fulbright scholars go on to win nobel prizes and attain high office
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A senior staff member for numerous government officials including the secretary of defense, the undersecretary of the Navy, and the governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Pamela Berkowsky has broad experience in national security and public administration. Before going into public service, Pamela Berkowsky was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for graduate study at the Institut universitaire de hautes etudes internationales in Geneva, Switzerland.TRANSCRIPT
Fulbright Scholars Go on to Win Nobel Prizes and Attain High Office
By Pamela Berkowsky
IntroductionA senior staff member for numerous
government officials including the secretary of defense, the undersecretary of the Navy, and the governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Pamela Berkowsky has broad experience in national security and public administration. Before going into public service, Pamela Berkowsky was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for graduate study at the Institut universitaire de hautes etudes internationales in Geneva, Switzerland.
About the GrantsNamed for its sponsor, longtime Arkansas
Senator James William Fulbright, the Fulbright program provides educational grants to American and foreign students and academics under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
ConclusionAlumni of the Fulbright program often achieve great
distinctions in their careers. The program counts 53 Nobel laureates among its alumni, as well as 80 Pulitzer Prize recipients and 29 heads of state or government. These include Juan Manuel Santos, the president of Colombia, who participated in the Fulbright Foreign Student Program in 1980, and Iveta Radicova, former prime minister of the Slovak Republic, who took part in the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program from 1998 to 1999. Other notable alumni include Chilean President Sebastian Pinera, Ghanian President John Evans Atta Mills, and Colville Young, governor-general of Belize.