Images from press conference announcing the McDonnell International Scholars Academy
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(Left to right) David W. Kemper, chairman, president and CEO of Commerce Bank Shares and chairman of the Washington University Board of Trustees; James V. Wertsch, the Marshall S. Snow Professor in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis; Santanu Das, president, CEO and chairman of the board of TranSwitch Corporation and member of the Washington University Board of Trustees; Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton; John F. McDonnell, vice chairman of the Washington University Board of Trustees; Donald B. McNaughton, senior vice president, international and strategic Ventures, Corning Inc.; and John C. Danforth, former U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations and chair of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy External Advisory Committee, gathered Oct. 19 at the Overseas Press Club in New York City to announce the formation of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton shakes hands with John F. McDonnell, vice chairman of the Washington University Board of Trustees, during the Oct. 19 announcement of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton discusses the formation of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy with Julianne Jungeun Lee of the Korea Times following the press conference Oct. 19 at the Overseas Press Club in New York City.Mark. S. Wrighton, chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis, announces the formation of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy at a news conference Oct. 19, 2005, at the Overseas Press Club in New York City. Looking on from the dais are (from left) Santanu Das, Ph.D., member of the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees and president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of TranSwitch Corp.; David W. Kemper, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Commerce Bank Shares and chairman of the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees; John F. McDonnell, vice chairman of the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees and retired chairman of the board of the McDonnell Douglas Corp.; John C. Danforth, chair of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy External Advisory Committee, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and three-term U.S. senator; and Donald B. McNaughton, senior vice president of international and strategic Ventures for Corning Inc.Mark. S. Wrighton, chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis, announces the formation of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy at a news conference Oct. 19, 2005, at the Overseas Press Club in New York City. “Our McDonnell Academy represents new infrastructure to foster international cooperation in education and research, and the Academy’s scholars will represent a network of the next generation of global leaders in academia, corporations and governments,” Wrighton says.Mark. S. Wrighton, chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis, announces the formation of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy at a news conference Oct. 19, 2005, at the Overseas Press Club in New York City. Looking on from the dais are (from left) Santanu Das, Ph.D., member of the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees and president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of TranSwitch Corp.; David W. Kemper, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Commerce Bank Shares and chairman of the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees; John F. McDonnell, vice chairman of the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees and retired chairman of the board of the McDonnell Douglas Corp.; John C. Danforth, chair of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy External Advisory Committee, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and three-term U.S. senator; and Donald B. McNaughton, senior vice president of international and strategic Ventures for Corning Inc.John F. McDonnell, vice chairman of the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees and retired chairman of the board of the McDonnell Douglas Corp., discusses the formation the McDonnell International Scholars Academy at a news conference Oct. 19, 2005, at the Overseas Press Club in New York City. The Academy was launched by Washington University and 15 leading Asian partner universities with a $10 million endowment commitment from McDonnell and the JSM Charitable Trust. “We are most grateful to John McDonnell and the JSM Charitable Trust for this generous naming gift that provides significant endowment support for the Academy,” says Mark S. Wrighton, chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis.Mark. S. Wrighton, chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis, announces the formation of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy at a news conference Oct. 19, 2005, at the Overseas Press Club in New York City. “Our McDonnell Academy represents new infrastructure to foster international cooperation in education and research, and the Academy’s scholars will represent a network of the next generation of global leaders in academia, corporations and governments,” Wrighton says.
