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The Capital Campaign was officially
launched during the Board Meeting
held in NY on February 3rd. This was
followed by a frenzy of dinners,meetings
and events during a one month trip to
the US.
The aim is to raise $ 50m to build – over
a span of five years - a state of the art
elementary school, a new auditorium,
athletics courts, art facilities, and an
underground bus and parking system.
The historic buildings housing the
Middle and Secondary Schools will also
be fully renovated.
DUBAI:
Mr John Johnson, IC president
and
Mr Moufid Beydoun ‘64
, Vice
President for Alumni and Development,
met in January with
Mr Patrick
Chalhoub ‘75
in Dubai. They explained
all the aspects of the Capital Campaign.
Mr Chalhoub was very interested at the
time. He recently confirmed that the
Chalhoub family will be contributing
one million US Dollars to the Capital
Campaign.
NEWYORK:
On February 3,
DrNawaf
Salam ‘71,
the Lebanese ambassador to
UN hosted a reception at his residency
in NY which was attended by over 50
alumni and friends. Chairman of the
Board, William Turner, explained to
them in details the future plans for IC and
showed them the maps and sketches.
Dinners
Events
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WINTER 2009
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Anthony Jones, Adib Kassis ’81, John Johnson, William Turner, Dr Nawaf Salam ’71,
Dr Mazin Irani ‘64, Mishka Mourani, Moufid Beydoun ‘64
Board meeting in New York
Moufid Beydoun ’64, Wael Bayazid ’70,
Dr Nawaf Salam ‘71
Dr Mazin Irani ’64, William Turner,
Hani Beyhum ‘76
New York