Astoria, November 20th, 2007: All dignitaries and media are cordially invited to attend a press conference and a dinner honoring Eugene Rossides, Founder and Director of American-Hellenic Institute, Inc.
Mr. Rossides received his B.A. from degree from Columbia College in 1949 and his J.D. degree from Columbia Law School in 1952. As an undergraduate, he received All-American football honors.
Mr. Rossides served as Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department from 1969 to 1973, where among other things, he supervised the U.S. Customs Service, Secret Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Bureau of Engraving The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and had policy guidance for the Internal Revenue Service law enforcement activities.
He was the customs, trade and law enforcement policy advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury and handled Treasury’s relations with the Congress, the White House, and with the other Executive Departments on those matters. He had final authority for Treasury’s decisions under the antidumping and countervailing duty laws and tariff classifications and valuations. He supervised U.S. relations with the Customs Cooperation Council (CCC), an international organization.
He is the author of “Cyprus and the Rule of Law,” 17 Syracuse Journal of International Law & Commerce 21 (1991); and the editor of The Truman Doctrine of Aid to Greece: A Fifty-Year Retrospective (1998), jointly published by the Academy of Political Science and the American Hellenic Institute Foundation; Greece’s Pivotal Role in World War II and Its Importance to the U.S. Today (2001); The United States & Cyprus: Double Standards & the Rule of Law (2002); the Handbook on U.S. Relations with Greece and Cyprus (1999), the American Hellenic Who’s Who (5th ed. 1995), and co-editor of Doing Business in Greece (1999).
Mr. Rossides is a founding director of the Eisenhower Institute; the founder and a director of the American Hellenic Institute, Inc. (AHI), and the American Hellenic Institute Public Affairs Committee, Inc. (AHIPAC), the founder and president of the American Hellenic Institute Foundation (AHIF); and a director of the Sterling National Bank of New York
The Homeric Award was established twenty-eight years ago and is presented annually to distinguished individuals, advocates of human rights, democratic ideals and persons and to those who have excelled in furthering human knowledge. For years, the Homeric Award has been considered as one of the most prestigious award presented by the Greek-American community. From its humble beginnings in 1977, when the late Congressman Benjamin Rosenthal was honored for his contributions in finding a just solution to the Cyprus issue, the Homeric Award has been bestowed to a distinguished roster of individuals including the former President of the United States Jimmy Carter, the late President of Greece Constantine Karamanlis, the former Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church Archbishop Iakovos, the late Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill, Senators Paul Sarbanes, Edward Kennedy, Olympia Snowe, Bill Bradley, Charles Schumer, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Congressmen Michael Bilirakis, Benjamin Gilman, Gary Ackerman, Bob Menendez, the President of the Council of Greeks Abroad, Andrew A. Athens, the former United States Ambassador to the United Nations John D. Negroponte and Dr. Stamatios M. Krimigis, Head Emeritus of the Space Department at the Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University.
The Chian Federation will host a press conference the evening of the dinner on Saturday, December 1, 2007 at the Chian Federation Cultural Center, located at 44-01 Broadway in Astoria. The press conference will be held from 7:00 pm to 8:00 p.m. You MUST be on time.
Your prompt response to our invitation would be appreciated so that we may prepare appropriately. If you have any questions regarding the Homeric Award, the press conference, the dinner, or the Chian Federation please do not hesitate to contact us at (718) 204-2550. We look forward to you joining us for the press conference and the dinner.
RSVP –By Thursday, November 29, 2007, 3:00pm
