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SUMMER 2009 29
Class of ’50 – ‘59
Abed Saghir ‘53
graduated from
AUB with a B.Sc. in Agriculture
in 1957 and M.Sc. in Agronomy
in 1961 and a PhD in Plant
Physiology from the University of
California in 1964. After his return
to Beirut, he was appointed as
professor of Weed Science at the
faculty of Agricultural and Food
Sciences at A.U.B from 1964 - 1987.
After that he was appointed as
Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture
and Prof. of Weed science at the
United Arab Emirates University
from 1987- 1995. Since then, he is
serving as a Consultant in Weed
Management and Sustainable
Development in Beirut. He is
married to Rajiha Mahmoud and
has three Children: Dima, with
a B.A in English Literature from
U.A.E University, Mazen with a
PhD in Computer Engineering
from University of Toronto in
Canada and now Prof of Computer
Engineering at Texas A & M in
Qatar, married to Ghina Moumtaz,
and Bashir who graduated from
AUB and now working with
Dar-al-Handasah as a landscape
Architect in Qatar and is engaged
to Hiam Chemaitelly.
To all my friends from I.C and
A.U.B and the world, I could be
contacted in Beirut at tel:961-1-
315331 or 961-3- 728819, and e-mail
@yahoo.com.
Class of ’60 – ‘69
Marwan Stambuli ’65
has been
living in Geneva since 1978. He is a
Multicultural Creative International
Management Consultant and
a Leading Global Leadership
and Management Educator. He
Transformed Knowledge Into Value
For 41 Years in 65 Countries to 115
Worldwide Clients and 3150 EMBA
MBA and BBA Students of Major
Universities Focusing on the Critical
Future Challenges of Governance,
Growth Globalization, Innovation,
Change and Technology. He is a
Fellow of the Institute of Leadership
and Management, chartered Fellow
of the British Computer Society, and
Fellow of the Institute of Directors.
He is married to Hanan Boubess
has three children and five grand
children: Thaer 1971 (Amin 8 Nadim
7), Magd 1974 (Marwan 6 Ziad 2)
and Tamara 1979 (Sofia 7 Months).
Class of ’’70-‘79
Patou Majd Fathallah ‘74
lives
in Northern Tuscany and is a
renowned sculptor.
Hani Tannous ’75
is working
at Hertz in California. “I am
enjoying life close to Zuma and
Malibu Beaches. I am looking for
an old friend Samir Khwais who
graduated in the same year.”
Samer Katabi ’77
is an
orthodontist in Paris.
Ahmad Soueid ’79
is an architect
and lives in Vienna,Virginia..
Class of ’80-‘89
Mohamad Hatab ‘88
and Janane
Beydoun would like to announce the
arrival of their baby boy Nadeem
born in Beirut on 9 Jan 2009.
Nadeem has an older sister Naya
who was born in January 2007.
Bashar A. Al-Khalili ’88
(Dr)
got engaged to Charlotte Lundin in
Dec. 2008, and are planning to get
married in early summer of 2010.
He still works at the Dept. of
pediatric oral & maxillofacial
surgery at the Eastman Institute
in Stockholm, Sweden and is the
acting head of the surgical team.
My major focus is on implant
surgery and bone grafting in
young patients.
Class of ’90-‘99
Walid Messeike ‘92
and his
wife Sumaya Mourad are proud
to announce the birth of their first
child, Nadine Messeike, in Sao
Paulo on May 6th 2009.
« Societe Moderne Libanaise pour le
Commerce SAL »
named 2008 Region Bottler of the Year
Talal El-Khalil ‘81
, Vice President and
Market Unit General Manager of PepsiCo
International Levant team, received the
2008 Region Bottler of the Year during a
gala dinner that took place at the Palace
Hotel in New York on Friday March 6th.
Lebanon’s regional bottler, the Societe Moderne Libanaise pour le
Commerce SAL (part of the Pepsi family and first Pepsi bottler in the
Levant and Gulf countries) was named as the recipient of the award.
The Bottler of the Year award is PepsiCo’s highest international honors
recognizing bottlers from different part of the world. Regional Bottlers
are selected from the four international regions: Asia, Europe, Middle
East/Africa and Latin America, and one Regional Bottler of the year is
selected. Representing SMLC was the Chairman Mr. Walid Assaf while
Mr El-Khalil represented the PepsiCo International Levant Team.