ICAS Bulletin
Institute for Corean-American Studies, Inc.
The Hon James A Kelly
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Term of Appointment: 05/01/2001 to present
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Guest of Honor
ICAS Annual Liberty Award Dinner
December 16, 2004 Thursday 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Blue Bell Country Club Grand Ballroom, Blue Bell, PA 19422
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Dear Friend:
We are pleased
to share with you that The Hon James A Kelly has been nominated for the ICAS Annual
Liberty Award 2004 for his "distinguished service to the nation and the people"
and that Secretary Kelly will be honoured at the ICAS Annual Liberty Award Dinner 2004.
James A Kelly is Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
President Bush nominated Mr Kelly on April 3, 2001; he was confirmed by the US
Senate on April 26, 2001 and sworn in on May 1, 2001.
Presently, Secretary Kelly
serves as the US Chief Delegate to the Six-Party Talks (US, China, South Korea,
North Korea, Japan and Russia) on the North Korea's nuclear program and its related
issues.
From 1994-2001, Jim was president of the Pacific Forum, Center for Strategic
and International Studies (CSIS) of Honolulu. The Pacific Forum has analyzed and
led dialogue on Asia-Pacific political, security, and economic/business issues since
1975. It is the autonomous Pacific arm of the Center for Strategic and International
Studies in Washington, DC.
From 1989 to 1994, Jim was President of EAP Associates,
Inc., of Honolulu, which provided international business consulting services with
an Asia/Pacific focus to private clients. Previously, he served at the White House
in Washington, DC as Special Assistant for National Security Affairs to President
Ronald Reagan, and as Senior Director for Asian Affairs, National Security Council,
from March 1986 to March 1989. From June, 1983 to March 1986, Jim was at the Pentagon
as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (East
Asia and Pacific.)
Jim earned an MBA from the School of Business Administration
of Harvard University in 1968. He is also a graduate of the US Naval Academy (BS,
1959) and the National War College (1977). Jim served in the US Navy from 1959 to
1982, concluding his active duty as a Captain, Supply Corps.
Previous honorees
include The Hon Elaine L Chao (U S Secretary of Labour), The Hon Viet D Dinh (U
S Assistant Attorney General; Professor of Law Georgetown University), The Hon Becky
N Dunlop (Vice President Heritage Foundation), The Hon Tony P Hall (U S House of
Representatives; US Ambassador to UN FAO), The Hon Charles Kartman (U S Ambassador),
Dr Jeong H Kim (President Lucent Technology), Nobel Laureate Lawrence R Klein, The
Hon Harold Hongju Koh (U S Assistant Secretary of State; Dean Yale Law School),
The Hon Jerome J Shestack (Head of Litigation Wolf Block; former President American
Bar Association), The Hon Richard L Walker (U S Ambassador), The Hon Alfred P West
(Chairman SEI Investments) and The Hon John C Yoo (U S Deputy Assistant Attorney
General; Professor of Law UC Berkeley).
Regards,
Sang Joo Kim / signed
Sr. Fellow & Executive Vice President
ICAS
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