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CARE President Peter Bell to speak on poverty
Princeton, N.J -- Peter Bell, president of CARE, one of the world's largest private international relief and development organizations, will give a free public lecture at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, in Helm Auditorium (50 McCosh Hall) on the Princeton University campus.
A 1964 alumnus of Princeton's Graduate School, Bell will present an address titled "Affirming Dignity and Ending Poverty: The Search for a Better World." His talk is part of a year-long series called "Frontiers of Knowledge," which celebrates the centennial of the Graduate School with lectures by distinguished graduate alumni.
Bell, who earned his master's degree in public affairs from Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, is a well-known leader in global philanthropic and humanitarian endeavors. He has been president of CARE for the past five years and is credited with expanding the scope of the organization from providing immediate relief to focusing on the root causes of poverty. CARE has become a force in sustainable development and emergency aid, reaching tens of millions of people each year in more than 60 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.
Bell served as president of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation from 1986 through 1995, working in that position to improve conditions for the poor and disadvantaged in the United States. He has been senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, held senior positions at the Ford Foundation, and served as president of the Inter-American Foundation, where he supported grassroots development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Bell served in the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare during the administration of President Jimmy Carter, overseeing the program for Indochinese refugee resettlement. He was deputy undersecretary of the department in 1979.
In his lecture, Bell will share thoughts gleaned from more than 35 years of professional experience in public and international affairs. He will examine the problem of poverty today, share the lessons he has learned from his extensive work in philanthropic and humanitarian endeavors, and, based on those lessons, define the necessary steps for creating a more hopeful future.
Bell's talk will be followed by a reception in the Frist Campus Center's Multipurpose Room. For more information, visit http://www.princeton.edu/centennial, e-mail centen@princeton.edu or call (609) 258-2742.
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