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Columns::March 4, 2002
Office of Institutional Diversity holds open house
Setting priorities: Annual management conference focuses on budget, partnerships
McBee, emeritus vice president, will receive state humanities award
Limited hiring freeze goes into effect
There are bones about it
Campus Closeup
Head of food services department wins Silver Plate Award
Kudos
Visions of Middle-earth
Workshop for two-year colleges
UGA vs. Oxford Union
Campus News
Former U.N. commissioner wins Delta Prize for Global Understanding
By Michael Checkoway
Sadako Ogata, former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, has been selected as the 2002 recipient of the Delta
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Prize for Global Understanding. Ogata was chosen for her long-standing commitment to human rights.
Established with an $890,000 grant from the Delta Air Lines Foundation, the Delta Prize is administered by the Center for Humanities and Arts and the Center for International Trade and Security at the University of Georgia. Nominees are solicited from around the world. Selected UGA students research the nominees for the international selection board that meets annually to choose the recipient.
“I am deeply honored to receive this prestigious award,” says Ogata. “My work over the years with refugees has been extremely important to me. I hope I’ve been able to make a positive difference in the lives of others and help bring about some peace and understanding among people of different nations.”
Ogata is the fourth recipient of the Delta Prize. Previous recipients are former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and the Carter Center.
“As a global airline, Delta understands the importance of intercultural understanding and is proud to recognize Sadako Ogata for her efforts to improve the quality of life for millions of refugees,” says Frederick W. Reid, president and chief operating officer of Delta Air Lines.
From 1982 to 1985, Ogata was the representative of Japan on the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. She then went on to serve as U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees from 1991 to 2000. Prior to her service with the United Nations, Ogata held several positions, including dean of the Faculty of Foreign Studies at Sophia University in Tokyo and chairman of the executive board of UNICEF.
“The Delta Prize was established to recognize such individuals as Mrs. Ogata, who have helped solve some of our world’s difficult intercultural problems,” says UGA President Michael F. Adams. “Mrs. Ogata’s work with refugees in Iraq, the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Kosovo, and East Timor has made a better life for millions of people.”
Ogata received a doctorate in political science from the University of California at Berkeley. In addition to authoring several books, she has served on many government advisory councils and has been awarded several honorary degrees. Born in Tokyo in 1927, Ogata is married with two children.
Ogata is scheduled to accept the Delta Prize at a May 28 ceremony in Atlanta. The Delta Prize carries a $10,000 cash award. |
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