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March 27, 1998
Jordanian ambassador to speak at PurdueNOTE TO JOURNALISTS: To arrange an interview with Ambassador Marwan Muasher, call Katy Ibrahim, International Programs, (765) 494-8462. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Marwan Muasher, Jordan's ambassador to the United States and a Purdue University alumnus, will give a public lecture about the Middle East peace process Wednesday (4/1) evening. Muasher's presentation, "Peace and the Jordan Model," begins at 7:30 p.m. in Loeb Playhouse in Stewart Center, followed by a reception in the Anniversary Drawing Room in the Purdue Memorial Union. Both the lecture and the reception are open to the public. Muasher received his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from Purdue. After graduation, he worked as a research engineer with the Research Institute at the University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia and then as the director of the computing center at the Jordan Electric Power Co. From 1982 to 1990 Muasher was a political columnist for The Jordan Times, an English-language daily newspaper. In 1985 he began working for the Jordanian government, first with the Ministry of Planning, then as press adviser to the prime minister. From 1990 to 1994 he was director of the Jordan Information Bureau, the information arm of the Jordanian Embassy in Washington, D.C. During this time he was spokesman for the Jordanian delegation to the Middle East peace negotiations, and he served as co-master of ceremonies at the signing of the peace accord. Muasher was named the Jordanian ambassador to Israel in 1994 and became ambassador to the United States in May 1997.
Muasher's talk is co-sponsored by the Organization of Arab Students and the Office
of International Programs. The reception is sponsored by the School of Electrical
and Computer Engineering.
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu
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