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THE JOURNAL OF WINSTON CHURCHILL AUTUMN 2008 • NUMBER 140 FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY 1968-2008
THE CHURCHILL CENTRE & CHURCHILL MUSEUM aT THE CabINET WaR RooMS, LoNdoN UNITEd STaTES • UNITEd KINGdoM • CaNada • aUSTRaLIa ® ® PaTRoN: THE LadY SoaMES LG dbE • WWW.WINSToNCHURCHILL.oRG Founded in 1968 to educate new generations on the leadership, statesmanship, vision and courage of Winston Spencer Churchill THE CHURCHILL CENTRE IS THE SUCCESSOR TO THE WINSTON S. CHURCHILL STUDY UNIT (1968) AND THE INTERNATIONAL CHURCHILL SOCIETY (1971), BUSINESS OFFICES 200 West Madison Street Suite 1700, Chicago IL 60606 Tel. (888) WSC-1874 • Fax (312) 658-6088 info@winstonchurchill.org Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms King Charles Street, London SW1A 2AQ Tel. (0207) 766-0122 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Laurence S. Geller lgeller@winstonchurchill.org EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Philip H. Reed OBE preed@iwm.org.uk DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION Mary Paxson (neé Dwyer) mdwyer@winstonchurchill.org ADMINISTRATIVE CONSULTANT Daniel N. Myers dmyers@winstonchurchill.org EDUCATION PROGRAMS COORDINATOR Suzanne Sigman suzanne@churchillclassrom.org BOARD OF TRUSTEES *EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The Hon. Spencer Abraham • Randy Barber David Boler* • Carolyn Brubaker Winston S. Churchill • Paul H. Courtenay Sir Robert Crawford* • Sen. Richard J. Durbin Marcus Frost* • Laurence S. Geller* Sir Martin Gilbert CBE • Richard C. Godfrey* Philip Gordon* • Gretchen Kimball Richard M. Langworth CBE* The Rt Hon Sir John Major KG CH Christopher Matthews • Sir Deryck Maughan* Michael W. Michelson • Joseph J. Plumeri* Philip H. Reed OBE* • Mitchell Reiss Kenneth W. Rendell* • Elihu Rose* The Hon. Celia Sandys • The Hon. Edwina Sandys HONORARY MEMBERS Winston S. Churchill • Sir Martin Gilbert CBE Robert Hardy CBE • The Lord Heseltine CH PC The Duke of Marlborough JP DL Sir Anthony Montague Browne KCMG CBE DFC Gen. Colin L. Powell KCB • Amb. Paul H. Robinson, Jr. The Lady Thatcher LG OM PC FRS LOCAL BRANCHES & ALLIES See inside back cover. FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, UK, Australia Harrow School, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex Winston Churchill Memorial & Library, Fulton, Mo. INTERNET SERVICES David A. Turrell, Webmaster, daturrell@verizon.net Jonah Triebwasser, Moderator http://groups.google.com/group/ChurchillChat Web committee: Ian W.D. Langworth, John David Olsen, Todd Ronnei, Suzanne Sigman, David A. Turrell ACADEMIC ADVISERS Prof. James W. Muller, Chairman University of Alaska, Anchorage afjwm@uaa.alaska.edu Prof. John A. Ramsden, Vice Chairman Queen Mary College, University of London john.a.ramsden@btopenworld.com Prof. Paul K. Alkon, University of So. California Sir Martin Gilbert CBE, Merton College, Oxford Col. David Jablonsky, U.S. Army War College Prof. Warren F. Kimball, Rutgers University Prof. John Maurer, U.S. Naval War College Prof. David Reynolds FBA, Christ’s College, Cambridge Dr. Jeffrey Wallin, President American Academy of Liberal Education LEADERSHIP & SUPPORT NUMBER TEN CLUB Contributors of $10,000 or more per year. Kenneth Fisher • Laurence S. Geller Michael D. Rose • Michael J. Scully CHURCHILL CENTRE ASSOCIATES Contributors to The Churchill Centre Endowment, which offers three levels: $10,000, $25,000 and $50,000+, inclusive of bequests. Endowment earnings support the work of The Churchill Centre & Museum at the Cabinet War Rooms, London. Winston Churchill Associates The Annenberg Foundation • David & Diane Boler Fred Farrow • Barbara & Richard Langworth Mr. & Mrs. Parker H. Lee III Michael & Carol McMenamin • David & Carole Noss Ray & Patricia Orban • Wendy Russell Reves Elizabeth Churchill Snell • Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Wills Alex M. Worth Jr. Clementine Churchill Associates Ronald D. Abramson • Winston S. Churchill Samuel D. Dodson • Marcus & Molly Frost Jeanette & Angelo Gabriel • Craig & Lorraine Horn James F. Lane • John & Susan Mather Linda & Charles Platt Ambassador & Mrs. Paul H. Robinson Jr. James R. & Lucille I. Thomas Mary Soames Associates Dr. & Mrs. John V. Banta • Solveig & Randy Barber Gary J. Bonine • Susan & Daniel Borinsky Nancy Bowers • Lois Brown Carolyn & Paul Brubaker • Nancy H. Canary Dona & Bob Dales • Jeffrey & Karen De Haan Gary Garrison • Ruth & Laurence Geller Fred & Martha Hardman • Leo Hindery, Jr. Bill & Virginia Ives • J. Willis Johnson Jerry & Judy Kambestad • Elaine Kendall David M. & Barbara A. Kirr • Phillip & Susan Larson Ruth J. Lavine • Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Leahy Philip & Carole Lyons • Richard & Susan Mastio Cyril & Harriet Mazansky • Michael W. Michelson James & Judith Muller • Wendell & Martina Musser Bond Nichols • Earl & Charlotte Nicholson Bob & Sandy Odell • Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm Page Ruth & John Plumpton • Hon. Douglas S. Russell Daniel & Suzanne Sigman • Shanin Specter Robert M. Stephenson • Richard & Jenny Streiff Peter J. Travers • Gabriel Urwitz • Damon Wells Jr. Jacqueline Dean Witter ALLIED NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS _________________________________ CHURCHILL CENTRE - UNITED KINGDOM PO Box 1915, Quarley, Andover, Hampshire SP10 9EE Tel. & Fax (01264) 889627 CHAIRMAN Paul. H. Courtenay ndege@tiscali.co.uk VICE CHAIRMAN Michael Kelion HON. TREASURER Anthony Woodhead CBE FCA SECRETARY John Hirst COMMITTEE MEMBERS Smith Benson • Eric Bingham • Robin Brodhurst Randolph S. Churchill • Paul H. Courtenay Robert Courts • Geoffrey Fletcher • Derek Greenwell Rafal Heydel-Mankoo • John Hirst • Jocelyn Hunt Michael Kelion• Michael Moody • Brian Singleton Anthony Woodhead CBE FCA TRUSTEES The Hon. Celia Sandys, Chairman The Duke of Marlborough JP DL • The Lord Marland David Boler • Nigel Knocker OBE • David Porter Philip H. Reed OBE _________________________________________ INTL. CHURCHILL SOCIETY OF CANADA www.winstonchurchillcanada.ca Ambassador Kenneth W. Taylor, Honorary Chairman MEMBERSHIP OFFICES RR4, 14 Carter Road Lion’s Head ON N0H 1W0 Tel. (519) 592-3082 PRESIDENT Randy Barber randybarber@sympatico.ca MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Jeanette Webber jeanette.webber@sympatico.ca TREASURER Charles Anderson cwga@sympatico.ca __________________________________ CHURCHILL CENTRE AUSTRALIA Alfred James, President 65 Billyard Avenue, Wahroonga NSW 2076 Tel. (61-3) 489-1158 abmjames@iinet.net.au ________________________________________________ CHURCHILL SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY www.churchill.society.org Robert A. O’Brien, Chairman ro’brien@couttscrane.com 3050 Yonge Street, Suite 206F Toronto ON M4N 2K4, Canada Tel. (416) 977-0956
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