PRESS RELEASE
U.C. Berkeley Armenian Studies Program
Contact: Prof. Stephan H. Astourian
Tel: (510) 643-8872
Email: [email protected]
*AMBASSADOR JOHN EVANS TO SPEAK AT U.C. BERKELEY, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19.*
UC Berkeley—The Honorable John M. Evans, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic
of Armenia, will speak in the Toll Room of the Alumni House at U.C.
Berkeley on Saturday, February 19, 2005, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Ambassador
Evans was confirmed by the Senate on June 25, 2004 and was sworn in as
the U.S. Ambassador to Armenia on August 11, 2004. He presented his
credentials to President Kocharian on September 4, 2004
This event is organized by Professor Stephan Astourian, Executive
Director of the Armenian Studies Program at UC Berkeley. Ambassador
Evans will give a speech entitled “Report from Armenia: 2004-2005,”
present a video about the work of the Embassy and of the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID) in Armenia, and engage in
an open conversation with the faculty, students, and community members
attending this forum.
A native of Williamsburg, Virginia, Mr. Evans studied Russian history at
Yale (B.A., 1970) and Columbia, where he began a Ph.D. before joining
the Foreign Service. In the first part of his career, he served in
Tehran (1972-74), in Prague (1975-78), in the Executive Secretariat and
Office of the Secretary of State (1978-80), in Moscow (1981-83), at the
U.S. Mission to NATO (1983-86), and as Deputy Director of the Soviet
Desk (1986-89). His role in coordinating the American response to the
Armenian earthquake of 1988 earned him a medal and statement of
appreciation from the Armenian government of that time.
Mr. Evans also served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Prague (1991-94),
and as Consul General in St. Petersburg (1994-97). He was then chosen to
lead the OSCE Mission to Moldova, an international mediation and
peace-keeping effort (1997-99). On his return to Washington in 1999, Mr.
Evans assumed the direction of the State Department’s Office of Analysis
for Russia and Eurasia, winning a Meritorious Honor Award and the CIA
Director’s Exceptional Performance Award. From May 2002 until his
appointment to Yerevan, he directed the Office of Russian Affairs at the
State Department.
Ambassador Evans will be accompanied by Mrs. Donna Evans, former
President of the World Affairs Council of Washington D.C.; Mr. Robin
Phillips, Mission Director in Armenia for USAID; and Mr. Aaron
Sherinian, the Embassy’s Political Officer and Assistance Coordinator in
Yerevan
The best public parking for this event is the Martin Luther King, Jr.
Student Union Garage located on Bancroft Way (left turn from Telegraph
Avenue). More information about all available parking lots can be found
at
For traveling directions to the campus, please go to the following URL:
A large campus map is available at
. The Alumni House is in
the D3 square.
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