The Micronesia Institute Twenty-Year Report

THE MICRONESIA INSTITUTE, INC.
1983-2003
A Twenty-year Review
c/o Patricia Luce Chapman
6 Spoonbill Lane
Rockport, TX 78382
pchapman01@charter.net * 361/790-5715
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1983-2003
A Twenty-year Review
The Micronesia Institute is being restructured by Micronesian leaders to enable
the islanders
better to meet some of their common needs in this new 21st Century
A summary of its founding, and the programs and people who have taken part in the
development of this singular private organization -- which embraces all the
peoples of the
Micronesian cultural area -- shows that the focus of the organization has been on
education,
privatization and volunteerism in the fields of:
** private sector business growth
** cultural preservation and development
** training in preventive health care
** program assistance to private organizations
The Institute, with an extremely limited budget and staff, found it necessary to
focus on
areas where it observed the greatest need, where its work was most requested, and
where
there were strong Micronesians working to improve the lives of the people. No
disrespect
was intended for areas that may not have received as much attention as others, nor
was
the friendship and affection any less. Sometimes the intentions of the Institute
were misconstrued
due to unfamiliarity with private sector practice, or transportation obstacles
were unsolvable; these impacted some programs. In other cases, projects did not
receive
the necessary funding and could not be carried out. In many cases, pilot programs
later
were adapted by larger organizations. Often the MI could also serve by enabling
others to
make gifts through the MI umbrella.
Always, the personal rewards to the non-Micronesians, and we hope also to the
islanders,
were deep and lasting. We are fortunate to have been associated with the peoples
of Micronesia
and wish good fortune to the successor Institute.
The Institute's temporary address is c/o its Founder, Patricia Luce Chapman, at
6 Spoonbill Lane, Rockport, TX 78382.
The Micronesia Institute, August 2004, Washington, DC
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CONTENTS
BACKGROUND 3
ORGANIZATION 4
PROGRAMS and CRITERIA 5
I. PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
Symposia 5-13
Investment Seminars 13-19
Chambers of Commerce 19-22
Publications on Private Sector Development 22-23
II. EDUCATION 23
Libraries 24
Diplomatic Training Programs 24
College Student Orientation Program 25
Georgetown U. Pacific Islands Project 26
Press Seminars 27
Guam, USA Education Project 28
Majuro, RMI Cooperative School 28
Yale University Intern to the RMI 28
Cornell/Stanford Intern to Kosrae, FSM 28
Research on Effect of Removing Student Grants 29
Schuyler Nijri Kendall Memorial Foundation 29
Help to Agricultural Students 29
III. MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE 29
Chuuk “Red Cross” 31
Cultural Therapy 31
Cross-Cultural Counseling 32
George Washington U. School of Medicine 32
Women United Together of the Marshall Islands 33
Medical Supplies 33
Disaster Relief 34
IV. CULTURE
Micronesian Endowment for Hist. Preservation 34-35
Donated Paintings of Micronesian Areas 35
Promoting Culture through Gifts 35
APPENDIX 36
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BACKGROUND
The area of Micronesia, in the central Pacific, has in the last 20 years become
three
new nations in free association with the United States (the Federated States of
Micronesia
(FSM), the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and the Republic of Palau
(ROP).
The northernmost islands, the Marianas became the US Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands (CNMI). All these areas were initially administered by the United
States
after their liberation in World War II. Later, they became a United Nations Trust
Territory
administered by the United States.
The Micronesia area also includes the Republics of Kiribati and Nauru, and the US
Territory of Guam. The entire region consists of some 2,100 islands dotted across
an
area of the Pacific Ocean the size of the continental United States, stretching
from the
Marshall Islands southwest of Hawaii, down to Nauru just below the equator, and
east to
the Republic of Palau just a few hundred miles from the Philippines. It is a
region of
stunning physical beauty and variety, vast oceanic resources, and proud,
intelligent, hardworking
and friendly peoples with a rich cultural heritage.
Since their acquisition in the 16th century by Spain during the time of Magellan
--
before the Pilgrims left England for the then unknown land which became America -
the
citizens of the various island areas (referring here to the Freely Associated
States and the
CNMI) were dominated by a succession of foreign authorities: Spain, Germany, and
Japan,
and then after World War II, the United States and the United Nations.
It was only within the last 30 years that the Micronesians were enabled, primarily
through US grants and programs and access to good education, to begin to plan for
their
futures. Brilliant leadership - in Palau, Lazarus Salii; in the Federated States,
Tosiwo Nakayama;
in the Marshalls, Amata Kabua, in the CNMI, Edward DLG Pangalinan - and
leaders of goodwill in the United States, led to plebiscites on Commonwealth
status for
the Mariana Islands, and to Free Association for the other three. A series of
Hearings in
the U.S. Congress, followed by action in the UN to secure termination of the
Trusteeship,
brought the establishment of the new independent governments of the FSM and the
RMI
in 1986 and Palau in 1994.
In early 1982 it became apparent to a small group of Americans that the
development
of a private sector organization would assist Micronesia as it moved from the
welfare
handouts to which had become accustomed, back to the former self-reliance and
selfsufficiency.
They also felt that such an organization could further American awareness of
the historic American responsibilities and ties to the Micronesian peoples. It was
also in
America’s self-interest to do so as the area continues to be of strategic
significance to the
free world. Major trade routes with Southeast Asia, Japan, and the US pass through
Micronesian
waters and airspace. In Free Association, the US guarantees the defense of all
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of Micronesia‘s lands and oceans.
ORGANIZATION
The Micronesia Institute (MI), a non-profit, 501-c-3 educational charitable
organization,
was formed in 1983 in Washington, DC under the leadership of Patricia Luce
Chapman and in consultation with Eddie DLG Pangelinan of Guam and the CNMI;
Noriwo Ubedei of Palau; Epel Ilon of the FSM; Oscar de Brum of the RMI; Singeru
Singeo, Ph.D. of the College of Micronesia, Palau, and the FSM; former Ambassador
Peter
Rosenblatt and Ambassador Fred Zeder of the Office for Micronesian Status
Negotiations
and members of their offices. The MI was governed by a Board of Directors,
including
Micronesians, advised by an Honorary Board of Directors and an Advisory
Council of knowledgeable civic leaders, educators, scholars, physicians, and
business executives.
The Institute had no political, religious, territorial or financial interests in
Micronesia.
A small administrative staff at the Washington, DC headquarters with Micronesian
interns and program officers and sometimes Americans and other nationals,
coordinated
fund raising, proposal writing, project oversight and administration.. Individual
projects
were led when possible by a Micronesian director located where the project was
conducted,
and by local Micronesian project advisory committees.
The Micronesian interns were fully involved in the process, as part of an
educational
experience, of operating the non-profit organization and also in the opportunities
offered
by the Washington, DC location. In turn they educated the MI Board and staff on
Micronesian
customs and needs and were invaluable in development of relevant programs.
Programs
Programs focused on self-help and self-sustaining projects to the greatest extent
possible.
The designs were based on close or specific suggested areas of need. Some embraced
all of Micronesia, such as support for the Micronesian Endowment for Historic
Preservation (MEHP) and programs on private sector development. Others were
directed
to an area, and some to one village or atoll.
Programs ranged from medical and humanitarian relief to encouragement of
traditional
cultures, private sector and business seminars and symposia, and student programs.
The Institute also hosted receptions to honor visiting Micronesians, their nations
and
their arts, meetings to interest other organizations in Micronesia, and
identification of
professionals to help create support networks in their fields.
Funding
The Institute relied on individual contributions, foundation, corporate and
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ment grants, and donations through the Combined Federal Campaign.
PROGRAMS and PROGRAM CRITERIA
1. Prior consultation
The MI founders had, as an absolute criterion for program development, the
creation
of activities designed or proposed by or with Micronesians, and jointly executed.
This
Micronesian co-ownership of the activities was a primary reason for MI ability to
conduct
relevant and encompassing programs on an extremely small budget. The MI found
that Micronesians at all levels were surprised and deeply appreciative to be
consulted before
a program was created and that their input and equal participation, initiative and
leadership was required. The result was programs that were relevant, sustainable,
unusual,
cost-effective, and well-run by Micronesian committees.
2. No rehash of old failed programs
Another criterion was, not to replicate existing or failed past programs. Every
activity
was considered by a variety of specific professionals who had fresh eyes and the
ability
to conceptualize and to focus on solutions rather than on patchwork repair; and
the
identification of steps to be taken toward those solutions. Another requirement
was that
every meeting had to have a tight agenda, and meet its goals, and thus result in
purposeful
activity.
3. Visiting professionals came as friends, giving, not selling, their knowledge
The visiting program professionals also brought the greatest of gifts to the
islanders -
their knowledge, for which they received no fees. No visiting professional or
Micronesian
speaker ever received a fee through the MI. The visitors came as friends, their
per diem
and transportation costs covered by donations. This friendship was returned a
thousandfold
by the Micronesians.
I. PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
SYMPOSIA 1985, 1986, 1987
Participants are listed in the Appendix.
The Chairman and Founder of the Institute returned from a learning trip to
Micronesia
in July 1984 with requests from Micronesians for help with business development,
specifically in bringing business training activities to the islands. During
meetings a consensus
developed that a first activity should take place in 1985 to introduce a business
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resources program. Suggested program designs were received from Dr. Singeru
Singeo,
College of Micronesia; Hon. Tony de Brum, Marshall Islands; Martin Mix, Esq.,
Pohnpei
Chamber of Commerce, FSM; and Ms. Linda Mori, Director/Founder, Chuuk Fairo
Institute,
FSM.
THE FIRST SYMPOSIUM ON PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT was held in
Pohnpei and Chuuk, FSM. The purpose of the symposia was to bring knowledge of
private
sector resources, attitudes, know-how, and practice, and exposure to business
English,
through seminars with businessmen and women, and university business professors.
These proved to be the first private programs to be held in the heart of the FSM
itself,
instead of the customary Hawaii, Guam or Saipan. Equally groundbreaking, the
format
and content were designed by Micronesians in Micronesia to suit their business
days
and needs.
1985 SYMPOSIUM
Stage 1
Co-Sponsor for both States: The College of Micronesia
POHNPEI, FSM
Coordinator: The Pohnpei Chamber of Commerce.
Venue: the Pohnpei State Legislature
Pohnpeian Opening Speakers:
Address by The Honorable Resio Moses, Governor, Pohnpei State
Senator Peter Christian, introductions of Micronesian speakers, Pohnpei
Singeru Singeo, MD, College of Micronesia, opening remarks
Mr. Matt Mix, Pohnpei Chamber of Commerce
Ishmael Lebehn, Dir., Col. of Micronesia Coll. of Tropical Agriculture and Science
Victor Milne, Marshall Islands Chamber of Commerce
Other Pohnpeian speakers
Introduction of the Micronesia Institute, Patricia Luce Chapman
CHUUK, FSM
Coordinator: The Chuuk Fairo Institute.
Venue: The Chuuk Continental Hotel
Chuuk Opening Speakers:
Address by The Honorable Erhart Aten, Governor, Chuuk State
Tadashi Wainit, Chuuk Chamber of Commerce
Droteo Espangel, Bank of Guam
Hon. Bob Mori, Lieutenant. Governor, Chuuk
Linda Mori, President, Chuuk Fairo Institute
William H. Stewart, Econ. & Foreign Investment Consultant
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Joe Suka, Chief, Chuuk State Tourism and Commerce
Bernard Billimon, 4-H Club Youth Services
Ishmael Lebehn, Dir., Coll. of Trop. Agr./Science, Coll. of Micronesia
Introduction of the Micronesia Institute: Patricia Luce Chapman
Topics addressed at one or both of the venues:
Fish Resources in the Western Central Pacific:
Dr. Shean-ya Yeh, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
International Trade in Asia and the Pacific:
Ms. Humei Wang, Chung-Hua Institute for Economic Research, Taiwan
Time Management for Executives and Officials:
Dr. Marilyn Liebrenz, Associate Professor of Business Administration, The George
Washington University School of Government and Business Administration.
Marketing
Dr. Marilyn Liebrenz
Project Management:
Rear Admiral John M. Barrett, USN Ret., Senior Associate, Pacific Forum
The Future of Cooperatives in Micronesia:
Dr. Martin Abrahamsen, Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance; author,
lecturer,
consultant on cooperatives.
Organizations Involved in Development Assistance:
William O’Callaghan, Program Development, VOCA
Private and Voluntary Organizations:
Allan Hayes Williams, Washington World Trade Institute and MI
Patricia Luce Chapman, Chairman, MI
.
Contributions from Continental Air Lines, Continental Micronesia Air Lines, Mobil
Oil
Micronesia Inc., the Republic of China, the Government of New Zealand, COMSAT,
Cemac
Ltd., Canada, and Gold Bar Ltd., Canada, enabled the transportation and living
costs to be met.
The hospitality of the Pohnpei Cultural Center and Pohnpei Chamber of Commerce,
and
courtesies extended by the Cliff Rainbow Hotel and Hervis Rent-a-Car, Pohnpei were
greatly appreciated. Assistance from the Chuuk Continental Hotel was also very
welcome,
as was the hospitality and interest of Chuuk Governor Erhart Aten. The Chuuk
Chamber of Commerce and Tadashi Wainit, Susumu Aizawa, and Linda Mori also conTHE
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tributed greatly to the participants’ enjoyment of their part in the Symposium
program.
1985 SYMPOSIUM, Stage 2: Saipan, CNMI
Following the Chuuk presentation, two of the participants continued on to Saipan
in
the CNMI., where the College of the Northern Mariana Islands expressed interest in
the
symposia. Views on possible future programs were exchanged.
1986 SYMPOSIA: Yap, FSM; Koror, ROP; Majuro, RMI
We regret and apologize that some program records for 1986 are unavailable, and
thus
the names of many Marshallese, FSM and Palauan donors, participants, speakers and
hosts are not listed.
The Symposium format changed as a result of a survey conducted with the 1985
participants.
It was redesigned to meet the needs of business leaders, who attended at their own
expense: the first morning hours were free for office work; the program ran from
10 am
to 3 pm with a speaker and responder during a formal lunch; the program resumed at
dinner and lasted as long as necessary. Micronesian business and government
leaders,
and the visiting professionals, alternated in presenting and discussing pre-
selected issues.
The exchanges proved to be a valuable means through which Micronesian businesses
and government could present and discuss policies which hampered business
growth, there being at that time no such forum.
Co-sponsor for all events:
College of Micronesia
Financial sponsors included: Commonwealth Pacific Corporation; Continental Air
Lines;
Continental Air Micronesia; David A. Roland of E. F. Hutton & Co., US Information
Agency; Palau Pacifric Resort; the Bank of Guam; Mobil Oil Micronesia Inc.
YAP: Coordinator: Yap Community Action Programs (Tim Thornberg)
Yap Historic Preservation Society (Andrew Kugfas)
Venue: Rai View Hotel
PALAU: Coordinator: Micronesian Occupational College (MOC) (Dr. Francis
Matsutaro);
Office of Cultural Affairs (Hon. Vicky Kanai).
Venue: Palau Pacific Resort
Opening Address:
The Importance of Education in Building a Private Sector
Dr. Francis Matsutaro, President, MOC
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Moderator: Thomas Ermang, Program Director, MOC
Closing Address: Regent Johnston Toribiong for the College of Micronesia
The many donors included President Ngiraket Etpison and his family for a trip to
rock
islands, The Office of Cultural Affairs and Hon. Vicky Kanai, The Palau Pacific
Resort,
Senator Santos Olikong, and many individual Palauans who provided refreshments,
services,
tour guidance, transportation, and other assistance.
In his closing Address, Senator Toribiong named some 40 donors toward the program
and gave Mrs. Chapman the extraordinary honor of thanking her and the Institute
for
enabling Palauans to give something to the Americans instead of having them
passively
receive from the Americans.
MAJURO, MARSHALL ISLANDS:
Co-sponsor: Majuro, Chamber of Commerce (Pat Muno, Grant Labaun, Amos Mac-
Quinn)
Marshalls Women’s Committee (Hon. Carmen Bigler, Neijon Edwards, Marie Maddison);
College of Micronesia (Enid McKay).
Venues: the Lanai Club, the Pub, the Likrok.
Opening Address:
Business Objectives for the Marshall Islands
President Amata Kabua
Topics presented and discussed at 1986 Symposia
Economic Possibilities for Palau
Otoichi Besebes, Palauan Manager, Development Bank
Building a Business from Nothing
Harry Fritz, Palau Businessman
Privatization Conflicting with Cultural Traditions
Francis Toribiong, Regent, College of Micronesia
Starting up a Small Business; The Valley of Death
Albert Brown, entrepreneur, inventor, business consultant
Financial Management and Investment: Albert Brown
Business English vs Government English: Albert Brown
Welfare Handouts Only Teach You How To Hold Out Your Hand
Albert Brown
Economic Incentives in the Compact of Free Association
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Michael Wygant, Senior US Liaison Officer for the Trust Territory, Yap
William Warren, US Liaison Officer, Palau
Michael Senko, US Liaison Officer, Majuro
Peter Oliver, Special Assistant to Chief Secretary of the Marshalls
Martha Burgess, education consultant
Time Management
Dr. Marilyn Liebrenz, George Washington University School of Business Adm.
Marketing Situation Analysis: Identifying Needs and Wants
Dr. Marilyn Liebrenz
World Bank and Asian Development Bank
Dr. Nat Colletta, World Bank
Factors Affecting Business Growth
William Capelle, Air Marshall Islands:
Causes of Business Failures and Successes
Grant Lebaun, Businessman, Marshalls
The Impact of Increased Competition in the Marshall Islands
Ramsey Reimers, Reimers Department Stores, Marshalls
Attracting Tourists to the Islands
Hon. Carmen Bigler, Historic Preservation Officer
The Business Potential of the Marshalls
Jerry Kramer, Marshalls Chamber of Commerce
SYMPOSIUM #3, 1987
This program was held in two relatively unfamiliar areas: Ebeye Island, Kwajalein
Atoll, RMI; and Kosrae State, FSM. It returned to Chuuk, FSM because Chuuk is the
most populous of the states in the new nations
Over-populated and under-developed Ebeye, then famous as the “slum of the
Pacific,”
and which the MI renamed “The Chicago of the Marshalls” is home to Marshallese
working at the Kwajalein Atoll US Military Facility. The residents are
hardworking,
intelligent, imaginative people, some of high Marshallese lineage, earning US
wages at the base. The MI determined that they were excellent candidates for a
program
on private enterprise and business growth.
The large airport on Kosrae, the smallest of the FSM states, had only just been
completed,
and a fledgling tourism business was starting up. The attendance in Kosrae on one
day was an extraordinary 10% of the (admittedly small) population.
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This was the first true private sector program in Ebeye and Kosrae.
In Chuuk the program was almost rained out and electricity was erratic, but the
daily
participation of the first president of the FSM, The Honorable Tosiwo Nakayama,
and of
the first governor of Chuuk, The Honorable Erhart Aten, and the resourcefulness
and determination
of the Chuukese, offset the frequent absence of light and air conditioning.
In each area the local hosts determined the agenda, selected and invited
Micronesian
speakers, and handled logistical details, food, housing, meeting rooms, hand-outs,
breakout
work tables, and special events. The visitors were treated to magnificent feasts,
boat
rides, and picnics on other islands in their atoll or island (Kosrae). It was
notable that little
Kosrae produced a program equal to anything Harvard or Oxford Universities could
put on.
Major support for the Symposium was provided by: Aeromet Inc., Continental Air
Lines, Continental Air Micronesia, EC Corporation, Global Associates, Pacific
House
Ltd., PRC Kentron, RCA Corporation, US Information Agency, US Trade & Development
Program, Mobil Oil Micronesia Inc.
Receptions and magnificent dinners were hosted by the Marshallese at the Mon La
Mike restaurant and dance hall on Ebeye, by Governor Yosiwo P. George and Lt.
Governor
Moses Mackwelung at the Pacific Awane Hotel in Kosrae, and by the Chuuk Chamber
of Commerce.
EBEYE, KWAJALEIN ATOLL, MARSHALL ISLANDS
Ebeye Co-sponsors: Ad-Hoc Symposium Committee;
Kwajalein Atoll Chamber of Commerce
Venue: Bobby Hong’s Formosa Restaurant
Housing on Ebeye: Triple J, Robert Reimers Enterprises, and IBC
Housing on Kwajalein: US Military Facility housing
Opening Addresses:
Hon. Samuel Thomsen, Representative of the US to the Marshall Islands
Hon. Wilfred Kendall, Marshalls Ambassador to the US
Hon. Alvin Jacklick, Mayor, Ebeye, Marshall Islands
Senator Imata Kabua, Chairman, Kwaj. Development Authority, Kwajalein
Col. Richard Chapman, USA, HQ USAKA, Kwajalein
KOSRAE, FSM
Kosrae Co-sponsors: Kosrae Community Action Agency;
Kosrae Symposium Planning Committee
Housing: Pacific Awane Hotel
Opening Addresses:
Hon. Tosiwo George, Governor, Kosrae, FSM
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Hon. Moses Mackwelung, Lt. Governor, Kosrae, FSM
CHUUK, FSM
Chuuk Co-sponsors: Chuuk Chamber of Commerce;
Chuuk Fairo Institute (Linda Mori)
Venue: Continental Hotel
Housing: Continental Hotel
Opening Addresses:
FSM First President the Hon. Tosiwo Nakayama, Chuuk, FSM
Dr. Ansito Walter, College of Micronesia, Chuuk, FSM
Ms. Linda Mori Hartman, Chuuk Fairo Institute, FSM
Of the eight visiting professionals, half were from the US government and half
from the
private sector. The Micronesian speakers also represented both private and
government
sectors.
Topics presented and discussed:
Availability of Credit to Spur Private Sector Development
Joachin Blanco, Ebeye Branch, Bank of Guam
Moses Charlie, FSM Development Bank
Manny Mori, President, FSM Development Bank
Don Holland, Bank of the FSM
Charles Lum and Karen Sakihama, Small Business Administration
Kenneth Matzkin, OEA, The Pentagon, Washington, DC
Elvis Shirai, Bank of Guam, Chuuk
Mr. Fountain Inok, Ebeye Chamber of Commerce
Lawdin Talley, Bank of Hawaii
Lyndon Abraham, Bank of the FSM
Semion Sigrah, Kosrae Island Credit Union
Jack Williamson, US Trade & Development Program
Development of Agriculture and Fisheries
Dr. Robert Bailey, Ohio Technical Transfer Organization
Gerson Jackson, Director, Kosrae Dept. of Conservation and Development
Critin Phillip, Agricultural Division, Kosrae Dept .of Conservation and
Development
Teddy John. Kosrae Community Action Agency
Arthur Ansin, Chief of Agriculture, Chuuk
Bernard Billimon, Director of the FSM 4-H Club
Kyoshi Phillip, poultry farmer
Frank Cholymay, Director, Chuuk Food Service
Thomas Sappa, farmer
Atano Alphonso, Chuuk Fishing Coop
Eliot Cholymay, Chuuk State Fisheries
Mark Mailo, Chuuk Maritime Authority
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Government Policies to Promote Investment
President Tosiwo Nakayama, Bank of Guam, Chuuk
Barry Israel, Esquire, Counsel, Micronesia Institute
Kasuo Kisaki, Foreign Investment Board
Wilson Wakuk, FSM Tax and Investment Officer, Kosrae
Helen Aten, Aten's
Justin de Brum, RMI-USAKA Liaison, Kwajalein
Sam Bellu, Triple J, Kwajalein
Hideo Milne, Chamber of Commerce, Kwajalein
Entrepreneurship and Business Planning
Dr. Joel Cook, George Washington University College of Business Administration
Dr. Deborah Smith Cook, George Washington U. Coll. Of Business Administration
Virginia Wright, Small Business, Strategic Defense Command, Kwajalein
Barry Israel, Esquire, Counsel, Micronesia Institute
Private Sector Organizations
Hermina Langijata, Fitikoko’s, “Red Cross,” Kwajalein, RMI
Keti William, Kosrae Community Action Program, FSM
Linda Mori, Chuuk Fairo Institute, FSM
Theodore Osius, Micronesia Institute
Patricia Luce Chapman, Micronesia Institute
The Symposium programs had to be discontinued due to inadequate funding.
MICRONESIAN-US BUSINESS INVESTMENT SEMINARS, 1989
“Micronesia: An Ideal Climate for New Business Ventures and Investments” was a
major initiative to bring business-oriented Americans together with Micronesian
government
and business leaders at seminars held in Washington, DC, April 4; Chicago, IL,
April 6; Seattle, Washington, April 11 and Los Angeles, CA, April 13, 1989.
Sponsored by the Governments of the Federated States of Micronesia, The Republic
of the Marshall Islands, and the United States of America, the program covered
opportunities
in the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States, the Marshalls, Palau, and
Guam, enabling the Micronesians to promote their islands to over 200 American
business
counterparts.
“The series of seminars were the first ever in which the Marshall Islands
Government,
in conjunction with the private sector, literally went out to sell itself to US
investor,”
reported Marshallese participants John Silk of Ebeye and Joel Phillip of Majuro.
Each area created materials, including video presentations, which promoted their
business opportunities. The delegations from Majuro and Kwajalein in the RMI, from
Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk and Yap of the FSM, from Guam, the Northern Marianas, and
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Palau, are listed separately in the Appendix.
Support funding from: Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall
Islands, US Departments of Interior, Defense and Commerce, Air Marshall Islands,
Continental
Air Lines/Continental Air Micronesia, Dorsey & Whitney, Duty Free Shoppers
Ltd., and Dateline Exports, Mobil Oil Micronesia Inc.
Receptions: in Seattle, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Evans hosted the delegation and
private
friends at dinner. A Reception in the Harbor Club was hosted for the Seattle
business
community by Mr.Yao Wei and Citifor, James L. Davey and Arthur Young & Co., and
Dr. Robert Kapp and the Washington Council on International Trade.
Le Meridien Hotel in Orange County was the site of a reception hosted by Paul J.
Casey, then Chairman and CEO of Continental Airlines, and by Donald L. Beck, The
Pacific
Group. Other receptions took place in Washington, DC and Chicago.
Program Format
After opening remarks, the Moderator introduced a leading US government official
to give an Overview of the historic circumstances leading to the Compacts of Free
Association, and to outline present US policy toward the Micronesia area.
This was followed by the Micronesian Panel, which presented speakers from
different
areas of Micronesia who gave overall views of business opportunities in the areas.
The US Panel followed. It outlined the various US agencies that will help business
development in the Freely Associated States and gave contact names and addresses.
Taxes and Regulations was the third panel. This acquainted the audiences on US
and Micronesian tax law, requirements, and incentives. Formal Luncheons with
speakers
followed. The afternoon programs were built around working Round Tables of between
3 to 20 people each.
Wrap-Up: The Round Tables were followed by summaries of the discussions by
panel leaders. The topics, which had been identified by the island leaders as
vital to their
development, included:
Round Table Discussion Topics
1. Food Production/Fishing/Agriculture
2. Retail & Wholesale/Franchise Operations/Shipping
3. Government Materials Supply/Health Service/Infrastructure
4. Development Finance
5. Light Manufacturing/Assembly/Data Processing
6. Tourism
Questions from the audience focused on:
1. Land Ownership
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2. Lease terms
3. Local tax structure
4. Banking and credit
5. Local business incentives and labor force
6. Provisions by the US to encourage American business investment
7. Transportation and communications
Speakers and Panelists
WASHINGTON, DC
Hosts: Center for International Business & Trade, Georgetown U.; Micronesia
Institute
Moderator: Ms. Ginger Lew, Arthur Young & Co.
Welcome: Hon. Orson G. Swindle III, Asst. Secretary, Economic Development
Administration,
Department of Commerce
Overview: Lt. Cmdr. Howard Hills, USN, Office of Freely Associated States Affairs,
Department of State
Micronesian Panel:
1. Ambassador Wilfred Kendall, Republic of the Marshall Islands
2. Hon. Marcelino Actouka, Secretary, Resources and Development, FSM
3. Roger Stillwell, Leg. Consultant, Commonwealth of the No. Mariana Isls.
4. Barry J. Israel, Esq., Counsel, Dorsey & Whitney, for the Territory of Guam
US Panel:
1. Milton Eaton, Dept. of Commerce: services performed by Commerce Department
field officers
2. Karen Wilde, Dept. Of Commerce: helpful federal programs
3. Frank Bodengraven, Overseas Private Investment Corporation: OPIC’s value to
Americans with business overseas
Tax and Regulations Panel:
1. Frank Leon Guerrero, Guam: Foreign Sales Corporations
2. Richard Miller, Dept. of Interior: US Tax and Trade Incentives
3. Ginger Lew, Arthur Young: USW Tax Code Section 936
4. Frank Solomon, consultant, RMI: Marshallese Taxes and Regulations
5. Michael Straight, Counsel, FSM: FSM Taxes and Regulations
Luncheon Speakers:
1. Patricia Luce Chapman, Chair/Founder, Micronesia Institute
2. Robert R. Nathan: development in Micronesia since the 1960’s
3. Hon. Marcelino Actouka: the Micronesian viewpoint
Additional Discussion leaders included: Michael Grable, Nat. Marine Fisheries
Services;
John R. Ale, President, American Aquaculture Foundation; Peter D. Holt, Int’l
Franchise Assn; Lance Marston, Hay Management Consultants; Benjamin Maynigo,
Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce.
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Hosts: Illinois World Trade Center Assn.; Int’l Trade Club of Chicago; Chicago
Assn.
Of Commerce & Industry; U. of Illinois at Chicago, International Business Program;
Dept. of Commerce, Chicago District Office; Micronesia Institute
Moderator: Ms. Ginger Lew
Welcome: Ms. Monica DeBartolo, Illinois World Trade Center Assn: world-wide
services
provided to businesses through the World Trade Centers
Overview: Mr. Richard Miller, Dept. of the Interior
Micronesian Panel:
1. Hon. Annes Lebehn, Speaker, Pohnpei State Legislature, FSM
2. Ambassador Wilfred Kendall, RMI
3. Barry J. Israel, Esquire, for Guam
4. Larry Dalton, speaking for Palau
US Panel:
1. Ms. Karen Wilde
2. Mr. Richard Miller
3. Michael Simon, Chicago District Office, Dept. of Commerce: help that Field
Offices
can provide
Tax & Regulations Panel:
1. Yasuo Yamada, FSM Registrar of Corporations
2. Ginger Lew: Tax Code Section 936
3. Frank Solomon
4. Barry J. Israel
Luncheon Speakers:
1. Patricia Luce Chapman
2. Dr. Joseph Hannon, Director, Illinois Export Development Authority; of counsel,
Illinois World Trade Center
Additional Discussion leaders included: Roger Lippman, President, Global Marketing
Inc.; Robert Meredith, Harza Engineering Co.; Jeannine Rudolph, U. of Illinois at
Chicago
Int’l Business Development Program; Carolyn Turner, President, IDC; Dan Koch,
President, Morris Kurtzon, Inc.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Hosts: Washington Council on International Trade; Micronesia Institute. We are
grateful
for the cooperation of: Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Washington State
Dept. of Trade & Economic Development, US Department of Commerce, District Office;
Citifor; Arthur Young & Co.; R. L. Evans Inc.
Moderator: Ginger Lew
Welcome: Dr. Robert Kapp, President, Washington Council on International Trade
Overview John Crawford, Office of Freely Associated States Affairs, Dept. of State
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Micronesian Panel:
1. Yasuo Yamada, FSM Registrar of Corporations
2. Gordon Benjamin, Dept. of Resources & Development, RMI
3. Barry J. Israel, Esq. For Guam
4. Larry Dalton, for Palau
US Panel:
1. Frank Foster, Seattle District Office, Dept. of Commerce
2. Karen Wilde
3. John Crawford
1. Carl Ingram, Esq., Counsel, Marshall Islands Development Authorities
2. Yasuo Yamada
3. Ginger Lew
4. Richard Miller
Luncheon Speakers:
2. Hon. Marcelino Actouka
Additional Discussion leaders included: Richard Kinnier, Office of Economic
Adjustment,
Dept. of Defense; Richard B. King, Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc.; Joaquin Manglona,
Commonwealth Development Authority, Northern Marianas.
ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Hosts: World Trade Center, Orange County; Micronesia Institute. With gratitude for
the
cooperation of the Department of Commerce, International Trade & Development
District
Office; Int’l Trade Assn; Long Beach Int’l Trade Assn.; Int’l Marketing Assn.
Moderator: Ginger Lew
Welcome: Susan Lentz, World Trade Center Orange County
Overview: John Crawford
Micronesian Panel:
Yasuo Yamada, FSM
Gordon Benjamin, RMI
Barry Israel, Esquire, for Guam
Larry Dalton, for Palau
US Panel:
1. Dan Young, Orange County Dept of Commerce District Office
2. John Crawford
3. Richard Miller
4. Karen Wilde
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1. Carl Ingram, Esquire: Marshallese taxes and regulations
2. Yasuo Yamada: FSM taxes and regulations
3. Barry Israel Esquire: Foreign sales corporations
4. Ginger Lew: US Tax Code Section 936
5. Richard Miller: US tax and trade incentives
Luncheon Speakers:
2. David Nakagawa, SCORE volunteer and former Hawaii District Director, Small
Business Administration
3. Hon. Marcelino Actouka
Additional Discussion leaders included: David Burney, President, American Tuna
Assn.; Janice Larson, Baxter Healthcare Far East; Kenneth Matzkin, Dept. of
Defense;
Diano Inos, Commonwealth Development Authority, Northern Marianas; Mathias
Maradol,
Deputy Director and Senior Program Officer, Micronesia Institute.
The Seminars owe their success to substantial networking and participation in
planning
by dedicated professionals. The Institute gratefully acknowledges the time, work
and wisdom of the Standing Committee for the Symposium, which met frequently to
plan
the program. Members included Judge Paul Abate, Guam; Roger Stillwell, Marianas;
George Kroloff, Kroloff Marshall & Associates; Richard Miller, Milton Eaton, Linda
Bell, Karen Wilde, and Kenneth Matzkin of the US government; Barry Israel Esquire
of
Dorsey & Whitney, Ginger Lew, Arthur Young & Co.
Mathias Maradol was responsible for leadership and oversight of the entire
program,
ably assisted by Linda Langley, Program Officer; Theodore Osius, who organized the
Washington, DC and Chicago programs; J. B. Collier of the World Bank, volunteering
with the MI for this program, and Sheila Edwin of the FSM, for occasional program
assistance.
BRIEFING ON FOUNDATIONS
The Washington, DC program was preceded on April 3rd by a Briefing at Pacific
House coordinated by Fred Radewagen, Consultant, on resources potentially
available to
the citizens of the Micronesia areas through foundation and corporate grants.
Speakers included Ambassador Jesse Marehalau of the FSM; Hon. David Chewning,
Treasurer of the Micronesia Institute; James Swaninger on corporate philanthropy;
Karin
Anderson, Funding Center, on international philanthropy; Karen Lynn, Council on
Foundations;
and Dr. Cinnamon Dornsife, Asia Foundation.
Theodore Osius, MI, organized and moderated the Briefing.
WORKSHOPS ON CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
The importance of Chambers of Commerce in building private sectors led Mrs.
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Chapman to travel from Tarawa, Kiribati, to the Marshalls and Palau, throughout
the
FSM states and on up to the CNMI and Guam, to meet with Chambers or, where there
was no Chamber, with business leaders and government business development persons.
There was little understanding of the many advantages offered by a viable Chamber.
The
interest in attending a program on Chambers in the US was great.
Chamber of Commerce members from three countries and a commonwealth visited
American Chambers in three states and the District of Columbia in October 1994.
Participants came from the Marshall Islands (Moreen Moore), the Northern Mariana
Islands
(Joe Ayuyu and Lola Hocog), Kiribati (Tenanora Tekanene and Chief Viane
Taoaba), and Palau (Leilani Ngirturong), thus creating “an historic event in
bringing together
elements from all parts of Micronesia to learn together how to cooperate for our
mutual advantage,” as one participant reported.
Mr. Tekanene wrote, “The Micronesian Chamber of Commerce Workshop is
probably one of the first attempts to put together the Micronesians as a different
group
from our Polynesian and Melanesian brothers in physical, cultural differences and
geographical
composition…” The FSM and Nauru regretted that their scheduled participants
were, due to unforeseen domestic events, unable to take part. Other business
persons
could not take the necessary three weeks away from their businesses. However, the
participants carried information and materials back to their local Chambers for
the benefit
of all.
The overall Workshop Coordinator, Mr. Samuel McPhetres of the Northern-
Marianas, escorted the delegation from Hawaii to Los Angeles where Mrs. Chapman
joined them, and throughout the program. In the Washington, DC office, Marvin
Ngirutang
of Palau was organizing and coordinating the upcoming workshops. The group then
traveled by train down to San Diego, California for the first Workshop, continuing
on by
plane to Boothbay Harbor, Maine; by vans to Talbot County, Maryland; and back to
Washington, DC.
At each location the participants were briefed at the local chamber offices on
chamber
goals, activities, and accomplishments. In meeting with tourism and fishing
leaders,
they learned about how the chambers could benefit a small community with tourism
and
fishing as major commercial interests, and how they could affect government
policies.
Government support funding for the overall program was provided by: Department
of the Interior, United States Information Agency; and the South Pacific Forum
Secretariat.
The Consulate of the FSM in Honolulu, HI provided great assistance for the
delegates
in Honolulu as they traveled from the Micronesia area to California.
Private support funding was received from: Continental Air Micronesia; Air
Marshall
Island; Chamber of Commerce of Palau; Chamber of Commerce of Saipan, CNMI,
Chamber of Commerce of Ebeye, Kwajalein, RMI; Sunrise Co. members, Ebeye, RMI;
Elizabeth S. Mendiola, Rota Branch Manager, Bank of Guam, CNMI; Nicolas A.
Songsong,
RITCOM, Rota, CNMI; Justin S. Manglona, Jusman Enterprises, Rota, CNMI;
Dorothy Gogue, General Manager, J & M Enterprisers and also personal contribution,
Rota, CNMI; Victor and Villia Hocog, SNM Corp., Rota, CNMI; Robert S. Calvo, Jr.,
Rota Terminal & Transfer, Rota, CNMI; Virgil Stinnett, Tarawa, Kiribati; The
Mictronesia
Institute.
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San Diego, California:
James Morton, State Department, and David Burney, US Tuna Foundation, headed
up the program in San Diego.
The great variety of interests of the area business communities led to a large
number
of separate chambers focusing on different issues. They met in a group twice a
year to
coordinate their programs; the Micronesians felt that this would be a good
Micronesiawide
business development program. The smaller neighboring chambers, with fewer
individual
resources and small memberships, pooled their assets to buy one page or conduct
one program that promoted all of them. This too could apply to smaller Micronesian
regions,
such as the Marshalls with Kiribati, and the Marianas with Palau.
Donors in-kind and participating organizations in San Diego, in addition to Mr.
Morton
and Mr. Burney, included: John Dunbar, Reg. Director, TT Inc.; Ernest Grijalva,
founder, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce/member, San Diego Chamber of Commerce;
Michael D. McCulley, Man. Dir., Cabason Inc.;Gil Partida, President, San Diego
Chamber of Commerce; Bill Sardinha, Sardinha & Cileu Management Inc.; Sou
Sangiolo,
SDan Diego Chamber of Commerce; Sgorge Sousa, President, GS Fisheries; David
Nuffer, former Chairman of the Board, San Diego Chamber of Commerce; Radisson
Hotel
La Jolla, La Jolla.
Boothbay Harbor, Maine
The Hon. Roger Severance, former Dep. Asst. Secretary of Commerce, and Dr. Jane
Hurd, telecommunications consultant, worked with the Boothbay Harbor Chamber of
Commerce to organize this program, providing hospitality as well as activities.
Many elements of Boothbay Harbor were familiar to the Micronesians. Its economy,
built on fishing, tourism and small shipbuilding, was relevant to their own lives.
Meetings
were held with representatives of the Lobstermens Cooperative, the Bigelow Marine
Research
Laboratory, the Boothbay Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, The Lions
Club (which hosted the delegation at a large formal dinner), Hodgdon Brothers
Shipbuilders,
and others as appropriate. The activities of the Chamber and other private
organizations
in promoting tourism and industries were of significant interest to the
Micronesians.
In kind donors and participating organizations included, in addition to Mr.
Severance
and Dr. Hurd: Gail P. Clark, Boothbay Harbor Chamber of Commerce; Jeff Curtis,
President, Boothbay Harbor Chamber of Commerce; Carl Griffin III, Attorney,
Historian;
Walter Hasenfus, Hasenfus Glass; Dick Hilton, Edgecomb Potters, Edgecomb; Tim
Hodgdon, Hodgdon Yachts, East Boothbay; Laura Honey, Fisherman's Wharf Inn; Dr.
Gary Howard, Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club; Daniel Kaler, Daniel Kaler & Sons Maine
Lobster; Butch Kressay, Lobsterman's Coop; Dr. Dwight Lewis, President, Boothbay
Harbor Lions Club; Rupe Neilly, Boothbay Harbor Chamber of Commerce; Lauri Smith,
Town Manager, Boothbay Harbor; Bonnie Stover, Tugboat Inn; Tugboat Inn.
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Washington, DC
The delegation was briefed at National Chamber Headquarters, with talks also by
the
Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), on supportive services and
another on
chamber-government relations.
The embassies of Australia, New Zealand and Japan presented a panel on chamber
activities in their home countries. The US Congress, AID, FEMA, and the EPA
provided
panels and briefings on ways in which business and government interrelate and on
how
they help each other in business growth, environmental and disaster relief areas.
In kind donors and participating organizations included:
US Chamber of Commerce: Dwayne Priestly, Asian Affairs; Vanessa Potts, Briefing
Center;
Art Sutty, Local Chamber Programs; Dina Vupnik, Briefing Center; Fred
Radewagen, Director, Pacific Islands Washington Office and former National
Political
Director, US Chamber of Commerce;
Center for International Private Enterprise: John Callebaut;
Embassies: H. E. John Wood, Ambassador of New Zealand; Roy Ferguson, DCM, Embassy
of New Zealand; Alexandra Tidswell, Embassy of New Zealand; Malcolm Greening,
First Secretary, Embassy of Australia; Naoshi Hirose, First Secretary for
Economics,
Embassy of Japan;
US Congress: Manase Mansur, Staff, Natural Resources Committee, House of
Representatives;
Elizabeth G. Lambird, Staff, East Asian & Pacific Affairs, Committee on Foreign
Relations, Senate;
Panel on Chambers' Roles in Renewable Resources and Disaster Management: Col.
Albert
V. Short, Man. Dir., US-Asia Environmental Partnership; Dr. Pat Foster-Turley,
Biodiversity Specialist, AID; David A. Shaller, Chief, Solid Waster Division, EPA;
Sharon Hordesky, Disaster Assistance Programs, FEMA;
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan: Howard L. Hills, Esquire; Barry J. Israel, Esquire;
Windsor Park Hotel;
Hospitality: Mrs. Samuel Thomsen, Mrs. C. B. Chapman
Talbot County, Maryland
The Vice President and Managing Director of the Talbot County Chamber of Commerce,
Mr. John T. Long, III, together with MI President Samuel Thomsen, organized a
program built on the small chambers in neighboring towns in the county and their
joint
promotion of local resources for the common good. Micronesians met with members
from various chambers and their Economic Development Committees, and with
retailers
on St. Michael’s Island.
In-kind donors and participating organizations in Talbot County included, in
addition
to Mr. Long and Mr. Thomsen: George Madison, Wilberforce Foundation, Royal Oak,
MD; Stephanie E. Price, Conference & Visitors Bureau, Chamber of Commerce; Ellen
Kelley, Dir., Adm. and Education Foundation, Chamber of Commerce; Mike Whelan,
President, Talbot County Chamber of Commerce; Georgia Adler, Historical Society of
Talbot County; Anne Rouse, Docent, Historical Society of Talbot County; Ellen
General,
The Avalon Theatre; Chris Brownawell, Academy of the Arts; Captain Ed Farley, H.M.
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Krenz Skipjack; Mr. and Mrs. Mike Richards, Lazy Jack Inn; Betty Carr, St.
Michaels
Retailers; John Valliani, Chesapeake Maritime Museum; Dave Etzel, Patriot Cruises;
Tom Howell, St. Michaels Candy Company; Roxie Kvasnak, Shaw Bay Classics Clothing.
The program closed with a reception at the home of President and Mrs. Sam
Thomsen. The Micronesians were urged to carry the information they had gained back
to
their home chambers. A second Chambers of Commerce Workshop was scheduled in
Kiribati,
but regrettably could not take place.
The MI acknowledges the great help of Program Director Marvin Ngirutang of Palau
in organizing the program at the Washington, DC office, and of Romana Lynn Cruz of
Guam and the Marshall Islands, in assisting him.
PUBLICATIONS ON PRIVATIZATION
Resources and Pacific Navigator
Following the 1985 Symposium, Allan H. Williams, who had helped to plan the
program, was so struck by the lack of business resources available to the
islanders that he
created a small publication designed specifically to bring information, contacts,
and skills
to the Micronesians as well as news of TMI. His unexpected illness and death in
1987
brought the brilliance and good heart of this young man to an end; this greatly
affected
the growth of the Institute. Resources first appeared in 1986, with issues twice
yearly. It
was redesigned and renamed Pacific Navigator under the leadership of the Hon.
Samuel
B. Thomsen, President of MI from 1990 to 1996. The last issue appeared in 1998.
The authors include:
The Honorable Jaco Nena, President of the Federated States of Micronesia
The Honorable Imata Kabua, President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
The Honorable Tosiwo Nakayama, President of the Federated States of Micronesia
The Honorable Peter Tali Coleman, former Deputy High Commissioner,
Trust Territory; former Governor, American Samoa
Prof. Henry M. Schwalbenberg, Fordham University, New York
Dr. H. M. Gunasekera, UN Planning Advisor
Howard Hills, Esquire, Legal Counsel
Professor Marilyn Liebrenz, George Washington U. School of Business
Barry Israel, Esquire, MI Counsel
Hon. Samuel Thomsen, MI President
Patricia Luce Chapman, MI Chairman
Investor’s Guide to the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 1989
Investor’s Guide to the Federated States of Micronesia, 1989, 1992
These books were the first publications in which reliable, comprehensive and
thorTHE
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ough business information was presented for use in serious business activities.
Created
under the leadership of Barry Israel, Esquire, information was painstakingly
collected as
he, Mathias Maradol of the FSM (Senior Program Officer of the MI) and Patricia
Chapman
traveled on separate trips throughout the FSM and RMI to work with local Chambers
of Commerce, business leaders, traditional leaders, authorities on land use, and
local
and national governments in developing the books. A working group of Micronesians
from the Washington, DC Embassies, and the Micronesian governments and business
communities in the islands, provided guidance and counsel.
Contents include: Country profile, Government at national and local levels,
Infrastructure,
The economy, Doing business, Taxes, Preferential US Trade Agreements, US
Program Assistance, Labor force and experience, Investment opportunities, National
development
goals. Key tips, maps, and photographs.
The Guides were funded by grants from The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc., and the
Economic Development Administration of the Commerce Department. Transportation
was assisted by Continental Air Lines/Continental Air Micronesia; operations were
helped by Mobil Oil Micronesia Inc.
Requests for additional copies caused the Investor’s Guide to the FSM to be
reissued
in 1992.
II. EDUCATION
The MI was not able to find the sustained funding necessary to conduct the
continuing
language and orientation programs that it had hoped to create. This was especially
the
case in the proposals submitted to several US government organizations for
teaching effective
English at very little cost on the atolls and villages removed from city centers.
Mrs. Chapman, with training in ESL from Columbia Teachers College in New York and
hands-on experience, was especially disappointed that her interest and skills in
the field
could not put to use. On a smaller scale, some academic-oriented activities took
place:
LIBRARIES
Through the initiative of Mary McCutcheon, Ph.D., a Smithsonian Institute book
donation program, in coordination sometimes with Continental Airlines/Air
Micronesia,
undertook the transportation of a very large quantity of donated books to
different parts
of the Micronesian islands over the years.
Legal: A library of legal reference books was donated to the Ebeye, Kwajalein
Atoll,
RMI, Kwajalein Atoll Development Authority by James McAfee, former Peace Corps
Volunteer on Namu, RMI. Mr. McAfee later returned to the RMI as Legislative
Counsel
to the Marshall Islands Nitijela. The 160-volume set of the Corpus Juris Secundum
was
sent to the attention of lawyer Johnsey Riklon of the development office. Jim, his
wife
Deidra and their two children made a family project of labeling and packing the
volumes.
Each volume was individually identified with a bookmark “given to remember our
friends,” with the name of a Marshallese friend inscribed. The set of books is
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as a “World Book of the legal environment.” The valuable reference volumes are
shared
with Ebeye’s Micronesian Legal Services Corporation and others.
Music: As its first project, the MI collected cassettes of music, everything from
Bach to
rock, for the people who were originally from Bikini Atoll. The cassettes were
donated in
lieu of cash contributions for an evening of island-style buffet supper and
information on
the Compact of Free Association. These, with a cassette player and batteries, were
sent to
Kili Island in the Marshalls, where the majority of the Bikini people still live,
over a period
of several years.
Reading libraries: Friends of the Marshall Islands through the MI donated over 11
cartons
of children’s books for a new library on Ebeye; these were gratefully received by
Librarian Tamar Jordan. The project was helped by several of the Marshall Islands
Returned
Peace Corps Volunteers and the MI’s Program Associate Romana Lynn Cruz of
the Marshalls and Guam. Additional cartons of books were shipped by Continental
Air
Micronesia for a Chuuk library,
Medical libraries throughout the FSM and the Marshall Islands received donated
books
from doctors in the US..
A Kosrae, FSM childen’s library received through the MI a substantial gift of new
children’s classics, including: The Weekly Reader Raintree Classics, the Value
Tales Series,
and the Field Series. The donor asked to remain anonymous.
The library at Rota, CNMI, was wiped out by the exceptionally virulent typoon
Paka.
Under the leadership of David L. Cahn, over 25 cartons of books were donated for
the
library. The more than 5,000 books were transported from the office of now
Governor,
then Representative John Babauta of the Northern Mariana Islands, Washington, DC,
and
from Hawaii donors also, to Rota by the kindness of Continental Micronesia’s Bill
Meehan, the US Navy and the Coast Guard, and helped in Guam and CNMI by Dirk
Ballendorf and Samuel McPhetres and Rota Mayor Benjamin Manglona.
MICRONESIAN DIPLOMAT TRAINING PROGRAM
For several years The MI was awarded contracts from the Foreign Service Institute
of
the Department of State to plan and conduct programs of cultural and educational
activities
under the guidance of James Morton, FSI director of the project.
Making full use of the opportunities offered in Washington, DC, the programs
presented
panels at the Embassies of the Philippines, Japan, Australia, Republic of China,
Germany, a number of the smaller Caribbean nations, and Fiji. Other briefings and
luncheons were held in the US Congress through the efforts of Mr. James Beirne,
Manase
Mansur and others, and the State Department, and with international organizations
such
as the OECD and the European Communities.
The Gannett News Service, parent of the Pacific Daily News, hosted the delegations
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at their Washington offices for several years, for briefings on relationships with
the media,
and for elegant dinners with members of their press.
On some of the programs the student diplomats were taken to Puerto Rico or to
the US Virgin Islands to learn about the problems and solutions found in other
island areas.
And, one year, the group’s studies took them to New York to coincide with first
Addresses
by the Presidents of the Marshalls and the FSM at the United Nations. MI staff
Romana Lynn Cruz, Matt Maradol, Marvin Ngirutang, Fred Agak and Linda Langley
assisted
at different times with these programs, and J. B. Collier of the World Bank was an
invaluable volunteer with particular skills in developing budgets and crisis
management.
“AN ADVENTURE FAR FROM HOME:”
COLLEGE STUDENT ORIENTATION PROGRAM
This audiotape and script program for island students coming to the US to attend
college
resulted from much research and rewriting, and many meetings, and rehearsals. The
MI conducted a survey of some 200 Micronesian college students in Texas, Oklahoma,
California, Montana, Washington State, Maryland, Virginia, and DC.
The resulting script, written by Patricia Chapman, often used the students’ own
words
in reflecting their concerns, problems, likes and dislikes. The survey was
created, and the
script carefully edited, by Martin Jano of Pohnpei, FSM, who was studying law in
Maryland
at the time. Topics included:
Housing
Financing Your College Education
Cultural Barriers
Studying
English Language
Strips of music from the different island areas separated these subjects.
Young Micronesians in Washington, DC acted out the various parts. These included
Schuyler Kendall, Marshalls; Steven Kanai, Palau; Rose Edwin Olter and Martin
Jano,
Pohnpei, FSM. Ringlen Ringlen, Pohnpei, FSM, was the Narrator for the 45-minute
cassette.
Students doubled up for the roles of the Yappese, Kosraean, Chuuk, Marianas and
Kiribati students. The program, funded by the USIA, was played over the radio in
the different
areas for the benefit of students embarking on a US college education.
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PACIFIC ISLANDS PROJECT
Under the leadership of former Governor Carl Gutierrez of Guam, the “Georgetown
Pacific Project” was created within the Asian Studies Program and Georgetown
University’s
Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies. Ambassador Jesse Marehalau of
the FSM, Fred Radewagen (then Executive Director of the MI,) and Counsel for the
MI
Mary Eva Candon were most instrumental in the formation of the Georgetown Pacific
Project. It aims to increase awareness of the Pacific Islands and to promote
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scholarship in Pacific issues. Admiral William J. Crowe, Jr. USN (ret.) was
Chairman of
the Advisory Council for the Lecture. The MI had a small but important role in the
Project
initiated by Fred Radewagen.
The initial component of the Project, the Peter Tali Coleman Lecture on Pacific
Public
Policy, memorializes the Honorable Peter Tali Coleman (1919-1997), a graduate of
the Georgetown University College, class of 1949, and the Law Center, class of
1951.
The MI was honored that Governor Coleman served on its Board..
To inaugurate the Project, on September 30, 2002 The Honorable Misa Telefoni
Retzlaff, M.P., LL.B. (Hons), C.P.A., who is Deputy Prime Minister and Finance
Minister,
Independent State of Samoa, and Chairman, World Bank Small States Forum, delivered
an Address on: Good Governance: Pathway to Small States Prosperity. A Role for
America and the West? at the World Bank Main Complex-Preston Auditorium,
Washington,
DC. A Reception followed, with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. The second Coleman
Lecture was held in early 2004.
Governor Coleman had a distinguished career in public service as a four-time
governor
of his native American Samoa, administrator of the Marshall and Mariana Islands,
and Deputy High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
. Governor Coleman is the only person in American history whose service as
governor
spans five decades and is the only Pacific Islander ever to serve as chief
executive of
three of the nations and territories that constitute the modern insular Pacific.
He was a
strong believer in regional cooperation, and this lecture series is dedicated to
presenting a
regional perspective on national and international public issues.
Founding Members of the Georgetown Pacific Project Endowment, who contributed
their gifts through the MI, include: American Samoa Government, Government of
Guam,
Republic of the Marshall Islands, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
Federated
States of Micronesia, Duty Free Shoppers, Ltd.
PACIFIC ISLANDS PRESS SEMINARS
The MI attempted to broaden American and international knowledge about the
Micronesia
area by holding occasional briefings bringing the embassies together with the
press when an appropriate occasion arose. Several sessions were held, but some
topics
proved to be too controversial within the islands themselves and the embassies,
which
were the sources to be interviewed, could not take part. The MI, following its
policy of
non-interference in internal island matters, felt it necessary to discontinue the
program.
GUAM, USA EDUCATION PROJECT
Americans know very little about the Pacific Americans, and even Guam, which has
been part of the United States since the Spanish-American War, remains little
known. In
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hearings in the US Congress, it became evident that there was inadequate
information
about Guam, especially in relation to the numbers of voting Guamanians on the
mainland.
The MI began an Education Project to help bring accurate information to the
general
American public, beginning the creation of a database of the 55, 000 mainland
residents
of Guamanian origin.
Unfortunately, with severe reductions in available funding, the project had to be
discontinued
before it achieved its goal, but the MI is gratified that there was progress made
where it was needed.
MAJURO, RMI COOPERATIVE SCHOOL
The MI worked to raise funds toward the construction and establishment of the
Majuro
Cooperative School under the leadership of its Treasurer Michael J. Pettit,
formerly
with the U.S. Representative’s Office in the RMI. A number of donations were
received
and conveyed to the Treasurer.
YALE UNIVERSITY INTERN TO THE MARSHALLS ISLANDS
Yale University junior Wylie O’Sullivan, with a third-generation interest in
Micronesia,
taught in the Marshalls for the first part of 1993 after a training period at the
MI
offices in Washington, DC. Ms. O’Sullivan worked as a volunteer teacher and
counselor.
Her grandfather, Al Hurt, was Executive Officer at the Trust Territory HQ during
the
1950’s. His sons Ken O’Sullivan, and William and James Hurt, are still remembered
in
the Marianas. William Hurt, the actor, served on the MI Board of Directors.
CORNELL/STANFORD UNIVERSITY INTERN TO KOSRAE, FSM
Volunteer Peter Sissons worked in Kosrae at the Kosrae Community Action Program
to follow up on the 1987 Symposia on Private Sector Development. His task was to
organize local business resources as aids to new entrepreneurs and business
persons.
RESEARCH ON THE EFFECT OF ELIMINATING THE PELL GRANTS AND
WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS
When the grants for students from the Micronesian islands were removed for a
period,
the effect on the students hoping to study in the US was dramatic. Mrs. Chapman
undertook a research trip to the RMI and to the FSM states to obtain first-hand
information
on what the students were doing and where they were going. This information was
relayed to authorities in Washington, DC, and eventually the grants were restored.
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SCHUYLER NIJRI KENDALL MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
The MI helped to raise funds for this foundation that was created in memory of the
son of Ambassador and Mrs. Wilfred E. Kendall of the RMI. Schuyler Nijri Kendall
was
killed in a car accident in Majuro. The Foundation recognizes excellence in
English composition
by senior honor roll students at the private and public high schools in Majuro.
“Sky” Kendall was a good friend to the MI, having worked hard on the Student Tape
Program. He not only took part in rehearsals and in the production itself, but he
also
sought out and taped the distinctive area music which separates the different
themes in
the script. He was a musically gifted young man.
HELP TO AGRICULTURE STUDENTS
The Institute, contacted by Steven McKay, Director of the Agricultural Program at
Anderson Valley, Boonville, California during the summer of 1991 for assistance to
agriculture
students, was able to arrange for Continental Air Micronesia to donate tickets for
students from the RMI, the FSM, Palau, Guam, and the Marianas. The students
returned
to their home islands trained to develop local crops to replace the crops imported
at great
cost. The program is linked with the Future Farmers of America. In addition to
Continental
Air Lines/Air Micronesia and the MI, the Interior Department and the students’
home islands financially supported the program
III. MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH
CARE
In 1983, health care in much of Micronesia was not up to the standards expected of
an
area under the American flag. Medical referrals, costly in money and in suffering,
to hospitals
in Guam and Honolulu were commonplace. Doctors from the US Public Health
Service were assigned to Micronesia and worked long hours, but could not keep up
with
the needs. Often equipment was limited, broken or inadequate. One doctor working
with
the MI repaired the only EKG machine himself. The area should have been a paradise
of
good health, but was severely afflicted with leprosy and tuberculosis, scabies and
worms.
Additionally, there were mental health problems: the Marshalls and Chuuk, FSM had
among the world’s highest rates of suicide among young men.
The MI created an Advisory Council of experts in tropical medicine and
epidemiology,
inviting them to consider possible new approaches to the problems. There had been
a parade of doctors -- Spanish, German, Japanese, finally United Nations and
American -
but apparently few consulted the Micronesians themselves about their cultural
requirements
and, without prior consultation, often imposed inappropriate unsustainable
regulations.
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With very limited funds and all-volunteer Micronesian and American help, the MI
decided to focus on one area, where the doctors might make a difference, and which
might serve as a pilot for other areas.
The health situation in Chuuk, with the greatest population and the highest rate
of
illness in Micronesia, was especially severe. Dr. Harvey Blank, renowned
dermatologist,
asked epidemiologists Drs. Jack Millar and James Marzolf to look for solutions.
The Ferguson
Foundation joined with Continental Air Lines, Continental Air Micronesia, Mobil
Oil Micronesia, and others in underwriting the costs of a study trip by Drs.
Millar and
Marzolf. With Mrs. Chapman, they consulted Dr. Eliuel Pretrick, Director of FSM
Health
Services, in Pohnpei, then continued to Chuuk
The MI found that, most importantly in the traditional villages where diseases
generally
originated, the women, who run the household and care for the family, were not
taught separately from men. In a mixed environment, the women couldn’t speak or
ask
questions, and had to sit by themselves. And without participation and leadership
from
the women, education in health care remained foreign and not trusted.
Three new approaches were developed in discussions with Micronesian women leaders
and Micronesian doctors:
--Training of women by the Red Cross in primary heath care which could be passed
from village to village by the women to the women
--a cultural therapy program bringing ancient legends and moral stories back to
the
people especially in order to strengthen the at-risk youth
--a George Washington University School of Medicine training program bringing
Fourth Year students to Pohnpei and Chuuk hospitals
CHUUK “RED CROSS”:
TRAINING OF WOMEN BY THE HAWAII RED CROSS
Some years before the MI was created, Mrs. Umiko Mori of Chuuk had founded the
Chuuk “Red Cross,” a group of women dedicated to improving the health and comfort
of
those who they saw as neglected by the new systems and loss of traditional family
structures,
or needy in other ways. Year after year they cared for the dying, washed the sick,
fed the hungry, met the needs of typhoon victims before the government got there.
They
raised their own money by sales of food and clothing. They called themselves the
Chuuk
Red Cross, wore blue and white uniforms with a large red cross, kept careful
records of
their activities, and had written a group anthem.
Doctors Millar and Marzolf, with the Hon. Erhart Aten (then governor of Chuuk),
arranged
for training visits by the Red Cross Society of Hawaii, with Dr. Robert Bonham of
Hawaii leading the class. Governor Aten personally helped with translations and
demonstrations.
After substantive written examinations, the group of 40 women volunteers received
official Red Cross certifications testifying to their proficiency in basic first
aid.
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The program, funded by the Ferguson Foundation and the International Foundation,
resulted a few weeks later in the saving of three lives by members of the
volunteer group.
They took their new skills to other villages in Chuuk, teaching other women what
they
had learned. The program continued for many years until the death of Mrs. Mori.
The Ferguson Foundation and International Foundation continued to help the
courageous,
enterprising group of women, who turned down possible US government funding
in order to be able to manage their program according to their own principles and
observations.
A documentary movie of the Chuuk “Red Cross” was made by Ralph Tucker of
New York, at his own expense.
On another trip, Drs. Millar and Marzolf treated and taught women in traditional
villages.
They also unexpectedly helped the indomitable women of the Chuuk Red Cross in
constructing their “Red Cross” headquarters. Tragically a super-typhoon blew it
down.
CULTURAL THERAPY: CHUUK FAIRO INSTITUTE
As an intern at the MI in Washington, DC, Linda Mori, daughter of Umiko and
Masataka
Mori of Chuuk, often spoke of her great desire to create a program that would give
the young people of Chuuk knowledge of their pre-Western past, which they could
incorporate
into their contemporary lives. This would, she believed, help them find ways,
other than suicide and anger, with which to deal with their problems. She felt
that once
"they could see from the inside out, they could understand better and have more
strength
meeting contemporary problems from the outside in.”
With initial outside funding of only a few thousand dollars from Mobil Oil
Micronesia
Inc. and help from her family and the MI, and then later from the Public Welfare
Foundation, later helped also by the US Public Health Service and the CAT Team,
Ms.
Mori created the Chuuk Fairo Institute. She was able to construct a traditional
building
called a wuut. All elements of the construction of this Youth Center, from the
source island
of the huge mangrove logs to the blessing of the land, followed the ancient ways.
The great traditional leader Kintoki Joseph conducted many programs in explaining
and teaching the Chuukese past to the youth, with many middle-aged attendees as
well.
The boys learned the almost-forgotten songs, blessings and moral stories of their
ancestors.
Esenien Esirom taught traditional carving; traditional canoe builders and
navigators
also taught the youth. Prisoners took part in the project as a form of community
service.
The little building by the lagoon was used regularly until the great 2003 Typhoon
Cha’laan blew it down. Sources of funding for its reconstruction are being
considered.
CROSS-CULTURAL COUNSELING
Another program in Cultural Therapy was led by Prof. Paul B. Pederson, then of
Syracuse University. At the invitation of Linda Mori of Chuuk, Dr Pederson
conducted
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programs designed to help the youth adjust to their contemporary world. Dr.
Pederson’s
late wife Anne had served as Founder and Chair of the Science and Education
Committees
of the Pacific Science Association and Director of the MI.
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Drs. Jack Millar and James Marzolf, and later Dr. Glenn Geelhoed, all of GWU’s
Medical Center, applied their years of experience in tropical medicine to the
needs of the
Micronesians, especially to those in Chuuk, where the needs were the most severe.
Dr.
Millar in particular is known and respected throughout the islands because he
started and
ran a leprosaurium in Tinian, Mariana Islands, with the US Navy after World War
II. On
their first trip, Drs. Millar and Marzolf conducted examinations for potential
leprosy of
large numbers of Chuukese.
With tickets donated by the Ferguson Foundation and Continental Air Lines/Air
Micronesia,
and support from the medical centers in Chuuk and Pohnpei as well as Mobil
Oil Micronesia Inc., the physicians created a major medical exchange program. The
doctors
arranged for the GWU Medical Center’s Fourth Year Students to work for two
months in Pohnpei with the Medical Officers Training Program under the direction
of Dr.
Greg Dever, and at the Chuuk State Hospital. Working side by side with the
Micronesian
interns, they provided invaluable services in many areas at the hospitals, also
conducting
clinics and leaving behind medicines in some of the Western Islands. The visiting
students
reported that they learned more than they taught, in diagnosing without
instruments,
and in healing without Western medicine.
This program continued for several years, until new attention to Eastern Europe
and
the US administration’s goals in that part of the world pulled interest away from
the Pacific.
When the MI could no longer obtain donated tickets for the costly travel from
Washington, DC to Pohnpei and Chuuk, and despite repeated requests from the
medical
officers in the FSM, the people in Chuuk and Pohnpei, and the students at George
Washington
who covered all their own expenses except for air fare, the MI had to discontinue
the program.
On a return trip to the mainland from Micronesia, Dr. Geelhoed performed an
emergency
appendectomy in the Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.
WOMEN UNITED TOGETHER OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
The WUTMI, a nationwide group of women leaders in the Marshall Islands, was
able to present a program on "Population and Family Health" as its first major
activity
through a grant obtained by the MI from the Skaggs Foundation. The WUTMI Charter
in
Majuro was ratified, and that of Kwajalein was underway. Leaders of the program
were
Hon. Marie Maddison, Hon. Carmen Bigler, Hon. Neijon Edwards, and in Kwajalein,
Irene Paul. Program planning included encouragement of cottage industries,
promotion
of a clean lagoon and trash removal, and education in primary health care.
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MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO RMI AND FSM
$25,000 worth of medical supplies was donated to the Marshall Islands by Charles
Vihtelic, a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, through the Friends of the Marshall
Islands
and the Micronesia Institute. Continental Air Micronesia and Air Marshall Islands
donated
the transportation for the goods to Majuro.
The Chuuk Red Cross was given gifts of clothing, money, clothing, and medical
supplies
for use in their work with ailing villagers by Maradel Gale, Bernadette Wehrly,
Hiroshi
Daifuku Ph.D., and Richard Winston Ph.D.
College of the Marshall Islands School of Nursing received 14 cartons of books,
journals
and cassettes shipped for its library courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution. The
books were donated Drs. Don Barber, Carolyn Brown, and Bruce Weneck. Richard
Morrison,
Ph.D., has donated several cartons of science magazines.
DISASTER RELIEF
Much of the Micronesia area is prone to typhoons and mud slides after heavy rains.
The MI has sought and distributed large amounts of medical donations, tents, and
used
clothing which were flown to the islands as gifts from Continental Air Micronesia.
The
PM&O Vessel Micronesia Pride has also carried and delivered as a gift, 14 boxes of
medical emergency supplies.
For Supertyphoon Nina in Chuuk, in which 85% to 100% of all residences, and 95%
of the crops, were destroyed on different islands, MI Program Officer Harrison
Miller
obtained and arranged for over $50,000 worth of contributed shipments of medicines
and
supplies by Direct Relief International, Americares Foundation, and individual
friends of
Chuuk.
IV. CULTURE
MICRONESIAN ENDOWMENT FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
The MI has been deeply concerned over the future of the Micronesian cultures. To
the end of preserving and developing the Micronesian cultures, the MI helped the
Micronesians
to establish the Micronesian Endowment for Historic Preservation (MEHP).
The MEHP’s officers, made up of the appointed Historic Preservation Officers of
the
different areas, are rotated in yearly elections according to carefully written
and observed
Articles of Incorporation (in the Marshall Islands in 1985) and Bylaws, both of
which
have been amended since the establishment of independence of the FSM, RMI, and
Palau.
It is an independent entity, crossing all political boundaries and all territorial
interests.
The MI serves as its associated organization in the US.
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Receptions and fund-raising events have been held in several areas. Grants,
especially
from the Henry Luce Foundation, Inc., have funded illustrated brochures in both
English
and Japanese. Daniel A. Roland of Smith Barney Shearson, Guam, and Mobil Oil
Micronesia,
Guam, made generous grants to the Endowment Fund.
The Foundation also enabled the Historic Preservation Officers to visit New York
to
call on donor Henry Luce III (who had visited Palau and Yap during World War II
and
had beautiful Micronesian art in his offices), to meet with officers of other
cultureoriented
foundations, and to explain the Endowment to the Palauan, Marshallese, and
FSM ambassadors at the United Nations. Mr. H. Christopher Luce of the Henry Luce
Foundation and son of Mr. Luce and Patricia Chapman, hosted the group at dinner in
Chinatown one evening. Another New York host was the Hon. Francis Kellogg,
formerly
UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
Fund-raisers have been hosted in Guam by Mobil Oil Micronesia, Inc.; in the
Marshall
Islands by their Alele Museum; and in Washington, DC by Ambassador and Mrs.
Fred Zeder at their apartment. Smaller fund-raisers have been given in different
island
areas. Joint programs with the Smithsonian Institution, and exhibits by the
Interior Department,
have also helped build awareness of the cultures. Continental Air Lines/Air
Micronesia and Air Marshall Islands have contributed toward transportation costs
for vital
inter-island and mainland meetings.
The MEHP is an independent on-going organization that is slowly building its
Endowment
and finding friends around the world. Contributions may be sent c/o The Treasurer,
Micronesian Endowment for Historic Preservation, Alele Museum, Majuro, Marshall
Islands, MH 96960 and earmarked MEHP.
DONATED PAINTINGS OF MICRONESIAN AREAS
A gift of 17 paintings of scenes in the Marshalls, Palau, FSM, Guam, and the
Northern
Marianas, dating from the early part of the last century, was given to the MI by
Mr.
Frank Barrett of Barrett Associates of California. Their value is estimated to be
$20,400.
Mr. Barrett, who with his engineering firm has spent much time in the Micronesian
islands, hoped that the lovely paintings, by Mr. Williamson Mayo, would be
exhibited in
the embassies and representatives Offices. They are being received on loan by the
different
offices. Continental Air Lines, Continental Air Micronesia, and Air Marshall
Islands
transported the paintings from the islands and arranged for their delivery.
PROMOTING THE CULTURE THROUGH SHOPPING FOR GIFTS FROM RMI,
FSM, PALAU, CNMI, GUAM, AND KIRIBATI
The MI, as part of its effort to acquaint Americans with Micronesian arts,
cultures,
and needs, prepared a Christmas season gift list of books, music cassettes,
sculpture, jewelry,
baskets and mats, woven fantasy flowers, purses, coconut soap, oil, and shampoo,
walking canes, outrigger canoes, sailing stick charts, baskets, mats and fans,
cards, from
every part of the Micronesia area. Art for the gift list was created by Tina
Botond.
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V. APPENDIX
INTERIM BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
SUCCESSOR MICRONESIA INSTITUTE
H. E. Jesse Marehalau, Interim President, FSM
H. E. Banny de Brum, Interim Vice-President, RMI
H. E. Hersey Kyota, Interim Treasurer, Palau
Officers of the above Embassies:
Marvin Ngirutang, Palau
David Orruken, Palau
Rhinehart Silas, Palau
Holly Barker, RMI
Kristina Stege, RMI
Matt Zackhras, RMI
Tanya Harris, FSM
Mathias Maradol, FSM
James Naich, FSM
Samson Pretrick, FSM
FIRST DIRECTORS and ADVISORS, 1983
Patricia Luce Chapman: Founder/Chair
Fr. John T. Pawlikowski, S. J., Catholic Theological Union: Secretary/Treasurer
Barry J. Israel, Esquire: Counsel
Donald L. Beck, Founder, Continental Air Micronesia
Hyman Bookbinder, American Jewish Committee
Edward Doherty, US Catholic Council of Bishops
Singeru Singeo, Ph.D., FSM and Palau
FIRST HONORARY DIRECTORS
Edward DLG Pangelinan, CNMI and Guam
Noriwo Ubedei, Palau
FIRST ADVISORY COUNCIL:
Harvey Blank, MD., U. of Miami
James Marzolf, MD, Pac. Health & Resources Dev.
James Millar, MD., Geo. Wash. U. School of Medicine
Linda Mori, Chuuk, FSM
SUBSEQUENT DIRECTORS
Samuel B. Thomsen, President, 1990-1996
Mary Eva Candon, Esquire, Counsel
Milo Coerper, Esquire, Coudert Bros., Counsel
Howard L. Hills, Esquire, Strook & Strook & Lavin, Counsel
Hon. David Chewning, Treasurer
Leon M. S. Slawecki, Ph.D., Trinity College, Treasurer
Col. Albert V. Short, USA, Retired, Treasurer
Fred Radewagen, Exec. Director
Hon. John Babauta, CNMI
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Donald J. Breeding, Continental Air Micronesia
Paul J. Casey, Continental Air Micronesia
John Cornman, Gerontological Society
Governor Peter Tali Coleman, American Samoa
Maradel K. Gale, Oregon U. Micronesia Program
Glenn W. Geelhoed, MD, Geo. Wash. U. School of Medicine
Joseph W. Harrison, Pan-Pac. Alliance for Trade & Development
James E. Hawkins, Commonwealth Pacific Corporation
Jane Hurd, Telephony International
William Hurt, Actor
Stephen A. Janger, Close-up Foundation
George M. Kroloff, Kroloff Marshall & Associates
Cecile E. Mactaggart, Author
Matthias Maradol, Washington, DC and FSM
Prof. Anne Pederson, Pacific Science Association
Paul Pederson, Ph.D., Syracuse U., Harvard U, Cross-Cultural Counseling
Daniel A. Roland, Smith Barney Shearson, Guam
Garrett Scalera, Consultant on Asia-Pacific Health, Economics and Defense, Tokyo,
Japan
Hon. Roger D. Severance, Severance International
George Warde, Continental Air Micronesia
Lee P. Webber, Pacific Daily News, Guam
A. Lee Zeigler, Ph.D., International Education Consultant
SUBSEQUENT HONORARY DIRECTORS
Hon. Oscar de Brum, RMI
Hon. Froilan Tenorio, CNMI
Hon. Antonio Borja Won Pat, MC, Guam
Hon. Robert Underwood, MC Guam
Hon. Ben Blaz, MC, Guam
Hon. Ringlen Ringlen, FSM
Senator Dan Akaka, HI
Senator J. Bennett Johnston, Jr., LA
Senator John McCain, AZ
Hon. Steven Kanai, Palau
Hon. David Orrukem, Palau
SUBSEQUENT ADVISORY COUNCIL
Dirk Anthony Ballendorf, Ph.D., Micr. Area Research Ctr., Guam
Mitch Besser, MD, U.C. San Diego Hospital and Chuuk
Robert W. Blume, Sr., Bank of Hawaii
Robert Bonham, MD, Waianae Health Center, Hawaii
David Challinor, Ph.D., Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Jerry Coron, Hawaii Red Cross/ Henry Dunant Pacific, Hawaii
John Henry Felix, MD, Honolulu City Council, Hawaii
Howard Graves, Associated Press, Hawaii
Jay Jones, Shelly International Marketing
Susan Kenworthy, Dept. of Education, Washington, DC
Patricia Parker King, Ph.D., National Park Service, Washington, DC
Thomas King, Ph.D., Author, Lecturer, Hist. Pres. & Properties, Wash. DC
T. E. Manase Mansur, Cong. Staff, Washington, DC
Fr. Thomas Marciniak, Syracuse, NY and Majuro, RMI
Robert H. McNulty, Partners for Livable Places, Washington, DC
Hon. Robert R. Nathan, Robert R. Nathan Associates, Washington, DC
Hon. Robert Podesta, Washington, DC
Neal Palafox, MD, RMI and Hawaii
Henry Schwalbenberg, S.J., Fordham University, New York
Robert Sherrod, Author of WW 2 books on Tarawa, and Saipan, Washington, DC
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Louis Sleeper, Pan-Pacific Alliance for Trade, Washington, DC
Carl Stover, Ph.D., The Stover Group, Washington, DC
Miller Upton, Ph.D., Education Consultant
Dennis Van Der Tuig, NASA, Washington, DC
James M. Wall, Christian Century Magazine
Lee P. Webber, Pacific Daily News
PROGRAM OFFICERS and INTERNS, Washington, DC
Program Officer Fred Agak, Kenya
Program Officer/Volunteer J.B. Collier, World Bank, USA
Program Officer Lorena Chavez, USA
Program Officer Harrison Miller, USA
Program Officer Linda Mori, Chuuk, FSM
Program Officer Ted Osius, USA
Program Officer Marvin Ngirutang, Palau
Program Officer Allan Hayes Williams, USA
Sheila Edwin, Pohnpei, FSM
Rose Edwin Olter Tarpley, Pohnpei, FSM
Gertrude Mangarwen, Yap, FSM
Romana Lynn Cruz, RMI and Guam, USA
Blandina Yangilmau, Palau
In addition to all of the above, very valuable guidance in steering the MI canoe
across the shoals
and reefs was given by the FSM’s Hon. Epel Ilon and Benina Ilon, Governor Erhart
Aten,
Hon. James Naich, Ishmael Lebehn, Hon. Del Pangelinan, Teddy John, Martin Jano,
Esquire,
Andrew Kugfas; Hon. Alfred Capelle, Hon. Carmen Bigler, Hon. Neijon Edwards of
the RMI, and Hon. Vicky Kanai and Moses Sam of Palau. We thank them for the kind
gifts of
their trust, knowledge, and counsel.
Additional Americans who gave valuable time in developing the MI program and
concept were
James Berg and Ambassadors Fred Zeder and Peter Rosenblatt of the Office for
Micronesian
Status Negotiations, and Samuel McPhetres of Saipan, CNMI, and Jim Beirne,
Congressional
Staff.
*
Participants in Micronesia Institute programs are here given alphabetically. Many
are missing, in
particular participants from Kiribati, Yap, Palau, the Marianas, and Guam in the
islands.. Titles are
given as they were at the time of the program. The listing includes a few who
extended their hospitality
but were unable to attend the programs. We thank them for their help. We regret
omissions
and incomplete titles. Program coordinators, hosts, volunteers, and speakers, are
marked
with an asterisk.
Hon. Judge Paul Abbate, Guam*
Lucy S. Abello, FSM Dept. of Finance, Pohnpei, FSM
Lyndon Abraham, Bank of the FSM, Kosrae, FSM
Presley Abraham, Kosrae, FSM
Reedson Abrahanm, FSM Office of Planning & Stat., FSM
Tee P. Abraham, FSM Budget Office, Pohnpei, FSM
Dr. Martin A. Abrahamsen (Panel), VOCA, Washington DC*
Hon. Marcelino Actouka, businessman, Pohnpei, FSM*
Yvette E. Adams, Carlos Etscheit Soap Co., Pohnpei, FSM
Susumo Aizawa (Host), Susumu’s Restaurant, Chuuk, FSM*
Solomon K. Aken, Kwajalein, RMI
Conrad Albert, Police Department, Kosrae, FSM
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Romeo J. Alfred, South End Emporium, Kwajalein, RMI
Aaron Alokoa, Personnel Office, Kosrae, FSM
Floyd Alokoa, Kosrae, FSM
Adano Alphonse, Chuuk Fishing Coops, Chuuk, FSM
Mrs. Mamer Amon, TAU-LEI, Pohnpei. FSM
Arthur Ansin, Chief of Agriculture, Chuuk, FSM
Livingston Anton, Supply Office, Kosrae, FSM
Senator Elizabeth Arriola, Guam
Santy Asanuma, Asanuma Enterprises, Palau
Hon. Erhart Aten (Host), Governor. Chuuk, FSM*
Dr.Gerhart Aten and Mrs. Helen Leong Men, Chuuk, FSM*
Joe Ayuyu, Chamber of Commerce, Saipan, CNMI
Jose Babauta, Commonwealth Dev. Authority, Saipan, CNMI
Steve Baker, Bank of Kiribati Ltd., Tarawa, Kiribati
Robert Bailey, Ph.D., Ohio State U. Business Professor, Ohio
Takabea Barantarawa, Ministry of Trade, Tarawa, Kiribati
Maxima Baroy, Agriculture Dept., Chuuk, FSM
John Barrett, RADM USN Ret (Panel), Pacific Forum, Hawaii*
Crawfori H. Bates, Pohnpei Transfer & Storage, Pohnpei, FSM
Eloise Baza, Chamber of Commerce, Guam
Sam Bellu, MI coordinator, Triple J Wholesale, Kwajalein, RMI*
Gordon Benjamin, Office of Trade & Dev., Majuro, RMI
Reverend Benjamin, Kosrae, FSM
Tony E. Bermanis, Fed. States Insurance Underwriter. Pohnpei, FSM
Otoichi Besebes, Palau Manager, Development Bank, Palau*
Bill Bezzant, Triple J., Kwajalein, RMI
Hon. Carmen Bigler, Sec. of Internal Affairs, Hist. Pres. Officer, Majuro, RMI*
Bernard Billimon, 4-H Youth Specialist, Chuuk, FSM
Pat K. Billimon, Billimon’s, Chuuk, FSM
Joachin Blanco, Bank of Guam, Kwajalein, RMI*
Irumne Bondrik, Kwajalein, RMI
Tina Botond, graphics, Washington, DC
Gary Bouck, Panel, Dept. of Commerce, DC*
Herner Braiel, R & D, Chuuk, FSM
Lewis Brooks, Production & Marketing, Kosrae, FSM*
Albert Brown, Business consultant,, Panel. Washington, DC*
Flavia Bruton, Mita & Bruton Ent., Chuuk, FSM
Arthur Burditt, R & D, Chuuk, FSM
Martha Burgess, PKanel, Education Consultant, Washington, DC*
Aqua I. Calep, Kwajalein, RMI
William Capelle, Air Marshall Islands, RMI*
Jesus and Mrs. Chako, Dev. Officer for Sen. Arriola, Guam
Patricia Luce Chapman, Chair, Micronesia Institute, Washington, DC*
Col. Richard Chapman USA, HQ USAKA, Kwajalein, RMI*
Moses Charley, FSM Development Bank, Kosrae, FSM
Eliot Cholymay, Chuuk Fisheries, Chuuk, FSM
Frank Cholymay, Chuuk Food Services, Chuuk, FSM
Sen. Peter Christian, FSM Congress, Pohnpei, FSM*
Masachiro Christlib, Hall Islands Dev. Authority. Chuuk, FSM
Lydia Coburn, Washington, DC and Palau*
Hilary Conrad, Pohnpei State Legislature. Pohnpei, FSM
Deborah Smith Cook Ph.D., Geo. Wash. U. Business Professor, DC*
Joel Cook, Ph.D., Geo. Wash. U. Business Professor, DC*
Larry Dalton, Businessman, Palau*
Augustine Danis, Chuuk, FSM
Mitaro Danis, Land Commission, Chuuk, FSM
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Don and Dorothy Davis, (MI Coordinators), Robert Reimers, Kwajalein, RMI*
Dr. Ruben S. Davrit (Host), Coll. of Trop. Agr./Science, Coll. Of Micronesia,
Pohnpei, FSM*
Bonnie de Brum, Kwajalein, RMI
Justin de Brum, RMI/USAKA Liaison, Kwajalein, FSM
Veronica Denny, Peace Corps, Chuuk, FSM
Greg Dever, MD, Med. Officer Training Pgm., Pohnpei, FSM
Maryanne Dionne, Global Associates, Kwajalein, RMI
Mary Lou Dorrance, Washington, DC*
Paula Edmund, Pohnpei Catholic School, Pohnpei, FSM
Ywao Elanzo, Dev. Officer, Coll, of Micronesia, Pohnpei, FSM
Bondi Elmi, Kosrae, FSM
Hon. Neijon Edwards, Sec. of Social Services, Majuro, RMI*
Emensio Eperiam, MEHP, Pohnpei, State Government, Pohnpei, FSM *
Thomas Ermang, Program Director, Micr. Occupational College, Palau*
Droteo Espangel, Bank of Guam. Chuuk, FSM
Michael Fleming, Saipan, CNMI
Senator Isaac Figir, Yap, Congress of the FSM, FSM*
Jeff Franckx, Peace Corps, Chuuk
Sapuro Freddy, Public Works, Kosrae, FSM
Harry Fritz, Businessman, Palau*
M. A. Gamage, Dept. of C &RS, Pohnpei, FSM
Jerry Garrett, Kwajalein, RMI
Mike Gawel, FSM Resources, Pohnpei, FSM
Tulpe George, Kosrae State Legislature, Kosrae, FSM
Webster George, Kosrae, FSM
Governor Yosiwo George, (Host), Kosrae, FSM*
Governor Sasao Gouland, Chuuk, FSM*
Homer Graham, Kwajalein, RMI
Frank Leon Guerrero, Dep. Tax Commissioner, Guam*
Elizabeth Haake*
Gordon Hansen, Chuuk, FSM
Clyde D. Harper, T&C Furn. & Upholstery Co., Chuuk, FSM
Verjuna Harry, Kosrae, FSM
Myron Hashiguchi, Shigeto’s, Chuuk, FSM
Col. Leonard Hassell, Dept. of Defense, DC
Laura S. Hauk, Pohnpei Com. Action Agency, Pohnpei, FSM
Lura Hills, Washington, DC and Kosrae*
James T. Hiyane, Palm Terrace, Pohnpei, FSM
Victor Hobson, Ret., Officer, USAKA, Kwajalein, RMI*
Lola Hocog, Chamber of Commerce, CNMI*
Donald Holland, Bank of the FSM, Chuuk, FSM*
Robert Hong, (Host), Formosa Restaurant, Kwajalein, RMI*
Carlton Hopp AIA, Kwajalein, RMI
Carl Ingram, Esq., Majuro, RMI*
Fountain Inok, (Coordinator), Chamber of Commerce, Kwajalein, RMI*
Diane Inos, Commonwealth Dev. Authority, Saipan, CNMI*
Fidel Iron, Chuuk Trading Co., Chuuk, FSM
Kasuo Isisaki, FSM Foreign Inv. Board, Kosrae, FSM
FSM Vice President Hiroshi Ismael, Palikir, FSM*
Senyorina Jack, High School, Kosrae, FSM
Shrue Jack, Mobil Kosrae, Kosrae, FSM
Swinton Jack, Dept. of Education, Kosrae, FSM
Mayor Alvin Jacklick, (Host), Kwajalein, RMI*
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Gerson Jackson, Cons. & Dev., Kosrae, FSM*
Benster Jano, FSM Resources & Development, Pohnpei, FSM
Abon Jeadrik, City Manager, Kwajalein, RMI
Julian Johns, Supply Office, Kosrae, FSM
Janice Johnson, Washington, DC*
Chaplain Johnson, Kwajalein, RMI
Donald Jonah, Sandy Beach Hotel, Kosrae, FSM
Hon. Ihlen K. Joseph, Pohnpei State Government, Pohnpei, FSM*
Senator Kasiano Joseph, Pohnpei State Leg., Pohnpei, FSM
Hon. Kintoki Joseph, Cultural Therapy, Udot, Chuuk, FSM
President Amata Kabua (Host), RMI*
Senator Imata Kabua, Chairman, KADA, Kwajalein, RMI
Hon. Michael Kabua, (Host), Mon La Mike’s, Kwajalein, RMI*
Hon. Vicky Kanai, MEHP, Cultural Officer, Palau*
Peter Kararana, South Tarawa Contractors Workers Coop., Kiribati
Waysang Kum Kee, WKK Enterprises, Kiritimati Island, Kiribati
Buraieta Koakoa, Aba-makomo Trading Ltd., Tarawa, Kiribati
Senator Roosevelt Kansou, Chuuk State Leg., Chuuk, FSM*
Duke Keiser, Mobil Oil Micronesia Inc., Guam
H. E. Wilfred Kendall of RMI, Washington, DC*
Reno Ketinas, Chuuk, FSM
Senator Hermios Kibin, Majuro, RMI
Johnny Killion, Chuuk Shipping Co., Chuuk, FSM
Senator Redley Killion, FSM Congress, Pohnpei, FSM
Jerry Knight, Alele Museum, Majuro, RMI*
Angela Korok, Laura Korwan Co., Kwajalein, RMI
Jerry Kramer, Host, Pres., Chamber of Commerce, Majuro, RMI*
Andrew Kugfas, Historic Pres. Officer, Yap, FSM*
Korwan Labwon, Kwajalein, RMI
Hermina Langijata, Fitikoko’s, Kwajalein, RMI
Biten Lanki, Pacific Int’l Inc., Majuro, RMI
Reloni Latdrik, Kwajalein, RMI
Rellong Lemari, Chief Secretary’s Rep., Kwajalein, RMI
Grant Lebaun, Businessman, Majuro, RMI*
Hon. Annes Lebehn, Speaker, Pohnpei State Legislature, FSM*
lshmael Lebehn (Cordinator; Panel Moderator; Host)*
Dir.,Coll, of Trop. Agr. & Science, Coll, of Micronesia, Pohnpei, FSM
Jackson Lebehn, FSM Office of Planning/Statistics, Pohnpei
Major Lee, UJSA, USAKA, Kwajalein, RMI
John P. Lee, Aeromet, Inc., Kwajhalein, RMI
Marilyn Liebrenz , Ph.D., (Panels), Geo. Wash. U. Business Prof., Washington, DC*
Hermira Ligohr, Pohnpei Comm. Action Agency, Pohnpei, FSM
Sen. Chotaro A. Lika, Chuuk State Legislature, Chuuk, FSM
Dennis Linebanger, Peace Corps, Pohnpei, FSM
Raymond Lomongo, Chuuk, FSM
Frank L. Lonno, Budget Dept., Kosrae, FSM
Kresma K. Luey, Cons.& Dev., Kosrae, FSM
Kenneth Lujan, Small Bus. Adm., Guam
Charles Lum, Small Bus. Adm., Hawaii
Alex P. Luzama, Act. Exec. Director, EDA, Pohnpei, FSM*
Alison MacCannell, Peace Corps, Pohnpei, FSM
Robert MacDonald, George Wash. U. School of Med., Washington, DC*
Lt. Governor Moses Mackwrelung, Kosrae, FSM*
Kempis Mad, Palau Museum, Palau
Mr. Mad, College of Micronesia, Palau*
James MacIntyre, Global Assoc., Kwajalein, RMI
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Amos MacQuinn, Chamber of Commerce, Majuro, RMI*
Marie Maddison, WUTMI, Majuro, RMI*
Mark Mailo, Chuuk Maritime Authority, Chuuk, FSM
Dr. Francis Matsutaro, Pres. Micr. Occupational College, Host, Palau*
Kenneth Matzkin, OEA, The Pentagon, Washington, DC*
Rufino Mauricio, Ph.D., FSM Hist. Pres. Officer, Pohnpei, FSM
Abios Mawilon, Renders Taxi, Kwajalein, RMI
Benjamin Maynigo, Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce, Washington, DC
The Mayor of Lelu, Kosrae, FSM
Mayor Barton Musrasrik, Malem, Kosrae, FSM
The Mayor of Tafunsak, Kosrae, FSM
The Mayor of Utwe, Kosrae, FSM
Mary McCutcheon, Ph.D. Washington, DC
Enid McKay, Dept. of Education, Majuro, RMI*
Paul McLaughlin, Betio Hardware, Tarawa, Kiribati
Tiete McLaughlin, electronics, Tarawa, Kiribati
Pat McKenzie, Host, Finance Officer, Chuuk, FSM*
Samuel McPhetres, Saipan, CNMI*
Melander Melander, Kosrae, FSM
Richard Miller, OTIA, Washington, DC
Hideo Milne (Coordinator), Chamber of Commerce, Kwajalein, RMI*
Victor Milne (Guest, MI), Majuro Chamber of Commerce, Majuro, RMI
Michael Minardi, Kwajalein, RMI
Matt Mix (Co-Sponsor), Pres. Pohnpei Chamber of Commerce, Pohnpei, FSM*
Shra Mongkeya, CCM Extension, Kosrae, FSM
Moreen Moore, Chamber of Commerce, Kwajalein, RMI*
Hermenia & Andrew Moses, Seven Ms, Kwajalein, RMI*
Hon. Bob Mori, Lieutenant Governor, Host, Chuuk, FSM*
Gabe Mori, Foreign Inv. Board, Chuuk, FSM
Manny Mori, Pres., FSM Development Bank, Pohnpei, FSM
Hon. Masataka Mori, Host, Chuuk, FSM*
Roger S. Mori, Dep. Director, Chuuk State R&D, Chuuk, FSM
Mr. and Mrs. Sammy Mori, Chuuk Transco, Chuuk, FSM
Taka M. Mori (Host), Sen. Manager, Chuuk Transp. Co., Chuuk, FSM*
Umiko Mori, Founder/President, Chuuk “Red Cross,” FSM*
Hon. Resio Moses (Opening Address), Governor, Pohnpei, FSM*
Pelerihno Mudong, Pohnpei Comm. Action Agency, Fohnpei, FSM
Pat Muno, Chamber of Commerce, Majuro, RMI*
Martha Murphy, Pohnpei Chamber of Commerce, Pohnpei, FSM
David Nakagawa, Pohnpei, FSM
Sydnina Nakayama, Chuuk, FSM
Hon. Tosiwo Nakayama, Bank of Guam, Chuuk*
Ned Namara, Ebeye Credit Union, Kwajalein, RMI
Peter Namio, Chuuk, FSM
Namio Nanpei, Manager, FSM Coconut 0ev. Authority, Pohnpei, FSM
Sam Nathan, JTPA Administrator, Chuuk, FSM
Ginn Nena, Kosrae, FSM
Lerina Nena, Kosrae, FSM
Shelten D. Neth, Farmers Home Adm., USDA, Pohnpei, FSM
Dion G. Neth, Pohnpei State Budget Office, Pohnpei, FSM
Leilani Ngirturong, Chamber of Commerce, Palau*
Chutomu Nimwes, Dir. Of Education, Chuuk, FSM
Henry Noda, Kosrae, FSM
Andrea Novak, Peace Corps, Pohnpei, FSM
William O’Callaghan (Panel), VOCA, Washington, DC
Beverley O’Hara, Peace Corps. Chuuk, FSM
Kaoli Onorio, Press, Tarawa, Kiribati
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Sekool Oremgii, Master Raft Builder, Palau
Elvis Killion O’Sonis, HPO, Chuuk, FSM
Wylie O’Sullivan, Washington, DC and Majuro, RMI
Winton Palik, Police Dept., Kosrae, FSMPau
Eugene Palsis, Hospital Adm., Kosrae, FSM
Helkena Palsis, Kosrae, FSM
Ruly Palsis, Kosrae, FSM
Paul Patrick, Kwajaleln, RMI
Irene A. Paul, business woman, Kwajalein, RMI*
Maj. And Mrs. Michael J. Pettit, US Rep.’s office, Majuro, RMI
James Pedersen, Barrett Harris & Associates. Chuuk, FSM
Dr Dan Perin, Dept. of C&RS, Pohnpei, FSM
Podis Pedrus (Welcome Address for Gov. Erhart Aten). Chuuk, FSM*
Senator Alex Phillip, Kosrae Legislature, FSM*
Critin Phillip, Adm., Agriculture Div., Kosrae, FSM
Joshua Phillip, Dept. of Community Services, Pohnpei, FSM
Mr. and Mrs. Kiyoshi Phillip, Poultry Farm, Chuuk, FSM*
Joel Phillip, Royal Transp. Agency, Majuro, RMI*
Madarina Phillip, Dept. of Agriculture, Kosrae, FSM
Sen. Yosuo M. Phillip, Pohnpei State Leg., Pohnpei, FSM
Amata Radewagen, Legisl. Aide, House of Representatives, Washington, DC*
Ed Ratigan, PRC Kentron, Kwajalein, RMI
Briel Rayel, Chuuk, FSM
Teitia Redfern, Fern Trading Co. Ltd.,, Tarawa, Kiribati
Tina Rehuher, Director, Palau Museum, Palau*
Ramsey Reimer, Robert Reimer’s, Kwajalein, RMI*
Nardo N. Reyes, Chuuk Construct. & Market. Co., Chuuk, FSM
Jean-Pierre Reymondet-Commoy, UNDP, Pohnpei, FSM
Jeban Riklon, Exec. Dir., KADA, Kwajalein, RMI
Johnsay Riklon, Esquire, Attorney-at-Law, Kwajalein, RMI
Julian Riklon, Kwajalein, RMI
Edson W. Ringlen, Asst. Manager, KCCA. Pohnpei, FSM
Henry Robert, Dept. of Education, Kosrae, FSM
Swithson Robert, Dept. of Finance, Kosrae, FSM
Michael Runde, Washington World Trade Inst., Washington, DC
Scott Russell, Historic Preservation, Saipan, CNMI*
Ludor Saimon, Kosrae, FSM
Versilyn Saimon, Kosrae, FSM
Karen Sakihama, Small Business Adm., Hawaii
Ferdun Saladier, R & D, Chuuk, FSM
Bob and Kathryn Sandrers (Coordinators), Manager, Ebeye, Kwajalein, RMI*
Catalino Sam, Ponape Coconut Products, PATS, Pohnpei, FSM
Thomas Sappa, Chuuk, FSM
Kristen Schmitz, Geo. Wash. U. School of Medicine, Washington, DC*
David Serious, Chuuk, FSM
Harry Seymour, VP, Comm. Action Pgm., Kosrae, FSM*
Palikkun Shrew, Kosrae, FSM
Takushi Shima, Kwajalein, RMI
Elvis Shirai, Bank of Guam, Chuuk, FSM*
Berlin Sigrah, Hist. Pres. Officer, Kosrae, FSM*
Hersey Sigrah, Police Dept., Kosrae, FSM
Hon. Joab N. Sigrah, Associate Judge, Kosrae, FSM
Joab P. Sigrah, Kosrae State Hospital, FSM
Juda Sigrah, Dept. of Education, Kosrae, FSM
Saino Sigrah, Kosrae, FSM
Semion Sigrah, Kosrae Credit Union, Kosrae, FSM
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Bumio Silbanuz, FSM Registrar of Corporations, Pohnpei, FSM
John Silk, Kwajalein Atoll Local Gov., Kwajalein, RMI*
SeNellie Singeo, Dir., Pohnpei Comm. Action Agency, Pohnpei, FSM*
Bob Skilling, Dept. of Public Health, Kosrae, FSM
Joab Skilling, Dept,.of Education, Kosrae, FSM
Masayoki Skilling, Kosrae, FSM
Skipper Skilling, Kosrae, FSM
Ada Smith, Nomunwito Authority, Chuuk, FSM
Norman Smith, USAKA, Kwajalein, RMI*
Angela Song, Geo. Wash. U. School of Medicine, Washington, DC*
John Sohl, FSM Office of Planning/Statistics, Pohnpei, FSM
Frank Solomon, Washington, DC and Majuro, RMI*
Rose Solomon, Palau*
Iskia Soni, Public Information Officer, Chuuk, FSM
Allan Stayman, Congressional Staff, Washington, DC*
Scott Stege, Esquire, Majuro, RMI*
William Stewart, Econ. & For. Inv. Cons., Chuuk R&D, Chuuk, FSM*
Roger Stillwell, Washington, DC and CNMI*
Kiki Stinett, Chuuk Travel Unlimited, Chuuk, FSM
Virgil Stinnett, Rostin Marine Exports, Tarawa, FSM*
Joe N. Suka, Chief, Chuuk State Tourism & Commerce, Chuuk, FSM
Dr. Miklos Szentkiralyi, PATS Faculty, PATS, Pohnpei, FSM*
Hilary Tacheliol, Office of the Governor, Yap, FSM*
Jim Kaekiti, Kiribati Coop Wholesale Soc. Ltd., Tarawa, Kiribati
Lawdin Talley, Bank of Hawaii, Kosrae, FSM*
Skiner Talley, Kosrae, FSM
Jini Tarkio, Kwajalein, RMI
Chief Viane Taoaba, Tarawa, Kiribati*
Baie Teanako, Marketing, Tarawa, Kiribati
Mere Teanako, Bairiki, Kiribati
Tenanora Tekanene, Businessman, Tarawa, Kiribati*
Beta Tentoa, Tarawa Motel, Tarawa, Kiribati
Cecilia Terlaje, Mobil Oil Micronesia Inc., Guam*
Tekaiti Teuben, Retail, Tarawa, Kiribati
Mitta Tholman, Kosrae, FSM
Sen. Elias H. Thomas, FSM Congress, Pohnpei, FSM
Mrs. Judy Thomsen, Falls Church, VA*
Saelus S. Tilfas, Kosrae, FSM
Sloving Tilfas, Dept. of Education, Kosrae, FSM
Mitchuo Timothy, Cons. & Dev., Kosrae, FSM
Shiro Timothy, Dept. of Education, Kosrae, FSM
Timothy Timothy, Plan. & Statistics, Kosrae, FSM
Hon. Francis Toribiong, Regent, College of Micronesia, Palau*
Akira M. Tosie, Kosrae, FSM
William Tosie, Kosrae, FSM
Allan Treadwell, Geo. Wash. U. School of Medicine, Washington, DC*
Allen Tsui, Geo. Wash. U. School of Medicine, Washington, DC*
Angelo R. Udui, Palau Freight & Forwarding Service, Palau
Senator Moses Uludong, Palau*
Tadashi Wainit (Host), Pres., Chuuk Chamber of Commerce, Chuuk, FSM*
Craig Warner, Kwajaleink, RMI
Truman Wakuk, Comm. Action Pgm., Kosrae, FSM
Wilson Wakuk, Div. of Taxation, Kosrae, FSM*
Dr. Ansito Walter, College of Micronesia, Chuuk, FSM*
Soar and Risko Walter and family, Udot Island, Chuuk, FSM*
Col. Chip Wanner, US Army Corps of Engineers, Kwajalein, RMI*
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Humei Wang (Panel), Chung-Hua Inst. for Econ. Research, Taiwan*
Bermin A. Weilbacher, Dir., Pohnpei Tourist Commission, Pohnpei, FSM
Dexter Weital, Pohnpei State Legislature, Pohnpei, FSM
Aruo Welley, Kosrae, FSM
Hans Wiliander.Office of the Governor, Chuuk, FSM
Keti William, Kosrae, FSM
Allan Hayes Williams (Panel, Symposium Rapporteur)*
Washington World Trade Inst., Washington, DC
Jack Williamson, US Trade & Dev. Pgm., Washington, DC*
Haruo Wilter, Palau
Virginia Wright, Small Business, Strat. Def. Comm., Kwajalein, RMI*
Dr. Shean-Ya Yeh (Panel), Inst. Of Oceanography, Taiwan*
Yasuo Yamada, FSM Registrar of Corporations, Pohnpei, FSM*
Tadasy Yamaguchi, 4-T, Pohnpei, FSM
Lisa Zimmerman, Geo. Wash. U. School of Medicine, Washington, DC

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