetry. 1958-64, Executive Administration Secretary, Space Technology Laboratories (formerly Ramo-Woolridge); 1964-present, Flight Attendant, American Airlines. She has published Poetry Anthologies. She has received numerous awards and listings for poetry, including 7 Poetry Editor's Choice Awards in Athologies.

James Daniel Lockett
Senate Member. MS, MA. Main fields: History and Political Science, Writer. Professor of History, Afro-American History, Political Science, George Stillman College. Fellow, Royal Geographical Society. President, West Alabama Capt. Member, Association for the Study of Afro-American Life & History; Economic Development Advisory Council; Al Conference of Black Mayors Inc.; Murphy African American Music Foundation Board.

Charles Mercieca
Founder Member. BA in Pedagogy, MS in Management, PhD in Philosophy. Main fields: Writer, lecturer, world peace. 1970-present, President, International Association of Educators for World Peace (NGO, United Nations - ECOSOC, UNDPI, UNICEF, UNCED and UNESCO); 1967-present, Director of the Institute for International Relations and Intercultural Studies, and Professor and Counsellor, Alabama A&M University; 1984-85, Associate in Education Research in Administrative Skills, Harvard University, Cambridge; 1990, Professor, Universidad Autonoma, Santa Ana, El Salvador.

Omar K. Moore
Founder Member. BA, MA in Sociology, PhD in Sociology. Main fields: Sociology, learning environments. 1962-date, President, The Responsive Environments Foundation, Inc. 1960-date, Director, The Clarifying Environments Program; 1991-date, Adjunct Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado at Boulder; 1995-date, Board Member, Rocky Mountain Investors and Entrepreneurs Congress. Distinguished academic career at several prestigious Universities including Yale University, Rutgers, and the University of Pittsburgh.

Thomas Felix Newman
Academic Member. Songwriter and Poet. Works on Radio Station KSBJ Humble, Houston. Has been associated with International Poetry Society, Poet-Intercontinental - India, United States - Poets, California and St. Xavier's College, India.

David Lawrence Noble
Annual Member. Served US Army, United States Field Artillery, 1983-86; served Oregon National Guard, 1986-91, TAMMS clerk (The Army Maintenance Management System) Combat Engineer Battalion. Lance Missile Crewman US Army stationed Northern Italy SETAF (Southern European Task Force). Custodial Agent at Teams 1 and 2 12th USAFAD, Codogne, Italy. Technical Adviser to Italian forces in missile procedures. Author of memoranda and documents on national security letters.

Wilson Reid Ogg
Academic Member. AB and JD, Member of the State Bar of California, Lecturer in Law, Social Science and Real Estate. 1955-93, practised as a lawyer; 1957-58, Trustee and Secretary, First Unitarian Church of Berkeley; 1958-63, Research Attorney, Continuing Education of the Bar, University of California; 1961-62, Vice President, International House Association; 1963-65, President and Board Chairman, California Society for Physicial Study Inc.; 1964-present, Curator-in-Residence, Pinebrook; 1963-present, Arbitrator, American Arbitraton Association.

Nick Pahys
Academic Member. He spent his professional career in the insurance business mostly for Western & Southern, but he also owned several restaurants in the Cleveland area and was occassionally involved in the entertainment business. He opened The One and Only Presidential Museum in the World in 1992 in Hartsgrove Center, Ohio. This museum honours all U.S. Presidents, including the eight "forgotten" ones in history who served when the USA was under the Articles of Confederation 1781-89.

Edward John Phillips
Academic Member. BA in Mathematics. Main fields: Computer Scientist, Writer. 1969-78, Planetary Research Programmer, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, California; 1979-80, Brain Research Programmer, University of California Medical School, Los Angeles; 1980-85, Scientific Systems Engineer, Electronic Data Systems, Riverside, California and Dallas, Texas; 1986-89, Senior System Analyst, US Navy, Corona, California; Computer Scientist, Wrtier, Riverside, California, 1989-92, Dallas, Texas, 1992-93, and Levittown, Pensylvania, 1993-present.

E. Allen Propst †
Academic Member. Former serial combat veteran with 15th A.A.F. Foggia, Italy; worked under top security conditions Kirtland Air Force base, 1945. 30 years business man offering public service in agriculture and timber resources. Devised a field burning machine which uses aircraft for combustion field burning in rapid ignition and burn.

Harry Charles Reinl †
Academic Member. BS in Business Administration, PhD, Dr. of Humanities. Main fields: Economics. Labor Economist, Office of Personnel Management, US Civil Service Commission, 1968-2006; Prof. Research, Haute Ecole Reseerch, Paris, 1992; Manager, New York Branch Willmark Service, New York City, 1971; Labor Economist, US Department Labor Manpower Administration, Washington, 1962-68; Jr. Observer, Sperry Rand Corporation, New York City, 1958-62; Head Marker Research, Timer Manufacturing, Waterbury, Connecticut, 1955-58.

Ronald George Ribble
Academic Member. BSEE, MSEE, MA, PhD. Main fields: Educator, psychologist. President, co-owner Towers & Rushing Ltd., San Antonio, 1986-present; referral development, Laughlin Pavilion Psychiatric Hospital, Kirksville, Missouri, 1987; Program Director Psychiatric Institutes of America, Iowa Falls, Iowa, 1987-88; psychotherapist Gasconade County Counseling Center, Hermann, Missouri, 1988; Senior Lecturer University Texas, San Antonio, 1989-2002; lecturer Trinity University, 1995-96; assessment clinician Afton Oaks Psychiatric Hospital, 1989-91; retired from teaching, 2002.

Elisabeth Anne Rooney-Ewing
Founder Member. Main fields: Pastoral work, publishing. Episcopal Priest, Communion of Episcopal Churches; Chief Executive Office, St. Matthew Publishing, and serves on the Board of Governors and Counselors; Official interviewer for Pinnacle Today, Head of Public Relations and official spokesperson for St. Matthew Publishing. Associate Editor, Pinnacle Today International.

Beryl Cain Roper
Founder Member. BA in History, MA in Library Science. Main fields: Library service, writing and publishing. Until her retirement in 1996, she held the position of Director of the Library at Clarendon College. Co-owner of Aquamarine Publications. Founder Member, Clarendon Archeological Society; Member, Texas Inter-Tribal Indian Organization and International Platform Association. She has authored 4 books and written articles on regional history and the life experiences of women.

Robert M. Schmidt
Founder Member. MD, PhD. Main fields: Health policy, ethical and legal implications of prevention-based global health care. 1983-88, Director of the Health Watch Center, Health Watch International and Center for Preventive Medicine and Health Research, California Pacific Medical Center. 1971-present, various appointments, from Assistant to Full Professor and Chair at: Emory University, Tufts University, Harvard University, Morehouse Medical School, San Francisco State University, Arizona State University, University of California. Professor Emeritus of California State University.

Angelo A. Sedacca
Founder Member. BA French Studies and BA Italian Studies; MA French Language and Civilisation; MA, Religious Studies. Main fields: Law Enforcement, Foreign Languages, and Theology. Career: 1993-98, RCIA Catechist, Our Lady of Solace Church, Bronx, N.Y.; 1998-present, New York City Police Department: police officer, 40th Precinct (1999-2001), detective and sergeant, Internal Affairs Bureau (2001-present); Adjunct Professor of French and Theology, Fordham University, Bronx, N.Y; 2005-present, RCIA catechist and coordinator, Our Lady of Solace Church and St. Dominic Church.

Steven Roy Thomashow
Academic Member. Studied Military History at the US Military Academy and Israel Military History. Global Business Leader with the US of the World (established 1962); Owner of the US Black Belt Club; Commander in Chief, US Special Operations (federalised in 1988); Judge, US National Security Council; Israel combat expert. Member American Legion, National Trust for Historic Preservation, US Holocaust Memorial Museum. Founder Member, Library of Congress.

Joseph A. Uphoff
Academic Member. BA in Fine Arts. Main fields: Visual Poetics and Mail Art, Photography, Mathematics and Criticism, Martial Arts and Choreography. Three years, Regular Army. Elected Music/Fine Arts Commission, FUMC, Colorado Springs, 1979. Editor in Chief, Journal of Regional Criticism and Director, Arjuna Library Press. Member, World Academy of Arts and Culture, International Mail Artists Council of Virtual Lands, United States Naval Institute.

Steven Vladem
Founder Member. BA, MEd in Mathematics, MA in Educational Administration, PhD in Computer Education/Internet. Main fields: Author, motivational speaker. 1971-81, Math teacher, Chicago; Statistician and evaluator, Department of Research and Evaluation, 1979; Department of Planning, Chicago City Hall, 1981; Co-ordinator, Schools without walls program, Chicato, 1982-87; Freelance computer consultant, 1987-92; Writer/lecturer, 1992-present; Lecturer in field, judge Emmy Awards, 1999. 1998-present, Patron of various arts organisations.

James Lewis Waddell
Founder Member. 1966-present, actor; 1986-present, JLW Realty; also worked on Data Management for Hubble Telescope and support for Secret Mission project on the Space Shuttle at Rocketdyne. Member Screen Actors Guild; American Federation of Television and Radio Artists; American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers; SAG Film Society and Nominating Committee; Regional, California, and National Associations of Realtors.

William Lung-Shen Wu †
Founder Member. AB/MD. Main fields: Aerospace/radiation medicine, manned space flights, space extraterrestrial intelligence. Advanced Spacecraft Fusion Propulsion Systems (SEPA) including PAP, MAM, MAG, GAG, DMP Super-hardy/Super-heavy "In-Space" Nucleo Syntheses. Advanced Biological Life Support Recycling Systems. First Signer/Official Certifier - Project Apollo/Lunar Landing/Excursion-Modules. Fit-for-Flight Duty NASA/Manned MSF Center/WDC.