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JASC Journal

The Japan-America Student Conference, Inc.

2nd Floor • 606 18th Street • Washington, DC 20006 • (202) 289-4231 • FAX (202) 789-8265

E-mail: jascinc@jasc.org • http://www.jasc.org

Spring 2001

## President's Corner

### Lew Schmidt (JASC 1937 & 38) Tribute

Rob Maitland, JASC 33,34 (1981, 82), has initiated a SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN HONOR OF G. LEWIS SCHMIDT, who was running JASC as the Founder and President when the two first met. In the years since, they continued to be in touch as friends transcending age and generation gaps, a product of the JASC which mixes backgrounds, experiences, careers and creative thinking. Lew has seen Rob grow from a young university student to an attorney-at-law with vice presidencies in various financial institutions. Rob's generous gesture to raise a scholarship fund in Lew's name is a natural outcome of what JASC is all about. Who is this G. Lewis Schmidt, and why accord him such honor?

Well, for openers, Lew is the Founder of JASC, Inc. and its earliest President. A JASCer in the years 1937 and 1938, Lew was on hand for the 4th JASC at Stanford University, and the AEC Chair for the 5th at Keio University in Japan, with onward travel to Korea and Manchuria.

A native of Seattle, Lew attended the University of Washington and did graduate work as a Littauer Fellow at Harvard. His professional career included five years in the U.S. Army during World War II, with a year's posting in Japan during the Occupation. He joined the Department of State in 1949, and subsequently held increasingly responsible positions at U.S. Embassies in Japan, Brazil, Turkey and Thailand. At the U.S. Information Agency in Washington, he served as Assistant Director for Administration during Edward R. Murrow's tenure as Director.

Retiring in 1972, Lew became Principal Associate with Executive Management Services, Inc. He resumed his association with the Japan-America Student Conference as an unpaid but tireless advocate for the establishment of a permanent secretariat (as a strong, independent counterpart to the Japan side - International Education Center) for fund raising and alumni outreach. In April 1979, Lew and fellow alums incorporated the non-profit JASC, Inc. In August of

the same year, IRS granted tax-exempt status, meaning donor contributions could be tax deductible.

Soliciting, and providing supplemental contributions on his own, Lew set up a tiny office in downtown Washington, DC and began a 6 year stretch as President and chief fundraiser. Succeeded in 1985, Lew remained JASC, Inc.'s Treasurer and ranking Board Member. He has also served as the chief advisor and confidante to successive JASC Inc. Presidents and has been a frequent speaker at the annual American delegate orientation programs. As circumstances called for, he provided the continuity and physical presence necessary for U.S. operations for JASC and the implementation of the vision on which JASC was founded. Quite simply, without Lew's efforts, including those of his wife Kyoko (JASC 1947), the JASC we know today would not exist.

In Japan, the late Namiji Itabashi epitomized the JASC throughout his life. In the U.S., that distinction is accorded to the very much alive G. Lewis Schmidt, who lives in the Washington, DC area and continues to support JASC tirelessly. Please join us in honoring G. Lewis Schmidt by making a contribution for JASC student scholarships for in his name.

Lew Schmidt, JASC 1937 & 38

Jack Shellenberger

### Contents

<table><tr><td>Lew Schmidt (JASC 1937 & 38) Scholarship</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>AEC Selects American Delegates for 53rd...</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>A List of the 53rd American Delegation</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Calendar for the 53rd JASC...</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Major U.S.-Japan Interactive Planned</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Distinguished Alumni Recall JASC</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>A JASCer Remembers and Reminds</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>JASCer Notes</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Japanese JASCers Gather in Tokyo...</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Northwest Offers Alumni Silent Auction Tickets</td><td>7</td></tr></table>

AEC Selects American Delegates
for 53rd at Boeing Center

Generously hosted by the Boeing Leadership Center near St. Louis (thanks to JASC Board Member Steve Mercer), the AEC spent the weekend of March 22-25, reviewing some 80 applications for the 53rd JASC and selected 25, plus alternates. Those who made the cut are a diverse group drawn from 19 campuses across the U.S., and the University of Guam. They include a thespian/fencer, bio-medical and sexuality researchers, two classical fiddlers, a glass painter, Taiko performer and algebra teacher. One is a citizen of India who was raised and educated in Japan, and there is an international beauty contest winner and president of a national honor society. Another is married with a 1 year old daughter. Several are native speakers of such languages as Japanese, Chinese and Spanish.

In concluding a self-introduction essay, one
applicant wrote, "I hope (by virtue of the
Conference), that I will learn to laugh more freely,
to give more willingly, and to live more
abundantly." Similar sentiments were expressed by
all the selectees. Past experience with the JASC
suggests these hopes will be realized.

AEC at Boeing Leadership Center

The Boeing Leadership Center is an especially
congenial, user-friendly environment. It is located
about 30 minutes from St. Louis and offers state of
the art training facilities. It has historical
proportions as well, including a spacious 75 year

old chateau. Boeing is the third corporate supporter to
offer a site for AEC delegate selection weekend. The
predecessors are McDonald's in Illinois and Xerox in
northern Virginia.

53rd American Delegation

AEC

Mr. Neil Broadley      Oberlin College
Mr. Dustin Garis        UNC at Chapel Hill
Ms. Mital Gondha        UNC at Chapel Hill
Ms. Jaime Huelse-Barker  West Virginia University
Ms. Maria Jimenez       Campbell University
Ms. Allison Kramer      Eckerd College
Mr. Chinazor Ojinnaka   Howard University

American Delegation

Mr. Joseph Boski      University of Hawaii at Manoa
Mr. David Buckley     Boston College
Ms. Jessica Cardenas  Campbell University
Mr. Brian Cathcart    Tufts University
Ms. Tina Chen         Harvard University
Ms. Liv Coleman      Smith College
Ms. Lisa Daily        Eckerd College
Ms. Parima Damrithamanij Duke University
Mr. Steven Fuchs      State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook
Ms. Krisa Gardner     Wesleyan University
Ms. Rachel Golden    UC, Berkeley
Mr. Ethan Jennings    University of Washington
Ms. Amy Jones        University of Kansas
Ms. Sophia Kan       University of Washington
Ms. Ann Moore        University of Texas at Austin
Mr. Bernard Murray    Howard University
Ms. Jaime Muscar      Washington and Lee University
Ms. Hannah Peterson-McCoy Howard University
Ms. Lourdes Rivera    University of Guam
Mr. Laticco Robinson  George Washington University
Mr. Brian Ruh         University of Texas, Austin
Mr. Rasheed Townes    Harvard University
Mr. Hsinyi Tsang      Johns Hopkins University
Ms. Nana Uemura       Oberlin College
Ms. Hua Wang         Duke University

Congratulations!!

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Two panels of scholars will discuss political/security and trade/economic facets of the bilateral relationship during a two hour interactive internet session September 6 from 4-6 pm (Pacific Standard Time), at Academy Hills, Tokyo and the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. This plenary, sponsored by the National Association of Japan America Societies, will be one of a number of events surrounding the 50th anniversary of the signing September 8, 1951 of the San Francisco Peace Treaty that officially ended World War II in the Pacific.

The program will also feature archived oral histories of participants involved in the drafting of the Treaty, including former JASCers Kiichi Miyazawa, JASC 1939 & 40 and Henry Kissinger, JASC 1951. Results of public opinion polls on the present day significance of the Treaty will be available. Subscribers will have opportunities via the internet to offer comments and questions for panelists in both Tokyo and San Francisco. For more information about this special webcast, the contact is Pat Kearns at NAJAS2@us-japan.org or click on "Hot News" on the JASC homepage at http://www.jasc.org and watch for a related videotaped interview with Miyazawa coming soon.

Distinguished Alumni Recall JASC

Former Prime Minister & Finance Minister
Kiichi Miyazawa (JASC 1939, 1940)

The most significant aspect of The Japan-America Student Conference is to provide the students, who will carry the international society on their shoulders, the opportunity for deeper mutual understanding. I, myself, participated in the 6th and 7th Conferences. As it was for me, I believe that you will exchange ideas frankly. Throughout time, the exuberance of youth is to share dreams, to believe in the potential of human wisdom, and to make every effort never to give up. I strongly hope that, as your predecessors did in years past, you will make this Conference into a golden opportunity and strive to bridge the Pacific with mutual understanding.

Former Secretary of State
Henry A. Kissinger (JASC 1951)

I think back upon my experience as a delegate to The Japan-America Student Conference in 1951 as having been an extremely worthwhile learning experience. I had come to Japan as an intern with the Department of the Army, my first time there. While I had some academic background in US-Japanese geopolitical and strategic issues, in truth I had had little opportunity, in this post-war period, to meet and exchange views informally with Japanese people. The JASC provided that opportunity, and from it came many valuable new perspectives on Japanese culture and society. It was also at that time that my interest was awakened in Japanese artistic and aesthetic traditions, an appreciation which remains with me to this day.

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A JASCer Remembers and Reminds

Maybe you agree with me that JASC was among the very best, if not THE best, experiences you ever had. For me, it was an intense time of bonding with a group of people that has yet to be equaled. Likewise, it was an abundance of learning squeezed into every waking moment that left me a much different person after a few remarkable (sleep-deprived) weeks. That was 15 years ago for me...and yet, those few remarkable weeks continue to grow and expand my horizons.

JASC taught more than just admiration for the best of Japanese culture. JASC's lasting legacy was to fuel an interest in my own country, my own government, and the welfare of the world in general. JASC pulled a foreign land into my own back yard, made strangers into neighbors, and gave us each tools to improve our world. So, not only was JASC one of the best times of my life, giving me some of my best friends to this day, its seed continues to grow me into a better person.

You've heard through this newsletter JASC has experienced some lean times in meeting its annual budget. Perhaps you'd be shocked to learn, as I was, that we alumni contribute only about $8,000 per year! We are responsible for meeting just 4% of JASC's annual expenses. Typically, alumni support for such programs runs in the 20+% range. This newsletter has a mailing list of about 900 alum, which means we're each contributing just about $10 per year. And we alumni are almost surpassed by individuals, like the devoted and tireless JASC staff, who value the JASC enough to make personal contributions. I thought you'd want to know these stats too.

If we think it's worthwhile, this year we should each resolve to send something – whatever we can swing, but hopefully more than $10 – to get the program on firm ground! If the “personal” contributors feel it's such a worthy cause, how much more should we alumni, who actually experienced the enrichment, care to perpetuate it! As long as it continues to transform and enrich, JASC merits our nurturing.

Did you also notice that the interest income alone is equal to about 25% of our alumni contributions? Not much, but it's something. This shows what the endowment fund could do – a self-perpetuating source of interest income, freeing JASC from the yearly nail-biting of fundraising. This year, I'm sending in our contribution with a note that says “if there is any overage in meeting this year's budget, please put the balance of my contribution in the endowment fund.”

There are many ways to contribute, including in-kind donations, bidding on the Japan flight auction (just for alumni), matching contributions, and being a corporate mentor. I've participated in each of these ways, especially at times when money has been tight, and I'm told it really has helped. But once I saw these stats on our alumni monetary support of the program, coupled with the bare-bones expenses that the program survives on, I thought you'd want to see them too. This seems to be the real issue in need of attention. Let's help JASC perpetuate the legacy! – Kristy Murray Holch, JASC 38 (1986) ....PS, anyone who wants to chat, please write! I'm at kholch@infotrends-rgi.com.

JASC 2001 Income (Anticipated)

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JASCer Notes

♦ ADAM GOFF JASC 44, 45 (1992, 93) has shifted from London to Japan with Frank Russell's financial services organization and hopes to hook up with the 53rd JASC. ♦ KURT TONG, JASC 36,37 (1984, 85) is the Counselor for Environmental, Scientific and Technical Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.

♦ EARL COOK, JASC 29, 30 (1977, 78) has taken on additional responsibilities with Idaho's Housing and Finance Association.

◆ TARO ISSHIKI JASC 45, 46 (1993, 94) is handling intellectual property litigation with Morrison & Foerster in Tokyo. ♦ AMANDA SANGUINET LLOYD of the same JASC is relocating from the Chicago area to Dallas and will apply her marketing skills with McKinsey & Company there. ♦ INDRANI LALL, KEVIN KIM, AND HIROYASU ICHIKAWA of the 44th JASC organized a reunion of JASCers January 12 at a New York restaurant. Ten showed up and enjoyed.

New York City Reunion, January 12, 2001

◆ BETH ROHDE FROTHINGHAM JASC 33, 34 (1981, 82) writes from Boston, where she practices law, that her husband THOMAS was a one time Executive Director at JASC, Inc. in the early 1980s, and that they met during the 34th JASC.

◆ DR. KEIKO NAKAMURA JASC 34, 35, 36 (1982-84) is teaching psychology and linguistics at

Keio University in Tokyo.

◆ NANCY FISHMAN JASC 49, 50 (1997, 98) is with Fuji Bank in New York starting a Portfolio Management Group, but, more importantly, is to be married July 1 at Brandeis University and hopes

49th & 50th JASCers will join. Her e-mail is nancy_fishman@fujibank.co.jp

◆ JODIE ROUSSELL JASC also of JASC 50 and 51 is a Senior at Georgetown Univ. hoping to do graduate work in design in Vienna or Berlin later in

Japanese JASCers Gather in Tokyo

The JASC Alumni Association remains active, scheduling regular dinners at the Kanae Restaurant in the Ginza. Hisashi Miyazaki from Madison, Wisconsin joined about 25 JASC alums for their February 13th meeting and dinner, including Toshio Tabata of the 1st JASC. For further information about the JASC Alumni Association in Japan, Mr. Miyazaki suggests contacting Shoichi Nakase, Executive Director, at FAX (03) 3704-3628.

◆ Place: "Kanae" (7th Floor of Jujiya Bldg. in Ginza, Tokyo)

◆ Time: 18:00 - 20:30

◆ Dates: 6/12/01, 10/9/01, 12/11/01

Members of JASC Alumni Association in Japan Gather at Ginza Restaurant

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Japan Anyone?
Silent Auction Offering

Northwest Airlines has generously contributed two round-trip business class tickets from any U.S. city Northwest flies to Japan!

This auction is open to all JASC alumni, its Board of Directors and its National Advisory Committee. If you would like to bid, please use this form. All bids must be received by August 17, 2001. The highest bidder will receive the tickets and the amount of his or her bid will accrue as JASC revenue. In case of tie bid amounts, the bidder with the earliest postmark will be the winner. FYI, these tickets have a market value well in excess of $15,000.

Conditions of Ticket Usage:

 Validity: Travel must be completed by February 28, 2002. Extensions will not be granted.

Blackout Dates: 2001 Domestic Jan 1-2, Feb 16, Jul 8, Nor 21/25-16, Dec 21-22/28-29
Transpacific Jan 2-7, Apr 27-30, May 1-6, Dec 26-30

There's nothing to lose and a trip to Japan to gain, so Bid Now!

Note: A JASCer by the name of Mr. Jun Mokudai, JASC 1966 is currently Vice President of Northwest Airlines Japan!

This is my bid for the two Northwest Airlines round-trip Business Class Tickets from any city Northwest
flies to Japan:

$

I understand that if mine is the highest bid, I will be declared winner and will be requested to send a check in the amount of the bid to JASC, Inc. After the funds have been received in the JASC, Inc. office, I will receive the tickets without additional cost.

Name (printed): ____________________ JASC Affiliation: ____________________

Address: ____________________

Phone: ____________________ Fax: ____________________ E-mail: ____________________

Signature: ____________________

The bid must be received in the JASC, Inc. office by close of business August 17, 2001 to be considered.
All bids will be opened on August 17, 2001 and the winner will be notified as soon as possible thereafter.
Should there be more than one with the highest bid, the earliest postmark will determine the winner.

Please send this form to JASC, Inc.: 606 18th Street, NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20006 or
fax to: (202) 789-8265

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