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SUMMER
2012
19
London
Dinners and
Events
Geneva
The Partnership for Excellence campaign
continued strongly this spring as Vice
President for Alumni and Development,
Moufid Beydoun ’64
, made his way to
Geneva, London, Saudi Arabia, Dubai,
Abu Dhabi, and Jordan.
Accompanied by IC President John
Johnson, Mr. Beydoun’s first stop this
spring was in Geneva to attend the IC
alumni annual reception organized by Mr.
John McCarthy and sponsored by Banque
Audi (Suisse) and attended by over 60
alumni and friends.
In London, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Bey-
doun met Mr.
Marzouk Badr ‘87
, Mr.
Fouad Maalouf ‘56
, Mr.
Kareem Sakka
‘82
, Mr. Imad Fathalla, Mr.
Faisal al
Kudsi ’67
, and Mr.
Saad Mattar ‘69
.
In Jeddah, he met with Mr.
Saeed Hat-
lani ‘72
, Mr.
Nabil al Zaben ‘68
, and Mr.
Said Baarima ’70
who are setting up a
fund for all Saudi IC alumni in Jeddah.
Mr. Beydoun then met with Sheikh
Mo-
hammed Basamah ’65
who generously
offered to match all contributions to the
fund. A meeting was also held with Mr.
Mohamed El Zameli ’81
who is forming
a group of Lebanese IC alumni residing
in Jeddah. Other meetings were also held
with Mr. Mohammed al Fadel and Mr.
Samir Kreidieh ’65
.
In Riyadh, it was a pleasure seeing Sheikh
Mohammed Al Soleiman ’59
and attend-
ing an IC alumni dinner hosted by Mr.
Mohamad Rayes ‘67
at his home.
In Al Khobar, meetings were held with
Sheikh
Khalid Al Turki ’61
and Dr.
Mar-
wan Gholmieh ‘65
. Mr. Beydoun also
met many Al Khobar alumni gathered at
an IC alumni dinner hosted by Mr.
Fathi
Coptan ’74
.
In Dubai, Mr. Beydoun was joined by IC
President John Johnson and the Direc-
tor of Annual Fund and Alumni Affairs,
Ghandi Fala, in attending an IC alumni
dinner organized by Mr.
KarimGhan-
dour ’89
at the Fairmont Hotel.
Messrs Beydoun and Johnson continued
on to Abu Dhabi and met with Mr.
Sami
Sidawi ’59
and were joined by Mr.
Farid
IC alumni annual reception organized by Mr. John McCarthy and sponsored by Banque
Audi (Suisse)
Board meeting in London
Fakhreddine ’85
. A meeting was also held
with Mr. Elias Salloum.
After returning briefly to Lebanon,
Messrs Johnson and Beydoun traveled to
Jordan to meet with Mr.
Issa Halabi ’78
and attend an IC alumni dinner hosted by
Mr.
Said Darwazah ’76
.
In May, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Beydoun, IC
Vice President Mishka Mourani, and
Chief Financial Officer Talal Jundi trav-
eled to London where the Board was
meeting. It was a great opportunity to at-
tend an Alumni Board Dinner hosted by
Board Member, Mr.
Fouad Malouf ’56
.
Another wonderful dinner was organized
by Mr.
Oussama Kaddoura ‘74
in Paris.