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WINTER
2011
17
Dinners and Events
London
The Partnership for Excellence Cam-
paign and Alumni Outreach continues.
In September, Vice President for Alumni
and Development, Mr.
Moufid Beydoun
’64
, managed to reunite with many old
acquaintances and meet new IC alumni
and friends.
In September, it was a great pleasure
to meet up again with Mr.
Mohamed
Ahmar ’80
and his wife,
Hania Ahmar
’92
and Mr.
Elie Kawkabani ’84
in Los
Angeles and work out the details of a
reunion to be held in February 2012.
Mr Beydoun also met with Dr.
Ray Irani ’50
.
In Florida, he met with many alumni over
a dinner organized by Dr.
Alex Bazijian
’59
and Dr.
Ziad al Khatib ’80
.
In an effort to establish an alumni chap-
ter, Mr Beydoun made his way to Canada
and met many alumni residing in Mon-
treal including Mr.
Suleiman Zaroubi ’64
,
with Mr.
Salim Hijal ’62
, Mr.
Saad Hijal
‘67
and Mr.
Jalal Bekdash ’63
and Mr.
Khaled Hajjar ’84
.
In October, IC president John Johnson,
Senior Vice President Mishka Mourani,
Mr. Beydoun and Director of Annual
Fund and Alumni Affairs, Ghandi Fala
traveled to Greece where they met Mr.
Moujally Gebara ’75
who had hosted a
dinner attended by over 70 alumni and
friends.
Other meetings were also held with Mr.
Said Khoury ’40
and his son, Samer.
In October, Mrs.
Mona Bawarshi ’67
held a reception at her Beirut residence in
honor of former IC president, Dr. Arthur
Charles and was attended by over 50
guests.
Meanwhile, two board meetings have
been held to go over IC’s campaign and
future plans.The board convened in Lon-
don in June and recently in October in
Beirut. Several events were held for the
occasion including a dinner at the home
of Mr.
Yusuf Kanaan ’71
.
A special surprise, however, awaited IC’s
Chairman of the Board, Mr. William
Turner. A dinner was held on November
3rd at the Bristol Hotel to thank him for
a solid 35 years of service.
Dinner in London