[Eurchap] Fwd: [Super12] “Save our Serageldin”
Diane Sonnenwald
diane.sonnenwald at gmail.com
Tue Sep 5 11:22:36 EDT 2017
You might be interested in the following.
Regards,
Diane
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Date: Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 8:54 PM
Subject: [Super12] “Save our Serageldin”
To: super12 at list.pitt.edu
Dear Friends of the Library of Alexandria
I need your help to protect Dr. Serageldin and the Library of Alexandria.
Here is an overview of the problems which just appeared in Science
Magazine. I need your help.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/08/researchers-rally-aro
und-science-advocate-convicted-egypt
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We started a letter writing campaign for Dr. Serageldin of International
scientists. Sir Richard Roberts has obtained signatures from 89 Nobel
Prize winners, and we have signatures from two heads of the NIH, the head
of AAAS and NAS. (below)
*We are now requesting signatures on this letter of support from all
scientists*. *Dr. Serageldin has been the architect of the amazing library
of Alexandra. We have made vast progress with Dr. Serageldin to establish
the largest research methods library in the world to help developing
countries.* I do not want to have this in danger or Dr. Serageldin. The
more external support we can mobilize for Dr. Serageldin and the library
the better.
I have never done anything political. But this is a cause I cannot turn
away from. I am one of the first signatures of the letter…in bold print.
I support Dr Serageldin 100%, Nothing should hurt scientists library.
Please rapidly send a note to me, merely indicating that you will sign this
letter.
ronaldlaporte at gmail.com
The Motto of the campaign is “Save our Serageldin”
It is important also that you distribute this to as many friend and faculty
as you know. Please call or write. Also, please post on social media.
Sincerely
Ronald LaPorte, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh
7249349023
*Letter of friends and supporters of Ismail Serageldin*
Ismail Serageldin, former VP of the World Bank, and Founding Director of
the Library of Alexandria in Egypt is a well-known figure in international
circles. He is renowned for his many contributions to economic and social
development, his promotion of environmentally sustainable development and
his tireless advocacy of progressive views, democratic principles, gender
equity and concern for the poor.
A polymath of encyclopedic erudition, Serageldin is a man of passion and
compassion, who believes in reason, science, moderation, pluralism and
freedom of expression. His powerful voice has been spreading the values
of the Enlightenment on the front lines of the battle against extremism and
violence in his embattled region. It is to his credit that he succeeded in
building the Library of Alexandria as a center for national, regional and
international dialogue in the sciences and the humanities.
Indeed, in 2013 the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon gave the Library and
its Director its prestigious international Prize attributed annually to an
institution or a person, that “stands out for their role in defense of the
values essential to humanity”. The jury for the international Prize
stated: “The Library of Alexandria is a cultural reference point around the
Mediterranean resulting primarily from the vision, the commitment and the
tireless work of Ismail Serageldin.”
It is regrettable that some wild accusations against him made back in the
turbulent times of 2011, have now resulted in a lower misdemeanor court
issuing a verdict of imprisonment for three and a half years, for allegedly
squandering public funds. This happened despite the fact that he is known
worldwide as a manager of distinction, and that he is the single largest
individual donor to the institution, having given of his own funds over
three million Egyptian pounds. Serageldin has immediately appealed the
verdict, and the Appeals court is expected to hear the case in September.
We were surprised and saddened by the present verdict, but have confidence
in the Egyptian judicial system, and trust that the higher court will see
that justice is done.
All of us who hereby attach our signature to this document want to record
our confidence in the integrity of Ismail Serageldin, and our appreciation
of his many contributions, and the enormous work he did in the creation of
the Library of Alexandria in the last fifteen years making it a beacon of
enlightened values for the region and for the world.
(signed)
*89 Nobel Laureates*
*Name
Category Prize Year *
George A. Akerlof
Economics 2001
Hiroshi Amano
Physics 2014
Francoise Barre-Sinoussi
Medicine 2008
J. Michael Bishop
Medicine 1989
Sydney Brenner
Medicine 2002
Thomas R. Cech
Chemistry 1989
Martin Chalfie
Chemistry 2008
Aaron Ciechanover
Chemistry 2004
J. M. Coetzee
Literature 2003
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
Physics 1997
Elias James Corey
Chemistry 1990
Robert F. Curl Jr.
Chemistry 1996
Johann Deisenhofer
Chemistry 1988
Peter C. Doherty
Medicine 1996
Shirin Ebadi
Peace 2003
Gerhard Ertl
Chemistry 2007
Andrew Z. Fire
Medicine 2006
Jerome I. Friedman
Physics 1990
Andre Geim
Physics 2010
Walter Gilbert
Chemistry 1980
Sheldon Glashow
Physics 1979
Paul Greengard
Medicine 2000
David J. Gross
Physics 2004
Robert H. Grubbs
Chemistry 2005
Sir John B. Gurdon
Medicine 2012
John L. Hall
Physics 2005
Serge Haroche
Physics 2012
Oliver Hart
Economics 2016
Leland H. Hartwell
Medicine 2001
Harald zur Hausen
Medicine 2008
Dudley R. Herschbach
Chemistry 1986
Roald Hoffmann
Chemistry 1981
Jules A. Hoffmann
Medicine 2011
H. Robert Horvitz
Medicine 2002
Louis J. Ignarro
Medicine 1998
Elfriede Jelinek
Literature 2004
Takaaki Kajita
Physics 2015
Tawakkul Karman
Peace 2011
Wolfgang Ketterle
Physics 2001
F.W. de Klerk
Peace 1993
Klaus von Klitzing
Physics 1985
Roger D. Kornberg
Chemistry 2006
Finn E. Kydland
Economics 2004
Leon M. Lederman
Physics 1988
Yuan T. Lee
Chemistry 1986
Anthony J. Leggett
Physics 2003
Jean-Marie Lehn
Chemistry 1987
Tomas Lindahl
Chemistry 2015
Eric S. Maskin
Economics 2007
John C. Mather
Physics 2006
Craig C. Mello
Medicine 2006
Robert C. Merton
Economics 1997
Sir James Mirrlees
Economics 1996
Paul L. Modrich
Chemistry 2015
Edvard Moser
Medicine 2014
Herta Muller
Literature 2009
Alice Munro
Literature 2013
Ryoji Noyori
Chemistry 2001
Sir Paul Nurse
Medicine 2001
Orhan Pamuk
Literature 2006
William D. Phillips
Physics 1997
Christopher A. Pissarides
Economics 2010
John C. Polanyi
Chemistry 1986
Stanley B. Prusiner
Medicine 1997
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Chemistry
2009
Burton Richter
Physics 1976
Sir Richard J. Roberts
Medicine 1993
Richard R. Schrock
Chemistry 2005
Phillip A. Sharp
Medicine 1993
Vernon L. Smith
Economics 2002
Wole Soyinka
Literature 1986
A. Michael Spence
Economics 2001
Thomas C. Sudhof
Medicine 2013
John E. Sulston
Medicine 2002
Jack W. Szostak
Medicine 2009
Lord David Trimble
Peace 1998
Mario Vargas Llosa
Literature 2010
Harold E. Varmus
Medicine 1989
Sir John E. Walker
Chemistry 1997
J. Robin Warren
Medicine 2005
Arieh Warshel
Chemistry 2013
James Watson
Medicine 1962
Steven Weinberg
Physics 1979
Eric F. Wieschaus
Medicine 1995
Torsten N. Wiesel
Medicine 1981
Frank Wilczek
Physics 2004
Betty Williams
Peace 1976
Jody Williams
Peace 1997
Kurt Wuthrich
Chemistry 2002
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