巨金捐獻者實地走訪英、法扶輪中心

Major Donors get firsthand look at Rotary Centers in UK, France

在參加過2002年西班牙巴塞隆納國際扶輪年會後，4位美籍和2位印度籍巨金捐獻者在扶輪基金會的邀請下，自費參觀兩所研習和平及解決衝突的扶輪國際研究中心。

In conjunction with the 2002 RI Convention in Barcelona, Spain, four U.S. and two Indian Major Donors visited two Rotary Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution at the invitation of The Rotary Foundation and at their own expense.

蘇格蘭籍的保管委員約翰•肯尼(John Kenny)偕同夫人娟恩(June)負責接待，一行人走訪分別位於英格蘭西約克郡布拉福大學(University of Bradford)和法國巴黎政治研究院(Institut d’ Etudes Politiques de Paris通稱Sciences Po)的扶輪中心，而這些中心準備好歡迎將在2002-03年度入學的第一屆扶輪世界和平獎學金學者。

Hosted by Trustee John Kenny and his wife, June, of Scotland, the group toured the Rotary Centers at the University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, and the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (commonly known as Sciences Po), France, as they geared up to welcome the first class of Rotary World Peace Scholars for study in 2002-03.

「兩校各有優點。」這是前地區總監、賓州滑石(Slippery Rock)扶輪社員保羅•里薩(Paul Rizza)的感想。「布拉福大學的和平計劃行之有年，而且正協助里茲(Leeds)的多個種族解決族群問題。」

"They each have their own strengths," said Past District Governor Paul Rizza, a member of the Rotary Club of Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania. "The University of Bradford has had a peace program for many years and is working with diverse ethnic groups in Leeds to resolve problems."

幾位布拉福大學的畢業生已前往不同的聯合國機構任事，而法國總統及外交官之中更不乏政治研究院的傑出校友。

Several University of Bradford graduates have gone on to work for various United Nations agencies, and Sciences Po counts a long line of French presidents and diplomats among its distinguished alumni.

里薩和夫人凱洛琳(Carolyn)捐出「保羅及凱洛琳•里薩冠名扶輪世界和平獎學金」，這是資助扶輪世界和平獎學金的第一筆冠名獎學金。他們先前訪問過位於社克大學及北卡大學教堂山分校(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)的扶輪中心，現在希望能在一年內遍訪其餘4個扶輪中心。

Rizza and his wife, Carolyn, contributed the Paul and Carolyn Rizza Named Rotary World Peace Scholarship, the first named scholarship in support of Rotary World Peace Scholarships. They have also visited the Rotary Center at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and they hope to visit the four other Rotary Centers within a year.

過去在大專院校擔任地理老師將近30載的里薩說：「我一直對國際性議題充滿興趣。」他不僅主辦過海外學術計劃，還持續參與為出國進修的大使獎學金學生舉辦的研討會。「我時常在想，我們需要更加把勁為全世界解決一些這類的衝突，也需要親善人士的投入。」

"I've always been interested in international issues," said Rizza, who taught geography at the university level for nearly three decades. He has also organized overseas academic programs and continues to participate in seminars for outbound Ambassadorial Scholars. "I've often thought that we need to do more to resolve some of these conflicts in the world and need people of goodwill to work on them.