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CLASS OF ’50 – 59
Fouad Kronfol ’52
was honored by
the government of the Socialist Republic
of Viet Nam and awarded a Medal: “For
the Cause of Population, Family and
Children”. The citation states: “to honor
his outstanding contribution to the care
and protection of Vietnamese children
during the period 1980-1983 when he
was the UNICEF Representative in
Hanoi, Viet Nam.”
This was a crucial period in Vietnam’s
rehabilitation after the war, and the uni-
fication of the country. It was also an
important milestone in his career with
UNICEF which lasted from 1959 to his
early retirement in 1995.
Mahmoud Malhas ‘53
lives in Jordan
for half of the year and spends the rest trav-
eling between Lebanon, Europe and Saudi
Arabia. His main businesses in Jordan are
the Four Seasons Hotel, Jaguar cars,
Chopard Jewelry and General Trading.
Bassam Shakhashiri ‘56
received
the 2007 National Science Board Public
Service Award at a ceremony on May 14
at the State Department in Washington,
D.C. Bassam is a chemistry professor at
The University of Wisconsin scientist
who created new ways to encourage
public understanding of science through
new exciting methods and visually pleas-
ing chemical demonstrations. He is also
the recipient of the William T. Evjue Dis-
tinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea
and has received over 35 awards. The
Encyclopedia Britannica cites him as the
“dean of lecture demonstrators in
demonstrators in America.”
CLASS OF ’60 - 69
Charles H. Khouri ‘60
has devel-
oped a new compound that has helped
more than 200 dogs and one human with
spinal cord injury walk. Another new dis-
covery is a successful treatment of race
horses that bleed from the lungs during
racing. There has been no known treat-
ment and if a race horse bleeds twice, it
cannot race any more. Another discovery
has to do with cornea and skin. Dr.
Khouri tested it on wrinkles as did Estee
Lauder. It was found to be superior to
any anti-wrinkling agent on the market.
Farid Iskandar ’60
has been an archi-
tect at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill since
1978, in New York and London. He
attended IC Prep School 1954 to 1960,
including boarding school 1954 to 1956
(Thompson Hall). He is married to Beth
Iskander and has two daughters: Aline and
Elisabeth, both born in Beirut and attend-
ed IC Elementary school 1977/1978.
Dr. Antun Anid ‘61
announces the
birth of his first granddaughter Ava Eliz-
abeth.
Akram Miknas ‘63
was appointed as
the Honorary Ambassador of the city of
Brisbane Australia in Bahrain by The
Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Councillor
Campbell Newman last February. Akram
is the President and CEO of Promoseven
Network Inc., the largest Advertising,
Marketing and Public Relations Agency
in the Middle East and North Africa.
Akram also owns several major hospital-
ity and leisure companies in the King-
dom of Bahrain and is owner of the
McDonald’s franchise in Lebanon.
Raja Makarem ’65
and his wife
Christiane Oughourlian, have been liv-
ing in Beirut for the past 10 years after
their long tenure in the U.K. Christiane
is very much involved with her volun-
tary work at St. Jude’s Cancer Center as
Director of Volunteers. Their three chil-
dren, Naji, Karim and Nadim, live
abroad, two of them in London and the
third in Paris. Recently, they have
become grandparents to a baby boy, Sha-
di, (son of Naji).
Raja is busy managing their company
RAMCO - Real Estate Advisors from
their offices at Gefinor Center.
Ziad A. Zennie, Ph.D ’69
finished
his Bachelor’s at AUB in Comparative Liter-
ature in 1972. He left to the US and gradu-
ated in 1974 with a Master’s in English Lit-
erature from the University of Dayton,
Ohio. He then returned to the Middle East
and the Gulf where he remained until 1986.
He returned to the USA to earn another
Master’s of Science in Education from the
University of Dayton (1989) and a Doctor-
ate of Education from the University of
Cincinnati (1991). He has been in the field
of Management Consultancy with Meirc
Training and Consulting, Dubai, UAE since
1992. He is married to Jausianne Khalil
and has 2 daughters Tamara, 9, and Lara 7.
Adnan Hussein Doughan ’69
is a
Senior Manager at the First Gulf Bank in
Dubai- UAE. His wife, Lina Farouk Idris,
is a Phonetic Arabic Teacher at Berlitz in
Beirut. His son, Hussein is a Sales &
Marketing Manager at Thomaston Mills
Free Zone Dubai in UAE. His daughter,
Jana, is in her senior year studying Pub-
lic Administration & Political Science at
AUB and his youngest daughter, Luma,
is a freshman at AUB.
CLASS OF ’70 – ‘79
Mohannad Malas ‘71
obtained his
civil engineering degree in 1976 from the
ALUMNI