James W. Mangan (M.Ed. 1977; Ed.D. 1981)

James Mangan passed away in August 2008
His obituary can be found Here.

 

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Leon E. Clark Jr. (Ed.D. 1977)

Leon Clark passed away in October 2003
His obituary can be found Here.

 

Prior to joining CIE, Leon held a number of positions in the field of International Education. His interest in international education grew out of his years of teaching and community development work in Bangladesh, India, and countries throughout Africa.

 

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Mercy Rapelesega Montsi (Ed.D. 1978)

Mercy Montsi passed away in November 2013
Her obituary can be found Here.

 

Although she was originally from Botswana, before coming to CIE, Mercy worked in the Ministry of Education in Lesotho as the head of the Child Guidance program. 

 

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Sunthorn Sunanchai (1978-1979)

Sunthorn Sunanchai passed away in May 2023
His obituary can be found Here.

 

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Nana Ruth Mbelle Seshibe (M.Ed. 1975; Ed.D. 1979)

Nana Ruth Seshibe passed away in June 2015
Her obituary can be found Here.

 

Originally from South Africa, Nana was active on behalf of the Pan African Congress and as a result was forced to flee to Tanzania where she continued her fight against apartheid. In 1963 she moved to the U.S. to get her Bachelor’s degree before coming to CIE.

 

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Dariush Dehghan (M.Ed. 1975; Ed.D. 1978)

After finishing my doctorate in 1978, I went back to Iran. Due to the revolution, the UNESCO branch in Tehran where I had previously worked closed. Then I became the Dean of a two-year teacher training college. A year later, I took a position as one of the three teacher training policy makers for the Ministry of Education.

 

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Mose Penaani Tjitendero (Ed.D. 1977)

Mose Tjitendero passed away in April 2006

His obituary can be found here

 

It is with great regret that CIE announces the passing of one of our most distinguished graduates, the Hon. Dr. Mose P. Tjitendero. Mose, who was a former Member of Parliament of Namibia, died in the hospital in his homeland on the morning of April 26, after a long illness.

 

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Retnaningsih Burham (M.Ed. 1980)

After a long interval during which CIE received regular Holiday cards from Retna, but then lost contact, we again have email contact. She sent this update on the state of NFE and the activities of some of her cohort who were at the Center in the 1970s.

 

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Edgardo Rothkegel Ortuzar (1974-1982)

Edgardo Rothkegel passed away in March 2023

His obituary can be found Here

 

Before coming to CIE, Edgardo was a Catholic priest in Valparaiso, Chile – his home town.  As a priest he worked with the Association of Catholic Universities, providing counseling to students.  He later left the priesthood and came to the U.S. in 1966.

 

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David Walker (Ed.D. 1979)

While still working in Nepal on my doctoral research (Understanding Pictures), I was hired as World Education’s technical adviser on a USAID grant to design a nonformal education program for rural villagers. From 1979 to 1986, I worked with the Center for Research, Innovation and Development (CERID) at the Ministry of Education.  Initially, the program focused on visual materials to stimulate discussion and generate awareness, but the groups kept asking when we were going to teach them to read and write.

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