Sir James Augustine Gobbo - Supreme Court Jurist; Governor of Victoria; Chairman Australian Multicultural Foundation; Chairman Council of the Order of Australia; Chairman Council o/t Electricity Industry Ombudsman
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| Chairman Library Council Home Next Member Sir James Augustine Gobbo, AC, CVO, QC BA (Hons) (Melb), MA (Oxon), Hon LLD (Monash), Hon LLD (Bologna), DUniv (ACU), Hon LLD (Melb), Hon FAIV Chairman, Australian Multicultural Foundation Chairman, Council of the Order of Australia Reappointed 27 June 2007 for a further three-year term until 26 June 2010. Former Positions 1997 - 2000: Governor of Victoria 1995 - 1997: Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria 1995 - 1999: Chairman, Council of the Electricity Industry Ombudsman 1995 - 1997: President, Order of Australia Association |
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 The Governor, Sir James Gobbo, AC (left) discussing HRV Volume 7 with John Meckan, Director Melbourne University Press and Ross Gibbs, Director Public Record Office Victoria. |
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| James Gobbo Sir James Augustine Gobbo, AC CVO QC (b. 22 March 1931, Melbourne, Victoria) was an Australian jurist and was the 25th Governor of Victoria. Family James Gobbo was born to Italian parents, who returned to Italy briefly before returning to live permanently in Australia in 1938. Gobbo attended Xavier College before studying law at the University of Melbourne during which time he lived at Newman College. In 1951 he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, with which he attained a Master of Arts degree at Oxford University. Gobbo married former librarian Shirley Lewis in 1957, and has five children. His son James Gobbo, Jr. was the Liberal candidate for the district of Bentleigh in the 2006 Victorian legislative election. Judicial career After many years as a barrister and later as a Queen's Counsel, Gobbo was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Victoria. He served from 18 July 1978 until he retired from the bench on 28 February 1994. Political career Gobbo served as Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria from 1995 until he was appointed Governor of Victoria in 1997 by the government of Premier Jeff Kennett. He was the first Australian state governor of Italian descent. In 2000 the new Premier Steve Bracks announced that Gobbo's successor would be John Landy, who would take up his post in January 2001. Gobbo immediately made it known that he had had an understanding with Kennett for an extension of his term beyond 2000, and expressed deep disappointment that this was not now to occur. After leaving office, Gobbo took up the position of Commissioner for Italy for the Victorian Government until June 2006 and has since continued on various boards and councils. As of 2006, he is the Chair of the Council of the National Library of Australia and the Council of the Order of Australia and Chair of the Australian Multicultural Foundation. Honours Gobbo was knighted in 1982 and became a Companion of the Order of Australia in 1993. He is also a Knight of Malta (see [1]). |
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The Governor of Victoria, Sir James Gobbo, officially accepted an invitation to become the new patron of Monash University in Prato at a reception at the Monash city offices last week. Sir James said he had followed the establishment of the Prato centre with great interest, as Monash had become the first Australian university to have a physical presence in Italy. "It's so important for Australian universities that aspire to achieve the very best in international standards to form valuable international linkages," he said. "There's no more tangible and effective way to make such linkages work than to be physically present and physically related to the people." Prato centre director Professor Bill Kent welcomed Sir James, saying there could be no better or distinguished patron. "He is one of the founding fathers of Australian multiculturalism and a tireless worker for the Italo-Australian community, and is also a champion of closer ties between the two countries," he said. The reception was attended by about 80 people, including Monash chancellor Mr Jerry Ellis and representatives from the Italian community. |
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| Ten members of the Association were admitted to the Promise in Obedience in Melbourne and Sydney in the course of 2006: they are (in order of admission) the President, HE Confrere James Dominguez; Confrere the Hon Sir James Gobbo; Confrere Nicholas Tonti-Filippini; Consoeurs Leonie Gallagher and Lady Murray and Confreres Dr George Boffa, Adrian Borg-Cardona, Robert Ward and Kevin Croagh; |
http://www.smom.org.au/pdf/Hospitaller%20P1.pdf (Proof Positive)
http://www.smom.org.au/pdf/Hospitaller%20P8.pdf (Proof Positive II)
http://www.smom.org.au/pdf/Hospitaller%20P7.pdf (Proof Positive III)
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Prof. Dr. Mark J. Wolff - Assistant Dean at St. Thomas University School of Law; Member o/t Board of Directors o/t Human Rights Institute at St. Thomas University; Head o/t Delegation for the SMOM to the UN International Consultative Conference Social Education in relation to Freedom of Religion or Belief, Tolerance and Non-Discrimination
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| Professor Dr. Mark J. Wolff, K.M., was a delegate to the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and related Intolerance, in Durban, South Africa. For text, video, and audio of Professor Wolff’s intervention to the Plenary Session of the United Nations on 3 September 2001, evening Session, Item 11, visit The United Nations World Conference Against Racism Web page. Professor Wolff also served as Head of the Delegation for the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta to the United Nations International Consultative Conference Social Education in relation to Freedom of Religion or Belief, Tolerance and Non-Discrimination in Madrid, Spain, and addressed the Plenary Session on 25 November 2001. For the text of Professor Wolff’s intervention to the Plenary Session, click here. Professor Wolff received his B.A. from Wadhams Hall Seminary-College, J.D. magna cum laude from Nova Southeastern University School of Law, and LL.M. (in Taxation) from New York University Graduate School of Law. He was in the private practice of tax, corporate and securities law for almost a decade before being appointed Assistant Dean at St. Thomas University School of Law. Professor Wolff now enjoys the rank of Professor of Law and over the past fourteen academic years has specialized in teaching courses in numerous areas of Federal Taxation, Comparative Taxation, Tax Policy, Corporations, and Jurisprudence. Professor Wolff was elected to public office in 1987 serving as Vice Mayor and Commissioner for the City of Coral Gables. During his elected tenure he served as Chairman of the Municipal Finance and Taxation Committee for the Florida League of Cities, Member of the Finance Administration and Inter-Governmental Affairs Committee of the National League of Cities and on the Board of Directors and as Treasurer of the Dade County League of Cities. Professor Wolff is admitted to the Florida Bar, Southern District Court of Florida, the Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals, Supreme Court of Florida, United States Tax Court and Supreme Court of the United States. He is currently Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, Wadhams Hall Seminary College, Executive Director of the Dade County Educational Facilities Authority and member of the Board of Directors of the Human Rights Institute at St. Thomas University. |
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 The Delegation of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta at the World Conference (left to right) Professor Dr. Mark J. Wolff, K.M. and Father Gérard T. Lagleder, O.S.B. |
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| Intervention by: Professor Dr. Mark J. Wolff, B.A., J.D., LL.M., Knight of Magistral Grace of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and Representative of the Order to this World Conference. Madam / Mr. President, As we conclude this year the twentieth anniversary of the 1981 “Declaration on the Elimination of all Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief”, and approach the international consultative conference on school education in relation to freedom of religion and belief, tolerance and non-discrimination to be held in Madrid November 23rd to 25th, 2001, it is disheartening to observe the increase of religious intolerance in many regions of the World. Since 1987 special Rapporteurs of the Commission on Human Rights have been examining the problem of religious intolerance. Since 1987 reports have been submitted each year to the Commission and since 1994 to the General Assembly. While some progress has been made the studies and reports reveal a disturbing trend exacerbated by additional factors complicating and compounding the issues and practices of religious intolerance. The right to freedom of religion is a fundamental human right. It is an inherent right of every human being and is an essential expression of the human spirit, protecting and enhancing the dignity and individuality of each person created in the image of God. Yet as we begin the Third Millennium religious intolerance remains an increasing and pervasive problem with historical roots in social, cultural and religious traditions. Today religious intolerance is co-mingled with new and alarming phenomena. Extremism in any manifestation is incompatible with the elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; particularly when combined with extremist religious and political organizations.[1] History and unfortunately our contemporary world are replete with holocausts and ethnic cleansings that have occurred in the name of religion and perpetrated by extremists utilizing religion as a scapegoat. According to the excellent report submitted by Special Rapporteur Mr. Abdelfattah Amor on Civil And Political Rights, Including Religious Intolerance to the Commission on Human Rights minorities[2] and women are predominantly vulnerable to extremist religious organizations. (E/CN.4/2001/63, Feb. 13, 2001) These extremist organizations utilize a variety of means of intimidation including, aggressive proselytism, harassment, threats, direct or indirect legal restrictions on religion and beliefs, physical violence and murder as has tragically occurred recently in many parts of our world. But extremist organizations do not operate effectively without active or tacit support from local or state governmental authorities. When both religious intolerance and discrimination against already vulnerable minorities intersect, the offences are not merely cumulative but rather create a new and even more devastating violation of human rights. Our delegation believes that in order to achieve the elimination of religious intolerance preventative long-range measures must be implemented, in particular through education. The youth of the world must be educated, at the earliest levels, to respect the rich diversity of genuine religious beliefs held by mankind. The beauty of a quilt is comprised of the unique and genuine nature of each thread – an appreciation of the diverse religions of the world enhances the fullness and completes the potentialities of the human being – religious intolerance and discrimination reduce, confine, subjugate and degrade civil society and human dignity. As recently stated by Wilfred Cardinal Napier of Durban: “We must take upon ourselves the sins of world racism and religious intolerance.” We call upon all leaders of institutions, governments, religions and civil society to engage in a respectful dialogue with a view towards achieving the goals of this World Conference to end racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. We must take positive action to assure that every human being will reach his or her divine destination in dignity, freedom and peace. |
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 After cutting the ribbon at a new health and legal center at the Father Patrick H. O’Neill Center for Health and Legal Services at St. Ann Mission, Archbishop John C. Favalora hands the scissors to St. Thomas University law professor, Mark J. Wolff, a member of the Order of Malta, as Father Patrick H. O'Neill applauds and Father Pedro Garcia looks on. |
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| [center]C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E MARK J. WOLFF[/center] St. Thomas University School of Law 16401 N.W. 37th Avenue Miami Gardens, Florida 33054 [...] Investiture by American Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, His Eminence John Cardinal O'Connor (1993) [...] United Nations - New York, N.Y. Main Representative to United Nations, New York Office Pax Romana (ICMICA) 2004-Present Area Chairman & President (Florida), Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta [...] Main Representative, Pax Romana (ICMICA) United Nations New York, New York 1 January 2004-Present Delegate to the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, Durban, South Africa, August 31 - September 9, 2001. Intervention address presented to Plenary Session on September 3, 2001 on Behalf of The Sovereign Military Order of Malta and Rhodes. |
http://www.stu.edu/IMG/pdf/wolffrez.pdf (Proof Positive II)
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Cmdr. John P. "Jack" Fitzpatrick - Naval Intelligence Officer; Vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Spain; Vice president and Director of International Affairs of Gulf Oil Corp.
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| John Fitzpatrick, 87; Navy Officer, Oil Executive Saturday, August 4, 2007; Page B06 John P. "Jack" Fitzpatrick, 87, a retired Navy commander and oil executive with long ties to Spain, died July 30 of a heart attack caused by respiratory failure at Sibley Memorial Hospital. A Spanish speaker, Cmdr. Fitzpatrick had served as note-taker and interpreter in the 1951 negotiations between Adm. Forrest Sherman, the U.S. chief of naval operations, and Spanish dictator Francisco Franco that led to the establishment of U.S. bases in Spain. Special Report Read Washington Post obituaries and view multimedia tributes to Pope John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, James Brown and more. [...] Cmdr. Fitzpatrick often told the story that when Sherman, who was his father-in-law, died before returning home to the Washington, the historic U.S.-Spanish Defense Agreement had to be drafted from his notes and recollections of the Madrid meeting. Family members said that in 1969, Cmdr. Fitzpatrick earned a personal footnote in Spanish history books by being the person who broke the news -- then still a secret known to a few top Spanish officials -- to Prince Juan Carlos that Franco planned the following week to declare the prince his successor, thus restoring the Spanish monarchy after his death. Cmdr. Fitzpatrick never revealed how he acquired this information, but he had spent a career in naval intelligence, serving as naval attache in Rio de Janeiro, Madrid, Lisbon, and as fleet intelligence officer for the U.S. 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean, his family said. John Patrick Fitzpatrick was born in Santa Monica, Calif., the son of an Irish-born owner of avocado and lime orchards. After graduating from Loyola University of Los Angeles, he attended Georgetown School of Foreign Service and in 1941 was commissioned into the Navy. His first overseas assignment was as a U.S. naval convoy and routing officer in Santos, Brazil. He married Ann Sherman, the admiral's daughter, in 1945. After retiring from the Navy in 1959, Cmdr. Fitzpatrick returned to Madrid as area representative for the Gulf Oil Corp. and lived there until 1976. He was vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Spain from 1959 to 1967. A Russian speaker, he was for a time Gulf Oil's chief negotiator with Moscow, looking into possible areas of joint activity in the energy field. He retired from Gulf in 1978 as vice president and director of international affairs. Cmdr. Fitzpatrick joined Ahlstrom Pyropower, a San Diego subsidiary of A. Ahlstrom Corp. of Finland, as a consultant to market the company's new, ecologically friendly technology for power plant boilers designed to burn low-grade fuels. He was with the U.S. subsidiary when the Foster Wheeler Corp. acquired it in 1995, marketing the turnkey power plants worldwide. He retired in 1998. He was Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Lazarus and a Knight of Malta. His wife of 61 years died in 2006. Survivors include four children, John Sherman Fitzpatrick, Diane Flamini and Deirdre Fitzpatrick, all of Washington, and Amarie Kappaz of Potomac; two sisters; 13 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. |
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http://www.smom.org/files/annual-report-2005.pdf (listed as a patron on page 16) (proof positive)
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Baron Jacques G. Jonet - Fascist Ultra-Conservative Anti-Communist Belgian Lawyer; Political Secretary of Otto von Habsburg; President o/t Belgian French holding company Média Participations
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 Jacques Jonet (to the left in the photo) died one week ago, 8 of April, the Sunday of Passover of the Resurrection. [...] Jacques was there many years PDG of the Éditons du Lombard, of Brussels a reference of the cartoon. But it was and was in that condition and action that I knew him as a combatant and militant of the conservative, catholic values - or better traditionalist - anti-communist, etc., etc. We did join some "wars" of the Cold War (we were friends of an important one "routier" of that period, Brian Crozier) and still we tried to find other synergies, by example "African". Jacques was coherent, courageous, religious, with a big sense of humor and friendship. His codes of life had very much to do with the rules of the Knighthood; be faithful to God, fight the good battle, defend the weak, put in the place the haughty and other kinds of wrongdoers. Although they are not very popular customs nowadays, he was not disturbed by this. And so am I. God receives and revives in the day of the Last one Páscoa.P.N.A.M. |
http://ofuturopresente.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html (translated from Portuguese with http://ets.freetranslation.com/ and subsequently polished up by yours truly)
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| Died Jacques Jonet, the President of Média-Participations 10 avril 2007 The necrology of the Free Belgium informs us that the Baron Jacques Jonet, the President of the Belgian French holding company Media Participations, deceased April 7 2007. This lawyer to the bar of Brussels was also representing on the order of Malta with Belgium. As president of the holding company owner of the editions Dupuis, it had participated in the negotiations aiming at the conflict resolution that shook the corporation carolorégienne in the last spring. |
http://www.universbd.com/spip.php?breve1974 (translated from French with http://ets.freetranslation.com/ and subsequently polished up by yours truly)
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| In 1959, Otto received the Knight Grand-Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta with the Cross of Honorary Professed Member. One of Otto's political secretaries, Jacques G. Jonet, is named as a co-founder of low-profile ultraconservative/fascist European-integration groups as Ordre du Rouvre, the Institut Européen pour la Paix et la Sécurité (IEPS), the Société Internationale de Wilton Park (Wilton Park conferences), and Cercle des Nations. [...] Jonet has been named as a member of Mouvement d'Action pour l'Union de l'Europe (MAUE), the Habsburg-founded Centre of Documentation and Information (CEDI), and CEPIC (of the Opusian Baron de Bonvoisin and Paul Vanden Boeynants, both named as child abusers in the Dutroux X-Files by a combination of X1, X2, and X3). Jonet is suspected of membership in Opus Dei and is the representative of the Belgian Order of Malta, while his wife is a member of the administrative council (anno 2006). |
http://www.pehi.eu/organisations/introduct...absburg_bio.htm
http://www.verschwoerungen.info/index.php?...g&printable=yes
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 The Habsburg network in this table is a reference to this person's central role in setting up and running what this author has been labeling the "Vatican-Paneuropa network". Besides the national branches of Opus Dei and the Knights of Malta, in Belgium this network consisted of such organizations as Mouvement d'Action pour l'Union de l'Europe (MAUE), l'Institut Europeen de Developpement, Académie Europeene des Sciences Politiques, Ordre du Rouvre, the Ligue Internationale de la Liberte (WACL) and Cercle des Nations. All these organizations had overlapping membership and were connected to other, equally reactionary organizations all over Catholic Europe. One of the most important branches in this extremely anti-communist network is the privatized, intelligence-oriented, discussion group Le Cercle, which for over 50 years has brought together questionable individuals connected to European and US intelligence agencies (including CIA heads Casey and Colby, respectively belonging to the Knights of Malta and Opus Dei). It was set up by French prime minister Antoine Pinay and the fascist intelligence agent Jean Violet in the 1950s. Otto von Habsburg acted as a sponsor of Violet. (259) Interestingly, Violet is known to have been a member of Cercle des Nations, meeting here with such men as Baron de Bonvoisin, Paul Vanden Boeynants, Paul Vankerkhoven, de Merode family, lawyer Jacques Jonet and other anti-communist radicals (260). It's probably no surprise to learn then that most, if not all, of these men, including Violet, belonged to Opus Dei and the Knights of Malta (261). It's also known that Violet, Vankerkhoven and Jonet worked closely with Otto von Habsburg (262). Opus Dei has come up more than once in Belgium conspiracy history. BOB officers Gerard Bihay and Guy Dussart informed congressional investigators during a closed session that they had been provided information by two nobles belonging to Opus Dei. These two informed the officers that at least 9 members of Opus Dei were involved in a plan to subvert the Belgian state. Several meetings between the conspirators, which included gendarmerie general Fernand Beaurir (accused of incest and pedophilia) and Paul Vanden Boeynants, would have taken place at Castle Dongelberg, an Opus Dei retreat (263). Interestingly, in 1996, both X2 (264) and Nathalie W. (265) mentioned Dongelberg in their testimonies, referring to it as a location where children had been abused by members of the network. X4 has testified that members of Opus Dei had been among her most sadistic clients (266). [...] [224] *) 1990, Hugo Gijsels, 'De Bende & Co. - 20 jaar destabilizering in België' ('The Gang & Co. - 20 years of destabilization in Belgium'), p. 177-179: "Several authors already pointed out that there exists an interesting similarity between the ideas and persons of such organizations as the CEPIC, the Ordre du Rouvre, the WACL and the Order of Malta [not to mention Opus Dei]. In the early 1970s the leading figures of these organizations regularly met each other at the headquarters of the in 1969 founded Cercle des Nations... Paul Vanden Boeynants, Jo Gerard, Paul Vankerkhoven, Vincent vanden Bossche and Jacques Jonet interact there with a wide array of individuals like prince Francois de Merode, the French lawyer Jean Violet [founder and head of Cercle Pinay], Richard van Wijck, Benoit de Bonvoisin and numerous others. Founded in 1969 by Paul Vankerkhoven, the Cercle des Nations soon became the rotating platter where rightist nobility figures and similar businessmen and politicians could ventilate their anti-democratic and neo-Nazi sympathies without having to hold back. Thus the Cercle organized in April 1970 a reception in honor of the colonel's regime in Greece, a celebration which caused serious incidents between progressive students of the ULB [a university across the street] and participants of the reception. The same scenario could be seen in January 1976 when the Cercle found it necessary -at the initiative of Paul Vankerkhoven- to celebrate the tenth birthday of the dictatorship of Papa Doc Duvalier in Haiti. The magazine L'Eventail, owned by Baron Adelin van Yperseel de Strihou, later taken over by Richard van Wijck, acted as the official publication of the Cercle des Nations. In the 1970s the editorial office indulged itself in lyrical reports about the Greek colonels, the apartheid in South-Africa and the white-minority government in Rhodesia. Paul Vankerkhoven even published in L'Eventail an exclusive interview with his idol Pinochet. While in the 1970s in both Flanders and Walloon a coup is being worked on by ex-colonialists, soldiers, gendarmes and leaders of the extreme right to establish an authoritarian state, the aristocracy of the Cercle openly symphatizes with the dictatorships of Franco in Spain, Salazar in Portugal and Pinochet in Chili. Also the Belgian department of the WACL, which -then more than now- followed a virulent extreme-right course, came to full fruition in the salons of the Cercle under the leadership of Paul Vankerkhoven and baron Adelin van Yperseel de Strihou. The political climate in the Cercle and the WACL is then virtually identical. While the Cercle organizes receptions for the most depraved dictatorships, the WACL directors takes up dictators as Somoza, Stroessner and Pinochet in her ranks and opens the doors for Nazi organizations and even for the Argentinian death squads of Lopez Rega. The interesting connection between the CEPIC, the Cercle des Nations and the WACL has a simple reason: the three organizations are led by the same figures of which most also are members of or maintain good relations with the Ordre du Rouvre and the Order of Malta." |
http://www.pehi.eu/dutroux/Belgian_X_dossi...roux_affair.htm
http://www.scribd.com/doc/276769/Beyond-the-Dutroux-Affair
http://www.orderofmalta.org/pdf/pub/ODM-english.pdf
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Burton Gerber - CIA Case Officer; CIA Station Chief in Moscow during the Cold War; CFR and Royal Society for Asian Affairs Member; Board of Directors of SHARE (food network)
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| Worcester, MA - Former CIA Case Officer Burton Gerber has always possessed a unique willingness to experiment and take on new things. Growing up as a newspaper delivery boy in smalltown Ohio during the World War II era, Gerber quickly became fascinated with world affairs and the military. This fascination would eventually lead him to an exciting, unpredictable and lengthy career in the CIA. Gerber shared his story of career development and offered advice to Assumption College students in Professor Jeanne McNett's Management and Organizational Behavior (MGT 100) course on the afternoon of March 21, 2006. During his career in the CIA, Gerber lived and worked in Germany, Bulgaria, Iran, Yugoslavia, and Russia as well as the United States. His basic duty was to recruit international spies in order to gain intelligence on foreign countries for the benefit of the U.S. Gerber refers to his work in the CIA as "not normal activity." He was trained in various psychological and intellectual methods in order to perform his recruiting tasks. Gerber stated that the goal of this line of work is to "get things that can't be gotten through any other means." His missions forced him to learn several foreign languages including German, Bulgarian, Russian, and Farsi. Gerber also conducted intelligence missions in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Often times Gerber didn't know what the next step of a mission would involve but as he puts it, "Your time is never your own. It's the government's time." In his presentation to Assumption students, Gerber also provided some career and life advice. He stressed the importance of training, the willingness to experiment and overcome apprehensions, and loyalty. Gerber will speak formally at Assumption on Wednesday, March 22 at 7:00 p.m. His lecture will address “Intelligence Challenges in the 21st Century: Terrorism/Proliferation/Civil Liberties.” The event will be held in the La Maison Francaise Auditorium and is free and open to the public. Gerber spent 39 years with the CIA primarily in operations related to the former Soviet Union and the former Warsaw Pact countries. He served with distinction in some of the most challenging overseas posts, including as Station Chief in Moscow during the Cold War. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the recipient of the CIA’s Distinguished Intelligence Medal among other CIA honors. Gerber, at the request of U.S. Government agencies and other organizations, often lectures on ethics as related to public policy and intelligence. He is also a frequent guest lecturer with Georgetown University's Security Studies Program and recently edited a book on U.S. Intelligence entitled Transforming U.S. Intelligence with Jennifer Sims by Georgetown Press. This public lecture is sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs. For more information, please contact the Office of Public Affairs at (508)767-7160 or acpa@assumption.edu. |
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 At the Allied Museum, standing in front of a section of the Berlin tunnel. From left: Oleg Gordievsky, Burton Gerber, Helmut Trotnow, Oleg Kalugin, Peter Sichel. (Photo: W. Durie) |
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| Speaker Biography: BURTON L. GERBER Mr. Gerber served in the Central Intelligence Agency for 39 years as a case officer and Chief of Station. He worked primarily in operations concerned with the former Soviet Union and the former Warsaw Pact countries. In three Communist countries he was the CIA's Chief of Station. In Washington for eight years he directed the Agency's operational programs in the Soviet Union and Europe. Mr. Gerber has received CIA's Distinguished Intelligence Medal, Intelligence Commendation Medal and William J. Donovan Award. On three occasions he was designated a Meritorious Officer. After his retirement in 1995 Mr. Gerber has spoken and written on questions of espionage and ethics and the importance of espionage and intelligence in the war on terrorism. He has particularly focused on the need to respect civil liberties and human rights in fighting terrorism. Mr. Gerber has also spoken on business ethics and ethics in public service. With Professor Jennifer Sims of Georgetown University, he is the co-editor of and contributor to Transforming U.S. Intelligence, published by Georgetown University Press in September 2005. Mr. Gerber is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs. He is a member of the Board of Directors of SHARE, a food network, and of the Board of Visitors of James Madison College at Michigan State University. He is a Knight of Malta. Mr. Gerber graduated with high honor from Michigan State University in 1955 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations. With his late wife Rosalie, Mr. Gerber endowed scholarships at Michigan State University, Beta Theta Pi Fraternity and Assumption College in Worcester, MA. |
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| Volunteer Projects Members of the Order (and their families) who are interested in participating in one of these activities should contact the Regional Hospitaller. The phone/fax number is available in Federal Association Directory. Project SHARE Food distribution center Contact: Burton Gerber, Stephen Gavin |
http://www.smom.org/federal-regional.php?area=17 (Proof Positive)
http://www.amazon.ca/Transforming-U-S-Inte...s/dp/1589010698
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| GERBER BURTON LEE Germany 1957-1965 Bulgaria 1966-1968 Iran 1973-1975 Yugoslavia 1976-1979 USSR 1979-1982 * Assn. Former Intelligence Officers. Membership Directory. 1996 * Bearden,M. Risen,J. The Main Enemy. 2004 * Council on Foreign Relations. Membership Roster. 2004 * Covert Action Information Bulletin 1980-#8 (34) * Kessler,R. Escape from the CIA. 1991 (13-4, 49-52, 55-6, 100, 147-8, 173, 209) * Mader,J. Who's Who in CIA. 1968 * New York Times 1994-03-08 (A19) * New York Times 1994-07-28 (A13) * Smith,J. List of CIA Agents. 1985 * State Dept. Biographic Register. 1977 * Vanity Fair 1994-07 (91, 126) * Washington Post 1994-09-25 (A10) * Washington Times 1994-04-14 (A3) * Washington Times 1994-09-29 (A3) * Washington Times 1994-10-01 (A4) * Wise,D. Nightmover. 1995 (110-1, 128-32, 167, 171, 308-9) * Wise,D. The Spy Who Got Away. 1988 (12, 16-7, 127) pages cited this search: 43 |
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