1969 WPI Fellows

1969 WPI Fellows

The listings have the countries the fellows were from and the positions they held at the time of their fellowship.

Australia

John Charles Larkin is a senior reporter with The Age, serving as the bureau chief in Sydney. He is currently senior reporter on Insight, the paper’s indepth news reporting team

Brazil

Lucas Mendes Campos is a reporter for Fatos and Fotos, one of Brazil’s largest weekly magazines

Chile

Federico Gana Johnson is chief reporter for El Mercurio, the leading newspaper organization in Chile, working on the afternoon daily Las Ultimas Noticias

Czechoslovakia

Pavel Kriz is the Asian news editor in the International Department of the Czechoslovakian News Agency

Ethiopia

Tesfaye Kabtihimar is deputy editor of the Ethiopian Herald, the largest circulation daily in Ethiopia. He also serves as Ethiopian correspondent for the United Press International and for the Daily Telegraph and Morning Post of London

India

Pankaj Sharma, a special correspondent for Samachar Bharati, a multi-lingual news agency. (Deceased)

Indonesia

Ghafur Harun Fadyl is a regular contributor to the Djakarta Times and a senior reporter with the Associated Press bureau in Indonesia

Iran

Fereydon Pezeshkan is a political correspondent for Ayandegan, a leading daily in Teheran

Japan

Shunichiro Moriwaki is a reporter for the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, the leading Japanese economic journal

Mexico

Hugo Estenssoro Baldomar is a member of the editorial staff of Excelsior, in charge of the Latin-American section and director of the paper’s literary supplement

Spain

Francisco Martos Robles is a reporter in the foreign news department of Europa Press Agency and chief editor of the graphics department

Taiwan

Edward Hsu writes a weekly column, Taiwan as seen by Foreigners, for the Taiwan Daily News

United Kingdom

John Pepper is a reporter and film producer for Harlech Television in Bristol. During the past three years he has produced current affairs and news magazine programs

Venezuela

Jose Antonio Mayobre is assistant managing editor int he news department of Venezuelian Television

Yugoslavia

Franc Pea is a foreign policy commentator for Radio Television in Zagreb and has also worked for Borba, the leading daily in his country