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International's Ralph Bunche Fellowship Dr. Ralph J. Bunche Peace and Heritage Center Ralph Bunche’s boyhood home in South Los Angeles is now a historical landmark. The restoration has been funded by a $275,000 grant from the Community Development Block Grant funds administered by the City of Los Angeles. Expected to open to the public in September, the home where Bunche grew up will be a community museum. The UCLA Bunche Center for African-American Studies will archive copies of the Bunche Papers at the facility. The former carriage house at the rear of the site will be reconstructed as a multipurpose youth education facility and will house Dunbar EDC’s Ralph Bunche Youth Leadership Academy, a one-year leadership training program conducted in partnership with Los Angeles Trade-Technical College. The RBCCC has asked Colleges and Universities that awarded him honorary
degrees during his lifetime to help perpetuate his legacy with an appropriate
commemoration during the Centenary year. The American Academy of Diplomacy, in collaboration with the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University in Washington , DC , announces the Philip Merrill Fellowship to be awarded for the best essay on the practice of American diplomacy. The Academy is a private, non-profit society of 100 men and women who, during their careers in government, played major roles in the conduct of American diplomacy. Its members, now retired from government (including all living former Secretaries of State), work to enhance the quality of that diplomacy and build better public appreciation for its critical role in the pursuit of American interests abroad. The 2003 Philip Merrill Fellowship was awarded to Daniel P. O'Neill who wrote about Dr. Ralph Bunche's role in establishing the first United Nations-led peacekeeping force in the Sinai in 1956. The contest is open to U.S. citizens who are applicants to the two-year M.A. program at SAIS . To compete for the fellowship, which will provide $12,000 toward SAIS tuition for each of the two academic years, applicants must submit an essay. For further information about the contest, applicants may contact the SAIS website: http://www.sais-jhu.edu or the American Academy of Diplomacy website: http://www.academyofdiplomacy.org Ralph
Bunche Chair in Africa Policy Studies The Council on Foreign Relations has endowed the chair with $3.2 million in lead gifts to date. The major donors have been the Hurford Foundation, The Coca-Cola Company, and Vincent A. Mai, Chairman, AEA Investors, Inc. Princeton Lyman will be the first holder of the newly endowed Ralph Bunche Chair in Africa Policy Studies. The Dr. Ralph Bunche Tribute Award The School of International Service and Multicultural Affairs at American University in Washington has established an annual Ralph Bunche Tribute Award in honor of the life of Dr. Ralph J. Bunche and his commitment to humankind. This award will be given to the individual who best exemplifies Bunche like qualities and is engaged in peacemaking, equality, and justice for all humanity. This year (2004) the award recipient is Ron Walters. The award ceremony will be on Wednesday, February 25 at 6:00 pm at the American University , University Club. For more information you can e-mail: ralphbunchetribute@hotmail.com UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies Naming Ceremony, October 9, 2003 The interdisciplinary center that coordinates instruction and research on African-American subjects at UCLA has been named after the campus's most famous alum. Festivities include:
The Office of Strategic Services Posthumous William J. Donovan Award to Dr. Bunche The OSS Society jointly with the OSS-101 Association on May 29, 2004, presented the William J. Donovan Award to Ralph J. Bunche for his courageous and selfless service to humanity. His dauther, Joan Bunche, accepted the awrd on behalf of her father and family. Former President George H.W. Bush's greetings were delivered by Colonel William H. Pietsch Jr. Honorable John E. McLaughlin, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, delivered the keynote address. Ralph Bunche United Nations Internship Grant The Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University is offering a small stipend for a three-month internship for a graduating senior in the United Nation's Department of Peacekeeping Best Practices Unit. The $2,500 award may be used to defray the expense of living in New York City while working at the United Nations as an intern. For more information please visit: http://www.watsoninstitute.org/news_detail.cfm?id=154 |
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State Resolutions Supporting the Ralph Bunche Centenary Hawaii State
Resolutions Supporting the Ralph Bunche Centenary House Resolution 86 was adopted. For the full text of the resolution, click here. Senate Resolution 54 was adopted. For the full text of the resolution, click here. House Concurrent Resolution No.89 was adopted. For the full text of the resolution, click here. |
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New York State Resolutions Supporting the Ralph Bunche Centenary A resolution (Senate Resolution No. 2391) in honor of the late Dr. Ralph Bunche’s 100th birthday was introduced by State Senator Seymour Lachman and subsequently co-sponsored by all 61 Senate colleagues before being adopted by unanimous consent on July 17, 2003. Commenting on the resolution passage, the Senator declared, “Dr. Ralph Bunche was a key figure of the twentieth century. His commentary on peacemaking still rings true today. That “if peace is to be secure, long-suffering and long-starved, forgotten peoples of the world, the underprivileged and the undernourished must begin to realize without delay the promise of a new day and a new life.” State of New York Senate No. 2391 BY: Senators Lachman, Alesi, Andrews, Balboni, Bonacic, Breslin, Brown, Bruno, Connor, DeFrancisco, Diaz, Dilan, Duane, Farley, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Golden, Gonzalez, Hannon, Hassell-Thompson, Hoffmann, Johnson, Krueger, Kruger, Kuhl, Larkin, LaValle, Leibell, Libous, Little, Maltese, Marcellino, Marchi, Maziarz, McGee, Meier, Mendez, Montgomery, Morahan, Nozzolio, Onorato, Oppenheimer, Padavan, Parker, Paterson, Rath, Robach, Sabini, Saland, Sampson, Schneiderman, Seward, Skelos, A. Smith, M. Smith, Spano, Stachowski, Stavisky, Trunzo, Velella, Volker and Wright COMMEMORATING the 100th Birthday of the late Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche, a 1950 Nobel Peace Prize winner for his work on the United Nations Palestine Commission WHEREAS, August 7, 2003 will mark the one hundredth birthday of Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche, an adopted New Yorker, a man of great vision and international renown, who devoted his efforts in pursuit of peaceful solutions to conflicts and the realization of human brotherhood; and WHEREAS, This remarkable man, from humble beginnings as a young black man in America, achieved many firsts in a racially hostile social environment; he fashioned several path-breaking careers, in academia, as a civil rights leader and as a dedicated civil servant in both the United States government and the United Nations; and WHEREAS, Dr. Ralph Bunche was the first African American, or person of color of any origin, to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1950 for his success as United Nations Mediator in bringing about the 1949 Rhodes armistices between Israel and the Arab states of Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria; and WHEREAS, Dr. Bunche's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech is more contemporary than ever; he began his lecture by saying: "In this most anxious period of human history, the subject of peace, above other, command the solemn attention of all men of reason and goodwill"; he continued by saying: "there is no easy or quick or infallible approach to secure peace. It is only by patient, persistent, undismayed effort, by trial and error, that peace can be won...If peace is to be secure, long-suffering and long-starved, forgotten peoples of the world, the underprivileged and the undernourished, must begin to realize without delay the promise of a new day and a new life"; and WHEREAS, From 1946 until his death in 1971, Dr. Bunche served the cause of peace as an international civil servant; he had helped create the United Nations at San Francisco in 1945 and had a central role in the adoption of three forward-looking chapters of the UN Charter that dealt with post-war colonialism; furthermore, for two decades, as Under Secretary-General, he played a leading role in the conception and conduct of the UN's peacekeeping function; and WHEREAS, Dr. Ralph Bunche served as Head of the Africa Section in the Research and Analysis Branch of the Office of Strategic Services during World War II, and transferred in 1944 to the State Department's postwar planning group working on the issue of the future of the colonial world; and WHEREAS, Dr. Ralph Bunche was als&a scholar and an early^student of Africa and the problems of race; his prize-winning dissertation on colonialism in Africa earned him a Ph.D. in government and international relations at ^Harvard University; his field research in Africa also contributed to his study, A World View of Race: and WHEREAS, Dr. Ralph Bunche became a professor and first chair of the new political science department at Howard University, and he was a key member of the small research team assembled by the Swedish scholar, Gunnar Myrdal, which produced An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy, the historic study on race in America; and WHEREAS, A lifelong activist on race and civil rights issues, Dr. Bunehe was a founder of the National Negro Congress in 1936; and WHEREAS, Late in his life, Dr. Bunche was with Martin Luther King on the front line of the march from Selma to Montgomery; and WHEREAS, Dr. Ralph Bunche was proud of his race; his accomplishments, however, transcended racial identity, as he fought to advance the cause of minorities and the oppressed all over the world; he was at once a man of his people and a man of the world; he was also a quintessential New Yorker, by virtue of his quarter of a century of service with the United Nations; and WHEREAS, New York can be said truly to symbolize the world that Dr. Bunche, once a resident of Kew Gardens, Queens, envisioned, one of true brotherhood, in which we all, together, can work toward a more just, equal, and peaceful future; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to commemorate the 100th Birthday of the late Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche, a 1950 Nobel Peace Prize winner for his work on the United Nations Palestine Commission; and be it further RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted to the Chair of the Ralph Bunche Centenary Commemoration Committee and the Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies. ADOPTED IN SENATE ON By order of the Senate, |
Ralph J. Bunche Scholarship Act 108th CONGRESS H. R. 3152 To enhance the global competitiveness of the United States by increasing the participation of African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, and other underrepresented minorities in the international service, including private international voluntary organizations, the foreign commercial service, and the foreign service of the United States . IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 23, 2003Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. OWENS, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. FILNER, Mr. GRIJALVA, and Mr. ANDREWS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To enhance the global competitiveness of the United States by increasing the participation of African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, and other underrepresented minorities in the international service, including private international voluntary organizations, the foreign commercial service, and the foreign service of the United States . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.(a) SHORT TITLE- This Act may be cited as the `Ralph J. Bunche Scholarship Act'. (b) REFERENCES- Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). SEC. 2. MINORITY FOREIGN SERVICE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.(a) INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY- Section 621(a) (20 U.S.C. 1131(a)) is amended by striking the second sentence and inserting the following: `The Institute shall conduct a program to enhance the global competitiveness of the United States by increasing the participation of African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, and other underrepresented minorities in the international service, including private international voluntary organizations, the foreign commercial service, and the foreign service of the United States.'. (b) MATCH REQUIREMENT- Section 621(e) is amended by striking `one-half' and inserting `one-third'. SEC. 3. RALPH J. BUNCHE SCHOLARSHIPS.Part B of title VI is amended by inserting after section 623 (20 U.S.C. 1131a) the following new section: `SEC. 623A. RALPH J. BUNCHE SCHOLARSHIPS.`(a) IN GENERAL- In order to assure the participation and academic success of qualified low-income, minority, and other underrepresented students, the Institute is authorized to provide scholarships to students who demonstrate special interest in international affairs and language study, demonstrate exceptional academic ability, and show promise of continued academic excellence and ability. `(b) AUTHORITY- The Institute may provide to eligible Institute fellows a scholarship, during each of the latter two years of undergraduate study toward the baccalaureate degree, in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for each academic year during which the student is enrolled as a full-time student. `(c) RALPH J. BUNCHE SCHOLARS- Institute fellows who receive scholarship assistance awarded for the purpose of undergraduate study under this section shall be known as `Ralph J. Bunche Scholars'. An undergraduate student who receives a Bunche Scholarship shall maintain satisfactory academic progress in accordance with section 484 (c), during each period of academic study for which scholarship assistance is received. `(d) LIMITATION- Each student may receive a Bunche Scholarship up to $5,000, except that in no case shall the total amount of financial aid awarded to such student exceed such student's total cost of attendance.'. SEC. 4. ADVANCED DEGREE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND RELATED ACADEMIC AREAS.Section 624 (20 U.S.C. 1131b) is amended to read as follows: `SEC. 624. ADVANCED DEGREE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND RELATED ACADEMIC AREAS.`The Institute shall provide, in cooperation with the other members participating in the eligible recipient consortium, a program of study leading to an advanced degree in international relations, international affairs, international economics, or other academic areas related to the Institute fellow's career objectives. The advanced degree study, designed by the Institute and consistent with the fellow's career objectives, shall be reviewed and approved by the Secretary. The Institute may grant fellowships in an amount not to exceed the level of support comparable to that provided by the National Science Foundation research graduate fellowships, except such amount shall be adjusted so as not to exceed the fellow's demonstrated level of need as determined by the institution of higher education where the fellow is enrolled. A fellowship recipient shall agree to undertake full-time study and to enter the international service (including work with international voluntary organizations) or the foreign service of the United States.'. SEC. 5. REPORT.Section 626 (20 U.S.C. 1131d) is amended by striking `annually' and inserting `biennially'. SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION; INDIRECT COST LIMITATION.Section 628 (20 U.S.C. 1131f) is amended to read as follows: `SEC. 628. AUTHORIZATION; INDIRECT COST LIMITATION.`(a) AUTHORIZATION- There is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years to carry out this part. `(b) INDIRECT COST LIMITATION- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the indirect cost associated with the administration of the Institute program authorized under this part shall not exceed 18 percent. |
108 th Congress Concurrent Resolution 71 Recognizing the Importance of Ralph Bunche The Resolution passed in Congress and in the Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. Whereas Ralph Bunche's life of achievement made him truly one of the twentieth century's foremost figures and a role model for youth; (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate) --H.Con.Res.71-- Agreed to November 22, 2003 One Hundred Eighth Congress of
the United States of America Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the seventh day of January, two thousand and three Concurrent Resolution Whereas Ralph Bunche's life of achievement made him truly one of the twentieth century's foremost figures and a role model for youth; Whereas Ralph Bunche graduated valedictorian, summa cum laude, and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1927 with a degree in International Relations; Whereas Ralph Bunche was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in Government and International Relations at Harvard University in 1934; Whereas Ralph Bunche served as a professor and established and chaired the Political Science Department at Howard University from 1928 to 1941; Whereas, in 1941, Ralph Bunche served as an analyst for the Office of Strategic Services; Whereas Ralph Bunche joined the Department of State in 1944 as an advisor; Whereas Ralph Bunche served as an advisor to the United States delegation to the 1945 San Francisco conference charged with establishing the United Nations and drafting the Charter of the nascent international organization; Whereas Ralph Bunche was instrumental in drafting Chapters 11 and 12 of the United Nations Charter, dealing with non-self-governing territories and the International Trusteeship System, which helped African countries achieve their independence and assisted in their transition to self-governing, sovereign states; Whereas, in 1946, Ralph Bunche was appointed Director of the Trusteeship Division of the United Nations; Whereas, in 1948, Ralph Bunche was named acting Chief Mediator in Palestine for the United Nations, and, in 1949, successfully brokered an armistice agreement between Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria; Whereas Ralph Bunche was deeply committed to ending colonialism and restoring individual state sovereignty through peaceful means; Whereas the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People awarded its highest honor, the Spingarn Medal, to Ralph Bunche in 1949; Whereas for his many significant contributions and efforts towards achieving a peaceful resolution to seemingly intractable national and international disputes, Ralph Bunche was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950, the first African-American and the first person of color to be so honored; Whereas Ralph Bunche was named United Nations Under Secretary General in 1955, in charge of directing peacekeeping missions in several countries; Whereas, in 1963, Ralph Bunche was presented by President John F. Kennedy with the United States ' highest civilian award, the Medal of Freedom; and Whereas Ralph Bunche's critical contributions to the attempt to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict and towards the de-colonization of Africa, and his commitment to and long service in the United Nations and numerous other national and international humanitarian efforts, warrant his commemoration: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring) , That Congress-- (1) recognizes and honors Ralph Bunche as a pivotal 20th century figure and fighter in the struggle for the realization and attainment of human rights on a global scale; and (2) urges the President to take appropriate measures to encourage the celebration and remembrance of Ralph Bunche's many significant achievements. |
Washington Mayor Anthony A. Williams proclaimed August 7 Ralph Bunche Day Ralph J. Bunche Day A Proclamation of the Mayor of the District of Columbia Whereas, Dr. Ralph Bunche was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 for his mediation of the Rhodes Armistice between Israel and four surrounding Arab states, and Whereas, Dr. Bunche provided international leadership in designing and organizing the United Nations Trusteeship Department that guided emerging states transition, and envisioned the development of United Nations peacekeeping responsibilities encompassing conflict resolution in Africa, particularly in the Congo, and Whereas, Dr. Bunche led in the establishment of the Political Science Department at Howard University in which he served as professor and chair from 1928 to 1944, and Whereas, Dr. Bunche advanced the study of race relations and his contribution to the major study of American society in the 1940s, The American Dilemma, and Whereas, Dr. Bunche inspired his fellow citizens in Washington, D.C. through four decades of valuable contributions to civic and educational life by promoting civil rights, educational development, international awareness and commitment to public service. Now, therefore, I the mayor of the District of Columbia, do hereby proclaim August 7, 2003, as Ralph J. Bunche Day in Washington, D. C. and call upon all residents of this great city to join me in lauding this distinguished leader and scholar for his contributions to world peace and to higher education and in recognizing the great value of his legacy to our community and the world. |
Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle proclaimed January 2004 through August 2004 to be Ralph Bunche Centenary Celebration Ralph Bunche Centenary Celebration A Proclamation of the Governor of the State of Hawai'i WHEREAS, Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche was born August 7, 1904 , in Detroit , Michigan , Fred and Olivia Bunche; and, WHEREAS, as a young black man growing up in America in the early 1900's Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche, orphaned at the age of thirteen and raised by his maternal grandmother, was valedictorian at UCLA, earned a masters degree in government, and a Ph.D at Harvard, winning the Toppan Prize for the best dissertation in political science; and, WHEREAS, in 1950, Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche transcended racial barriers and became the first person of color in the world to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for his success as the United Nations mediator bringing the 1949 Rhodes armistices between Israel and its neighboring Arab states, Egypt, Jordan. Lebanon and Syria ; and, WHEREAS, throughout his distinguished career and lifetime of services, Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche dedicated himself to the advancement of civil rights racial equality in the United States and made pioneering contributions to race relations, human rights, decolonization, international mediation, peacekeeping and diplomacy worldwide; and, WHEREAS, prior to his death in 1971, Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche delivered his last and one of his most important public speeches, entitled “On Race: The Alienation of Modern Man: at the Fifth East-West Philosophers Conference at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawai'i, on July 10, 1969; and, WHEREAS, Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche rose from a humble beginnings to become a legend in his time, recognized and revered as highly accomplished and internationally-renowned scholar, educator, civil rights advocate, public servant and statesman; and, WHEREAS, in April 2001, the Ralph Bunche Centenary Commemoration Committee was organized to support and initiative, coordinated by the Internal Management Group and its Secretariat located at the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies to promote a yearlong celebration of the 100 th anniversary of the birth of this outstanding American and internationalist, NOW THERFORE, I, LINDA LINGLE, Governor of the State of Hawai'i , do hereby proclaim January 2004 through August 2004, to be RALPH BUNCHE CENTENARY CELEBRATION DONE at the State Capitol, in the Executive Chambers, Honolulu , State of Hawai'i, this tenth day of January, 2004. Linda Lingle |