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DEPARTMENTS
Commission News
DR. ROLF HOFFMANN
IS NEW EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
Just in time to help prepare for the
annual Fulbright Berlin Seminar, Dr.
Rolf Hoffmann joined the Fulbright
Secretariat in Berlin as the new Executive
Director on February 1, 2004.
Hoffmann, previously Director of the
new International Marketing Initiative
at the German Academic Exchange
Service (DAAD), was chosen
from a pool of more than 200 candidates
in an international search.
Born in 1953 in Cologne, Germany,
Hoffmann studied biological
sciences, with special emphasis on
behavioral ecology and zoology in his
doctoral studies at Duke University in
Durham, North Carolina, and the University
of Tübingen in Germany where
he was awarded his degree in 1983.
After two years as an assistant professor
in zoology at the University of
Karlsruhe he joined the policy division
of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
in Bonn and later became
Deputy Director of their selection
division and the Feodor-Lynen Program.
In 1990 he joined the newly created
German Space Agency (DARA)
as head of the international science
and business relations policy office.
Since 1991 he has worked mainly for
the German Academic Exchange Service
(DAAD) in Bonn, first as Program
Director (for North American
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and European programs), then as
Director of the DAAD North America
office in New York, with an interim
(1999-2000) as Director of the German-American
Academic Council in
Bonn and Washington, D.C.
Hoffmann replaces Dr. Georg
Schütte, who left the Commission in
December 2003 to take the position
of Secretary General at the Alexander
von Humboldt Foundation.
25 YEARS MAKING
AMERICANS WELCOME
IN GERMANY
In 2004, Reiner Rohr, Chief of the
American Program Unit, celebrates 25
years with the Fulbright Commission.
A 1976 Fulbright student grantee to
California State University in Sacramento,
Rohr joined the Commission
in 1979. Since then he has welcomed
thousands of American grantees to
Germany and provided the expertise
and personal touch to help them make
Germany their home, if only for a short
while. His hard work and dedication
are appreciated by the Secretariat, as
well as by countless Fulbrighters.
ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS
AND SPONSORS THANKS
ALUMNI FOR DONATIONS
In addition to its business partners,
mentioned on page 12, the Association
of Friends and Sponsors of the
German-American Fulbright Pro-
gram wishes to thank alumni Hans
Karl Kandlbinder and Helmut Sauer
for their donations. Their and other
contributions help fund the Fulbright
Enterprise Scholarships given to
selected Fulbright student grantees
each year.
For information on how you can
become involved in supporting the
Association of Friends and Sponsors,
please contact Birte Blut (verein@fulbright.de).
REAC POSITION MOVES
TO BERLIN
The position of Regional Education
Advising Coordinator for Europe
(REAC), formerly held by Jody Griffin
at the Netherlands Fulbright Commission,
has moved to the German
Fulbright Secretariat in Berlin. Sherri
Spillman became the new Coordinator
and, in cooperation with the U.S.
Embassy, will be in charge of coordinating
and promoting educational
advising centers throughout Europe—
fostering the growth of a network to
help European scholars research and
study in the U.S.
Spillman comes to this position
from Davidson, North Carolina,
where she worked with international
programs at Davidson College.