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VARTAN
GREGORIAN ELECTED TO
EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS
(March
15, 2005—New York, NY) Carnegie Corporation of New York
announced today that Vartan Gregorian, President of Carnegie Corporation
of New York, has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences
and Arts in Salzburg, Austria. The formal announcement was made
at a special event held in Salzburg on March 5.
Gregorian's
nomination for an extraordinary membership into the academy was
based on his lifetime of achievement, contributions to the arts
and humanities and his pursuit of goals as head of Carnegie Corporation
that parallel those of the Academy, including promoting the dissemination
of knowledge, understanding and tolerance as a means to bridge perceived
differences among people and building a global community.
The
European Academy of Sciences and Arts, officially established in
1990, is a transnational, interdisciplinary organization with a
particular focus on European issues. It consists of seven classes:
Humanities, Medicine, Arts, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences/Law/Economies,
Technical/Environmental Sciences and World Religions. The Academy's
1,300 members, including seventeen Nobel Prize winners, are affiliated
with these classes, which carry out scholarly projects, including
intensive and detailed symposia. Gregorian will join the Humanities
class.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was created by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to
promote “the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding.”
As a grantmaking foundation, the Corporation seeks to carry out
Carnegie’s vision of philanthropy, which he said should aim
“to do real and permanent good in the world.” The Corporation’s
capital fund, originally donated at a value of about $135 million,
had a market value of $1.9 billon on September 30, 2004. The Corporation
awards grants totaling approximately $80 million a year in the areas
of education, international peace and security, international development
and strengthening U.S. democracy.
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