The Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award
Also called “Haas Award” is a prestigious international award from the University of California at Berkeley[1] since 1964 and established by Walter A. Haas Jr., Peter E. Haas and Richard Goldman. This honor recognizes students or alumni of the University who are from a different country to the United States and possessing a distinguished contributions to their country in any field of activity like arts, sciences, professions, education, business or government. This award has been obtained only by great personalities such as Presidents, Ministers, Commissioners, Governors, Ambassadors, Pritzker Architecture Prizes, Nobel Prizes, CEOs, amog others.
The award includes a $15,000 USD like monetary stimulus, a medallion engraved and per diem expenses to receive in May at University’s Commencement Convocation Ceremony.
The award winners[2] have been:
| Year | Winner |
| 1966 | Abdul Majid (Afghanistan) |
| 1967 | Galo Plaza (Ecuador) |
| 1968 | Kiyoshi “George” Togasaki (Japan) |
| 1969 | Mario Báncora (Argentina) |
| 1970 | Sun Fo (China) |
| 1971 | John J. Akar (Sierra Leone) |
| 1972 | Garegin Saroukhanian (Iran) |
| 1973 | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (Pakistan) |
| 1974 | Li Choh-ming (China-Hong Kong) |
| 1975 | Håkon Wexelsen (Norway) |
| 1976 | Haraldur Kröyer (Iceland) |
| 1977 | Menahem Rebhun (Israel) |
| 1978 | Sadako Ogata (Japan) |
| 1979 | João Baptista Pinheiro (Brazil) |
| 1980 | Kenneth D. Taylor (Canada) |
| 1981 | Kuang Tou Chang (China) |
| 1982 | Choong Kung Cho (South Korea) |
| 1983 | Yoash Vaadia (Israel) |
| 1984 | Widjojo Nitisastro (Indonesia) |
| 1985 | Allan Gotlieb (Canada) |
| 1986 | Joon Lew (South Korea) |
| 1987 | Not given |
| 1988 | Hans Hollein (Austria) |
| 1989 | Julius Gikonyo Kiano (Kenya) |
| 1990 | Not given |
| 1991 | Not given |
| 1992 | Mohammed Al-Shaikh (Saudi Arabia) |
| 1993 | Hans-Peter Dürr (Germany) |
| 1994 | Han Sung-Joo (South Korea) |
| 1994 | James C. Y. Soong (China) |
| 1996 | Venkataram Ramakrishna (India) |
| 1997 | Laura Castillo de Gurfinkel (Venezuela) |
| 1998 | Ahmed Ahmed Goueli (Egypt) |
| 1999 | Urvashi Malhotra Sahni (India) |
| 2000 | Živorad I. Kovačević (Yugoslavia) |
| 2001 | Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría (Costa Rica) |
| 2002 | Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti (Indonesia) |
| 2003 | Norman Myers (United Kingdom) |
| 2004 | David Harrison (South Africa) |
| 2005 | Juree Vichit-Vadakan (Thailand) |
| 2006 | Mu Sochua (Cambodia) |
| 2007 | Marcos Espinal (Dominican Republic) |
| 2008 | Mario Bergara (Uruguay) |
| 2009 | Reynato S. Puno (Philippines) |
| 2010 | Josephine Namboze (Uganda) |
| 2011 | Yuan Tseh “Y.T.” Lee (Taiwan) |
| 2012 | Xiulan Zhang (China) |
| 2013 | Andrés Roemer (Mexico) |
References
- ↑ University of California at Berkeley. "The Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award". Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ↑ University of California at Berkeley. "The Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award Previous Recipients". Retrieved 30 April 2014.
External links
- Haas Awards
- The Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award
- University of California, Berkeley Official Website