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EXECUTIVE-IN-RESIDENCE leaders visit the Middlebury College campus to share practical knowledge and insights on current international trends and issues. The Executive-in-Residence program provides a unique and invaluable opportunity for visiting professionals to exchange views on critical international concerns with College faculty and students. Executives-inresidence participate in the stimulating Middlebury College experience by lecturing in classes, leading policy seminars, and conducting career conversations. Each program is tailored to the strengths and experience of the individual leader. HROUGH THE
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EXECUTIVE-IN-RESIDENCE 2003-2004 In October 2003, Executive-in-Residence Andrew Heyward, President of CBS News, presented the John Hamilton Fulton Lecture in the Liberal Arts, “Why Television News Is the Way It Is and Isn't the Way You'd Like It To Be (And Why You Should Care).” A graduate of Harvard University with a bachelor’s degree in history and literature, Heyward also offered a career conversation, “From History and Literature to Network News: Television and the Liberal Arts Graduate” (cosponsored by the Career Services Office), reflecting on the strength and relevance of a liberal arts degree in the cutting-edge, fast-paced television industry. Heyward has been president of CBS News since January 1996—the second-longest tenure of any president in the 45-year history of CBS News. In that time, CBS News has grown dramatically in scope, developing high-quality programs, receiving a number of prestigious awards in broadcast journalism, and forging new ground in the arena of online media. Heyward, who has held a number of other positions at CBS, began his career there in 1976 when he joined WCBS TV, the CBS owned television station in New York, as a news writer. Former U.S. ambassador to France Felix Rohatyn’49 returned to campus for an executive-in-residence visit last fall. With the expansion of the European Union on the horizon, students, faculty, and staff eagerly engaged with Rohatyn in an in-depth conversation about U.S.-European relations. The ambassador also gave guest lectures in two classes: Introduction to Contemporary France taught by Huguette Knox, lecturer in French, and European Economic Integration: Lessons and Prospectives taught by
Thierry Warin, assistant professor of economics. Prior to his appointment as ambassador to France (1997 to 2000), Rohatyn was a managing director of the investment bank Lazard Frères and Company in New York, which he joined in 1948, becoming a partner in 1961. From 1975 to 1993, he was chairman of the Municipal Assistance Corporation (M.A.C.) of the City of New York, where he managed the negotiations that enabled New York to pull itself out of its financial crisis in the 1970s. In April 2001, Rohatyn founded Rohatyn Associates. “The Politics of Humanitarian Response after 9/11” was the topic of an April public policy lecture given by Charles MacCormack ’63, president, chief executive officer, and a member of the board of directors of the Save the Children Federation. Speaking from the perspective of a lifelong career in the nonprofit sector, Executive-inResidence MacCormack also led a career conversation on “Career Issues in International Relief and Development” (cosponsored by the Career Services Office). While on campus, he lectured in a variety of classes: Geographic Perspectives on International Development with Tamar Mayer, professor of geography; International Politics with Ophelia Eglene, visiting instructor in political science; and Anthropology of Human Rights with David Stoll, assistant professor of sociology and anthropology. From 1977 through 1992, MacCormack was president of World Learning (previously known as The Experiment in International Living) in Brattleboro,Vermont. He was selected by the United Nations secretary general to participate in the founding of the United Nations University. MacCormack earned his master's degree and doctorate from Columbia University.
Andrew Heyward, president of CBS News, in Kanagawa, Japan, just prior to his visit to Middlebury.
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