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THE SECRET NATO COVER

@TEMP = The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) provided international cover for Washington's postwar
operations in Italy. A secret clause in the initial NATO agreement in 1949 required that before a nation could join, it
must have already established a national security authority to fight communism through clandestine citizen cadres.
This Stay Behind clause grew out of a secret committee set up at U.S. insistence in the Atlantic Pact, the forerunner of
NATO. Each NATO member was also required to send delegates to semiannual meetings on the subject. *4

U.S. authority for such moves flowed in a steady stream of presidential directives transmitted through the National
Security Council (NSC). In December 1950, the council gave the armed forces carte blanche to use appropriate military
force even if the communists merely gain participation in government by legal means or threaten to achieve control...or the government ceases to evidence a determination to oppose communist internal or external threats. *5

The CIA helped the Italian police set up secret squadrons staffed in many cases with veterans of Mussolini's secret
police. *6 The squadrons were trained for intensive espionage and counter-espionage, against communists and other
perceived enemies of the status quo. The plan to use exceptional means was patterned after the highly militarized
French intelligence service, the Suret Nationale, which was reportedly so tough on communists that many fled to other
countries. *7

The newly organized intelligence agency, SIFAR, began operations in September 1949, under the supervision of an undercover American, Carmel Offie, nicknamed godfather by the Italians. *8 Interior Minister Mario Scelba headed
the operation. At the same time, Scelba was directing a brutal repression, murdering hundreds of workers and peasants
who sought improved conditions after the war. *9


OPERATION DEMAGNETIZE

With the Italian secret service under control, the Americans then expanded it under the name Operation Demagnetize
and tied it to an existing network of cadre in northern Italy. In 1951, the Italian secret service formally agreed to set up
a clandestine organization within the military to coordinate with the northern cadres. In 1952, SIFAR received secret
orders from Washington to adopt a series of political, paramilitary and psychological operations destined to diminish the
power of the Italian Communist Party, its material resources, and its influence on government. This priority objective
must be attained by all means. 10

Operation Demagnetize marked the institutional hardening of Gladio. A State Department historian characterized it as
the strategy of stabilization, *11 although it could be more accurately described as one of destabilization. From the
start, the offensive was secretly directed and funded by the U.S. government. In 1956, the arrangement was formalized in a written agreement, using the name Gladio for the first time. According to 1956 documents uncovered in Italy in 1990, Gladio was divided into independent cells coordinated from a CIA camp in Sardinia. These special forces included 40 main groups. Ten specialized in sabotage, six each in espionage, propaganda, evasion and escape tactics, and 12 in guerrilla activities. Another division handled the training of agents and commandos. These special forces had access to underground arms caches, which included hand guns, grenades, high-tech explosives, daggers, 60-millimeter mortars, 57-millimeter machine guns and precision rifles. *12

In 1956, Gen. Giovanni De Lorenzo was named to head SIFAR on the recommendation of U.S. Ambassador Claire
Boothe Luce, the avidly anticommunist wife of the publisher of Time magazine. *13 A key player in Gladio was now in place. In 1962, the CIA helped place De Lorenzo at the head of the national police (carabinieri), while he retained
effective control of the secret service.

The general brought with him 17 lieutenants to begin purging insufficiently right-wing officers. It was the first step to a
right-wing coup attempt, with U.S. military attaché Vernon Walters in the vanguard. In a memo to De Lorenzo the same
year, Walters suggested types of intervention aimed at provoking a national crisis, including blocking a center-left
coalition, creating schisms among the socialists, and funding forces favorable to the status quo.14

Meanwhile, according to CIA files found in Rome in 1984, CIA station chief William Harvey began to recruit action
teams based on a list of 2,000 men capable of throwing bombs, conducting attacks, and accompanying these actions with
indispensable propaganda. 15 These teams had a chance to practice their skills in 1963 as part of an anti-union
offensive. U.S.-trained gladiators dressed as police and civilians attacked construction workers peacefully demonstrating
in Rome, leaving some 200 wounded and a large section of the city in shambles. The link to Gladio was made in later
testimony by a former general in the secret service.16

SIFAR Lt. Col. Renzo Rocca was also training a civil militia composed of ex-soldiers, parachutists and members of
Junio Valerio Black Prince Borghese's paramilitary organization, Decima MAS (Tenth Torpedo Boat Squadron), for the
pending coup.17 President Antonio Segni reportedly knew of the plan, which was to conclude with the assassination of Prime Minister Aldo Moro, under fire for not being tough enough with the communists.18

The long-planned takeover, known later as Plan Solo, fizzled in March 1964, when the key carabinieri involved
remained in their barracks. As a subsequent inquiry moved to question Rocca about the coup attempt, he apparently
killed himself, possibly to fulfill Gladio's oath of silence. After officials determined that state secrets were involved,
three hamstrung inquiries failed to determine the guilty parties.19


THE STRATEGY OF TENSION

Despite the failure of Plan Solo, the CIA and the Italian right had largely succeeded in creating the clandestine
structures envisioned in Operation Demagnetize. Now the plotters turned their attention to a renewed offensive against
the left.

To win intellectual support, the secret services set up a conference in Rome at the luxurious Parco dei Principi hotel in
May 1965, for a study of revolutionary war. The choice of words was inadvertently revealing, since the conveners and
invited participants were planning a real revolution, not just warning of an imaginary communist takeover. The
meeting was essentially a reunion of fascists, right-wing journalists, and military personnel. The strategy of tension
that emerged was designed to disrupt normality with terror attacks in order to create chaos and provoke a frightened
public into accepting still more authoritarian government. *20

Several graduates of this exercise had long records of anticommunist actions and would later be implicated in some of
Italy's worst massacres. One was journalist and secret agent Guido Giannettini. Four years earlier, he had conducted a
seminar at the U.S. Naval Academy on The Techniques and Prospects of a Coup d'Etat in Europe. Another was notorious
fascist Stefano Delle Chiaie, who had reportedly been recruited as a secret agent in 1960. He had organized his own
armed band known as Avanguardia Nationale (AN), whose members had begun training in terror tactics in preparation
for Plan Solo. *21

General De Lorenzo, whose SIFAR had now become SID, soon enlisted these and other confidants in a new Gladio
project. They planned to create a secret parallel force alongside sensitive government offices to neutralize subversive
elements not yet purified. Known as the Parallel SID, its tentacles reached into nearly every key institution of the
Italian state. Gen.Vito Miceli, who later headed SID, said he set up the separate structure at the request of the
Americans and NATO. 22


FRATERNAL BONDS

Two ancient, mysterious, international fraternities kept the loosely-linked Gladio programs from flying apart. The
Knights of Malta played a formative role after the war (see box), but the order of Freemasonry and its most notorious lodge in Italy, known as Propaganda Due (pronounced doo-ay ), or P-2, was far more influential. In the late 1960s, its Most Venerable Master was Licio Gelli, a Knight of Malta who fought for Franco with Mussolini's Black Shirts. At the end of World War II, Gelli faced execution by Italian partisans for his Nazi collaboration, but escaped by joining the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps. *23 In the 1950s, he was recruited by SIFAR.

After some years of self-imposed exile in Argentine fascist circles,24 he saw his calling in Italy as a Mason. Quickly
rising to its top post, he began fraternizing in 1969 with Gen. Alexander Haig, then assistant to Henry Kissinger,
President Nixon's national security chief. Gelli became the main intermediary between the CIA and SID's De Lorenzo, also a Mason and Knight. Gelli's first order from the White House was reportedly to recruit 400 more top Italian and NATO officials.25

To help ferret out dissidents, Gelli and De Lorenzo began compiling personal dossiers on thousands of people, including
legislators and clerics. *26 Within a few years, scandal erupted when an inquiry found 157,000 such files in SID, all
available to the Ministers of Defense and Interior. *27 Parliament ordered 34,000 files burned, but by then the CIA had
obtained duplicates for its archives. *28

That same year, 1956, U.S. Ambassador to Italy Clare Booth Luce—a Dame of Malta and the wife of Time and Life magazine publisher Henry Luce, a key sponsor of the fascist Congress for Cultural Freedom—"recommended" a fellow SMOM member, Gen. Giovanni De Lorenzo, as the new head of SIFAR. In 1962, the CIA helped install De Lorenzo as head of the Carabinieri, while he still maintained control over SIFAR. He began purging officers deemed not sufficiently "anti-communist," in either his eyes or or those of U.S. military attaché Vernon Walters.

SMOM members De Lorenzo and Prince Borghese each supported fascist coups in Italy in 1964 (the Solo Plan) and 1970.

With McCone heading the CIA and Angleton as his Chief of Counterintelligence, another Knight of Malta of fascist fame, Italian General Giovani De Lorenzo, who had been the chief of the secret service (then known as Sifar) and in 1962 head of the carabinieri, organized an attempted fascist coup on July 14, 1964 (the Plan Solo) and later became a deputy from the fascist MSI party.18

Six and a half years later, on the night of December 7, 1970 Angleton's Prince Borghese gave the order for Stefano delle Chiaie to proceed with seizure of the Interior Ministry in Rome along with 50 fellow neo-Nazis. (See A Killer's Career, in this issue; and see The Fascist Network, in CAIB, Number 22.) This plot to trigger a fascist coup was called off at the last minute, and Borghese and his neo-Nazi protege delle Chiaie fled to Spain where former SS Commando Skorzeny among others was waiting. 19

DE LORENZO GIOVANNI
Italy 1952-1970

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Richard V. Allen
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Government, Activist
Party Affiliation: Republican

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Reagan National Security Advisor

In Los Angeles in January 1977, Ronald Reagan floated something past his chief foreign policy advisor: "Dick, my idea of American policy toward the Soviet Union is simple, and some would say simplistic. It is this: We win and they lose. What do you think of that?" Evidently, Allen approved. After Reagan won the 1980 election, he brought Allen to the White House as his National Security Advisor.

Allen resigned on 4 January 1982 as a result of political infighting within the administration which had irreparably damaged his working relationship with the President. At the time there were reports that Allen's departure had occurred under a cloud of controversy -- according to news stories, he had allegedly received a $1,000 bribe from a Japanese magazine in exchange for an interview with First Lady Nancy Reagan. This despite the fact that investigations by both the Justice Department and the White House Counsel found no reason to pursue the matter.

As far as can be determined, the story goes like this: Allen attempted to set up the interview for the Japanese magazine, but failed for whatever reason. So some White House aide wound up arranging the thing, at which Allen happened to be present. Following the interview, the journalists attempted to hand over $1,000 in cash to the First Lady, but Allen reached in and "intercepted" the honorarium. He handed it to his secretary with instructions that the money be sent to the Treasury Department. Unfortunately, the secretary threw the money in Allen's office safe and forgot about it.

University: BA, University of Notre Dame (1957)
University: MA Political Science, University of Notre Dame (1958)
University: University of Freiburg, Germany
University: University of Munich, Germany

White House National Security Advisor 1981-82
US National Security Council
Defense Policy Board
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
American Center for Democracy
Capital Research Center Advisory Board
Catholic Campaign for America Board Member
Center for Strategic & International Studies Advisory Board
Committee for a Free World
Committee on the Present Danger
Council for National Policy 1988-
Council on Foreign Relations
The Heritage Foundation Distinguished Fellow
Hoover Institution Senior Fellow
Intercollegiate Studies Institute Board of Trustees
International Crisis Group Advisory Council
Knights of Malta
Nixon Center
Project for the New American Century
Republican National Committee Advisory Council on National Security and International Affairs
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Board of Governors, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation

"Wotta Knight," New York Daily News, 1/9/83 (Alexander Haig
and Rev. Francis Haig). (NOTE: Other Knights in key positions
of power include the following: William Casey (CIA Director),
Franklyn Nofziger (White House aide), Richard V. Allen (Nat.
Security Advisor)

Allen, Richard V. CFR, SMOM
• National Security Advisor (1981-82)
• member Council for National Policy (CNP)
• Committee on the Present Danger
• Hoover Institution
• Heritage Foundation8

ALLEN RICHARD VINCENT
Portugal 1974-1975 Guatemala 1980 Japan 1985

* Barnet,R. Cavanagh,J. Global Dreams. 1995 (203)
* Ben-Menashe,A. Profits of War. 1992 (71)
* Blumenthal,S. Rise of the Counter-Establishment. 1988 (35, 46-7, 141)
* Broad,W. Teller's War. 1992 (106)
* Brownstein,R. Easton,N. Reagan's Ruling Class. 1983 (533)
* COHA. Resource Center. NED: A Foreign Policy Branch Gone Awry. 1990 (36, 39, 78)
* Choate,P. Agents of Influence. 1991 (69-70, 217)
* Christic Institute. Sheehan Affidavit. 1987-01-31 (14)
* Cockburn,L. Out of Control. 1987 (192-3)
* Council on Foreign Relations. Membership Roster. 2004
* CounterSpy 1981-07 (11)
* CounterSpy 1981-10 (23)
* Covert Action Information Bulletin 1980-#10 (41-2)
* Covert Action Information Bulletin 1981-#12 (9, 14, 17, 40)
* Covert Action Information Bulletin 1981-#13 (7, 9)
* Covert Action Information Bulletin 1982-#16 (57)
* Covert Action Information Bulletin 1982-#17 (49)
* Covert Action Information Bulletin 1988-#30 (31-3)
* Covert Action Quarterly 2002-#74 (4)
* Duignan,P. The Hoover Institution. 1989 (90)
* Dye,T. Who's Running America? 1983 (79, 104-5)
* Emerson,S. The American House of Saud. 1985 (2)
* Esquire 1991-10 (103)
* Findley,P. They Dare to Speak Out. 1989 (158)
* Fitzgerald,F. Way Out There in the Blue. 2000 (98, 113, 119, 132, 138-9, 158)
* Friedman,A. Spider's Web. 1993 (22)
* Furiati,C. ZR Rifle. 1994 (152)
* Hartung,W. And Weapons for All. 1994 (60)
* Heritage Foundation. Telephone List. 1986-11-17
* Heritage Foundation. Telephone List. 1988-10-05
* Hersh,S. The Price of Power. 1983 (11-3, 38-9)
* Honegger,B. October Surprise. 1989 (3, 10-1, 15-6, 21-3, 26, 58, 79, 91-3, 122-3, 137-8, 227)
* Hougan,J. Spooks. 1979 (193-5)
* In These Times 1987-07-07 (12-3)
* In These Times 1991-04-23 (9)
* Intelligence/Parapolitics (Paris) 1987-03 (7)
* Jensen-Stevenson,M. Stevenson,W. Kiss the Boys Goodbye. 1990 (156-8)
* Johnson,R.W. Shootdown. 1987 (107)
* Kilian,M. Sawislak,A. Who Runs Washington? 1982 (9-10)
* Kruger,H. The Great Heroin Coup. 1980 (21-2, 26)
* Lasky,V. It Didn't Start With Watergate. 1978 (237-8)
* Lewis,C. America's Frontline Trade Officials. 1990 (40)
* Lewis,C. The Buying of the President. 1996 (99)
* Lobster Magazine (Britain) 1987-#14 (1-2, 6)
* Los Angeles Times 1980-11-15 (I5, 6)
* Marshall,J... The Iran-Contra Connection. 1987 (52, 56-7, 76, 81, 164, 216)
* Nair,K. Devil and His Dart. 1986 (44)
* Nation 1987-06-06 (762)
* Naylor,R.T. Hot Money and the Politics of Debt. 1994 (41)
* New York Times Magazine 1987-02-22 (26)
* New York Times 1990-11-04 (F12)
* Newsweek 1976-01-12 (48)
* O'Toole,G. The Private Sector. 1978 (221-2)
* Parapolitics/USA 1981-05-30 (12)
* Parapolitics/USA 1981-08-15 (42-3)
* Parapolitics/USA 1982-03-31 (32)
* Parry,R. Trick or Treason. 1993 (22, 116-23, 290-2, 312)
* Penthouse 1981-06 (54, 62-3)
* Penthouse 1987-12 (64)
* Perry,M. Eclipse. 1992 (231-2)
* Persico,J. Casey. 1991 (130)
* Playboy 1988-10 (74, 150-2)
* Prados,J. Keepers of the Keys. 1991 (277, 449, 454)
* Public Eye Magazine 1981 (35)
* Resource Center. Bulletin 1989-F (4-5)
* Resource Center. GroupWatch 1989-CFW (2)
* Resource Center. GroupWatch 1989-CSIS (1-3)
* Saloma,J. Ominous Politics. 1984 (42, 126)
* Sanders,J. Peddlers of Crisis. 1983 (155, 287)
* Sauter,M. Sanders,J. The Men We Left Behind. 1993 (184, 263-4)
* Schweizer,P. Friendly Spies. 1993 (82, 135)
* Seagrave,S.& P. Gold Warriors. 2003 (123, 131)
* Sick,G. October Surprise. 1991 (24, 26, 28, 30-1, 116-9, 123, 137-40, 160)
* Smith,H. The Power Game. 1989 (267)
* Smith,J. The Idea Brokers. 1993 (7, 205, 209)
* Snyder,A. Warriors of Disinformation. 1995 (224, 241)
* Soley,L. Leasing the Ivory Tower. 1995 (112)
* Spotlight Newspaper 1992-07-27 (4)
* Tarpley,W.G. Chaitkin,A. George Bush. 1992 (322-3, 356-7, 360, 380)
* Thomas,G. Gideon's Spies. 2000 (244)
* Thomas,G. Journey Into Madness. 1990 (332)
* Tower Commission Report. 1987-02-26 (II5)
* Trento,J. Prelude to Terror. 2005 (207-8, 254-5, 275)
* Turner,W. Power on the Right. 1971 (212)
* Vankin,J. Whalen,J. The 60 Greatest Conspiracies. 1998 (265-6)
* Vistica,G. Fall From Glory. 1997 (20, 69, 79-80, 116, 150)
* Washington City Paper 1993-06-11 (28)
* Washington Post 1983-01-02 (B2)
* Washington Post 1986-04-27 (A12)
* Washington Post 1986-05-11 (D2)
* Washington Post 1991-04-16 (A12)
* Washington Times 1992-06-25 (A7)
* Washington Times 1992-08-12 (G1, 4)
* Washington Times 1994-06-22 (A17)
* Weinberg,S. Armand Hammer: The Untold Story. 1989 (421)
* Who's Who in America. 1984-1985
* Woodward,B. Veil. 1987 (18, 49-50)
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Richard V. Allen
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Government, Activist
Party Affiliation: Republican

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Reagan National Security Advisor

In Los Angeles in January 1977, Ronald Reagan floated something past his chief foreign policy advisor: "Dick, my idea of American policy toward the Soviet Union is simple, and some would say simplistic. It is this: We win and they lose. What do you think of that?" Evidently, Allen approved. After Reagan won the 1980 election, he brought Allen to the White House as his National Security Advisor.

Allen resigned on 4 January 1982 as a result of political infighting within the administration which had irreparably damaged his working relationship with the President. At the time there were reports that Allen's departure had occurred under a cloud of controversy -- according to news stories, he had allegedly received a $1,000 bribe from a Japanese magazine in exchange for an interview with First Lady Nancy Reagan. This despite the fact that investigations by both the Justice Department and the White House Counsel found no reason to pursue the matter.

As far as can be determined, the story goes like this: Allen attempted to set up the interview for the Japanese magazine, but failed for whatever reason. So some White House aide wound up arranging the thing, at which Allen happened to be present. Following the interview, the journalists attempted to hand over $1,000 in cash to the First Lady, but Allen reached in and "intercepted" the honorarium. He handed it to his secretary with instructions that the money be sent to the Treasury Department. Unfortunately, the secretary threw the money in Allen's office safe and forgot about it.

University: BA, University of Notre Dame (1957)
University: MA Political Science, University of Notre Dame (1958)
University: University of Freiburg, Germany
University: University of Munich, Germany

White House National Security Advisor 1981-82
US National Security Council
Defense Policy Board
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
American Center for Democracy
Capital Research Center Advisory Board
Catholic Campaign for America Board Member
Center for Strategic & International Studies Advisory Board
Committee for a Free World
Committee on the Present Danger
Council for National Policy 1988-
Council on Foreign Relations
The Heritage Foundation Distinguished Fellow
Hoover Institution Senior Fellow
Intercollegiate Studies Institute Board of Trustees
International Crisis Group Advisory Council
Knights of Malta
Nixon Center
Project for the New American Century
Republican National Committee Advisory Council on National Security and International Affairs
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Board of Governors, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation

"Wotta Knight," New York Daily News, 1/9/83 (Alexander Haig
and Rev. Francis Haig). (NOTE: Other Knights in key positions
of power include the following: William Casey (CIA Director),
Franklyn Nofziger (White House aide), Richard V. Allen (Nat.
Security Advisor)

Allen, Richard V. CFR, SMOM
• National Security Advisor (1981-82)
• member Council for National Policy (CNP)
• Committee on the Present Danger
• Hoover Institution
• Heritage Foundation8

ALLEN RICHARD VINCENT
Portugal 1974-1975 Guatemala 1980 Japan 1985

* Barnet,R. Cavanagh,J. Global Dreams. 1995 (203)
* Ben-Menashe,A. Profits of War. 1992 (71)
* Blumenthal,S. Rise of the Counter-Establishment. 1988 (35, 46-7, 141)
* Broad,W. Teller's War. 1992 (106)
* Brownstein,R. Easton,N. Reagan's Ruling Class. 1983 (533)
* COHA. Resource Center. NED: A Foreign Policy Branch Gone Awry. 1990 (36, 39, 78)
* Choate,P. Agents of Influence. 1991 (69-70, 217)
* Christic Institute. Sheehan Affidavit. 1987-01-31 (14)
* Cockburn,L. Out of Control. 1987 (192-3)
* Council on Foreign Relations. Membership Roster. 2004
* CounterSpy 1981-07 (11)
* CounterSpy 1981-10 (23)
* Covert Action Information Bulletin 1980-#10 (41-2)
* Covert Action Information Bulletin 1981-#12 (9, 14, 17, 40)
* Covert Action Information Bulletin 1981-#13 (7, 9)
* Covert Action Information Bulletin 1982-#16 (57)
* Covert Action Information Bulletin 1982-#17 (49)
* Covert Action Information Bulletin 1988-#30 (31-3)
* Covert Action Quarterly 2002-#74 (4)
* Duignan,P. The Hoover Institution. 1989 (90)
* Dye,T. Who's Running America? 1983 (79, 104-5)
* Emerson,S. The American House of Saud. 1985 (2)
* Esquire 1991-10 (103)
* Findley,P. They Dare to Speak Out. 1989 (158)
* Fitzgerald,F. Way Out There in the Blue. 2000 (98, 113, 119, 132, 138-9, 158)
* Friedman,A. Spider's Web. 1993 (22)
* Furiati,C. ZR Rifle. 1994 (152)
* Hartung,W. And Weapons for All. 1994 (60)
* Heritage Foundation. Telephone List. 1986-11-17
* Heritage Foundation. Telephone List. 1988-10-05
* Hersh,S. The Price of Power. 1983 (11-3, 38-9)
* Honegger,B. October Surprise. 1989 (3, 10-1, 15-6, 21-3, 26, 58, 79, 91-3, 122-3, 137-8, 227)
* Hougan,J. Spooks. 1979 (193-5)
* In These Times 1987-07-07 (12-3)
* In These Times 1991-04-23 (9)
* Intelligence/Parapolitics (Paris) 1987-03 (7)
* Jensen-Stevenson,M. Stevenson,W. Kiss the Boys Goodbye. 1990 (156-8)
* Johnson,R.W. Shootdown. 1987 (107)
* Kilian,M. Sawislak,A. Who Runs Washington? 1982 (9-10)
* Kruger,H. The Great Heroin Coup. 1980 (21-2, 26)
* Lasky,V. It Didn't Start With Watergate. 1978 (237-8)
* Lewis,C. America's Frontline Trade Officials. 1990 (40)
* Lewis,C. The Buying of the President. 1996 (99)
* Lobster Magazine (Britain) 1987-#14 (1-2, 6)
* Los Angeles Times 1980-11-15 (I5, 6)
* Marshall,J... The Iran-Contra Connection. 1987 (52, 56-7, 76, 81, 164, 216)
* Nair,K. Devil and His Dart. 1986 (44)
* Nation 1987-06-06 (762)
* Naylor,R.T. Hot Money and the Politics of Debt. 1994 (41)
* New York Times Magazine 1987-02-22 (26)
* New York Times 1990-11-04 (F12)
* Newsweek 1976-01-12 (48)
* O'Toole,G. The Private Sector. 1978 (221-2)
* Parapolitics/USA 1981-05-30 (12)
* Parapolitics/USA 1981-08-15 (42-3)
* Parapolitics/USA 1982-03-31 (32)
* Parry,R. Trick or Treason. 1993 (22, 116-23, 290-2, 312)
* Penthouse 1981-06 (54, 62-3)
* Penthouse 1987-12 (64)
* Perry,M. Eclipse. 1992 (231-2)
* Persico,J. Casey. 1991 (130)
* Playboy 1988-10 (74, 150-2)
* Prados,J. Keepers of the Keys. 1991 (277, 449, 454)
* Public Eye Magazine 1981 (35)
* Resource Center. Bulletin 1989-F (4-5)
* Resource Center. GroupWatch 1989-CFW (2)
* Resource Center. GroupWatch 1989-CSIS (1-3)
* Saloma,J. Ominous Politics. 1984 (42, 126)
* Sanders,J. Peddlers of Crisis. 1983 (155, 287)
* Sauter,M. Sanders,J. The Men We Left Behind. 1993 (184, 263-4)
* Schweizer,P. Friendly Spies. 1993 (82, 135)
* Seagrave,S.& P. Gold Warriors. 2003 (123, 131)
* Sick,G. October Surprise. 1991 (24, 26, 28, 30-1, 116-9, 123, 137-40, 160)
* Smith,H. The Power Game. 1989 (267)
* Smith,J. The Idea Brokers. 1993 (7, 205, 209)
* Snyder,A. Warriors of Disinformation. 1995 (224, 241)
* Soley,L. Leasing the Ivory Tower. 1995 (112)
* Spotlight Newspaper 1992-07-27 (4)
* Tarpley,W.G. Chaitkin,A. George Bush. 1992 (322-3, 356-7, 360, 380)
* Thomas,G. Gideon's Spies. 2000 (244)
* Thomas,G. Journey Into Madness. 1990 (332)
* Tower Commission Report. 1987-02-26 (II5)
* Trento,J. Prelude to Terror. 2005 (207-8, 254-5, 275)
* Turner,W. Power on the Right. 1971 (212)
* Vankin,J. Whalen,J. The 60 Greatest Conspiracies. 1998 (265-6)
* Vistica,G. Fall From Glory. 1997 (20, 69, 79-80, 116, 150)
* Washington City Paper 1993-06-11 (28)
* Washington Post 1983-01-02 (B2)
* Washington Post 1986-04-27 (A12)
* Washington Post 1986-05-11 (D2)
* Washington Post 1991-04-16 (A12)
* Washington Times 1992-06-25 (A7)
* Washington Times 1992-08-12 (G1, 4)
* Washington Times 1994-06-22 (A17)
* Weinberg,S. Armand Hammer: The Untold Story. 1989 (421)
* Who's Who in America. 1984-1985
* Woodward,B. Veil. 1987 (18, 49-50)
* Z Magazine 1989-12 (52, 57)

pages cited this search: 228

March, 1995

Omicron Rho Officers with guest speaker Dr. Thomas Melady, former US Ambassador to Uganda, Burundi, and the Vatican, who lectured on "Religion in Politics." From left, '94/'95 Omicron Rho President Christine Wood, Ambassador Melady, Vice President Jim Sullivan, Kevin Smith.

Former Ambassador Thomas Melady Endorses Governor Mitt Romney
Tuesday, Nov 06, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Boston, MA – Today, Governor Mitt Romney announced that Ambassador Thomas Melady, the former U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican from 1989 to 1993, has endorsed his candidacy for President of the United States.

Making today's announcement, Ambassador Melady said, "In Governor Mitt Romney, I have found a candidate who represents the family values that are so important to me. His appreciation for the value of a strong family is clearly exhibited in his vision for America. He understands that every decision he would face, affects the American family. I look forward to working to help Mitt bring his family friendly change to Washington."

Welcoming Ambassador Melady's support, Governor Romney said, "Ambassador Melady has served our country with honor and distinction, and I am proud to have his support and his leadership. We recognize that our leaders in Washington can do more to help build stronger families in America. Ambassador Melady will be a valuable counselor as we bring conservative, pro-family change to our nation's capital."

Background on Ambassador Thomas Melady:

Ambassador Thomas Melady Served As U.S. Ambassador To The Holy See From 1989 To 1993. Currently a Professor and Senior Diplomat in Residence at The Institute of World Politics, Ambassador Melady has had a career in diplomacy, higher education and public affairs. He served in four diplomatic posts as U.S. Ambassador to Burundi, U.S. Ambassador to Uganda, Senior Adviser to the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations, and U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See. In higher education, he has served as Executive Vice President of St. Joseph's University, and as President of Sacred Heart University. He was also Assistant U.S. Secretary of Education for Post-Secondary Education under President Reagan. He is a Knight in Obedience of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and is [b]Vice Delegate in the United States for the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George. [/b]Ambassador Melady also served on the National Board of Directors of the National Conference of Christians and Jews and the International League for Human Rights. He and his wife, the former Margaret Badum, have two daughters.

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Federal Association Pilgrimage to Croatia, July 2006

Every day members of the Order of Malta pray for “the intercession of the most holy Virgin of Philermos.” The prayer has acquired more vivid meaning for a group from the Federal Association who traveled in July to a mountain town towering over the Adriatic Sea to venerate the ancient icon of Our Lady of Philermos.

From the 14th century, when the Order was based on the island of Rhodes, this icon from the monastery of Mount Philermos on Rhodes was the hospitaller knights’ most precious possession. The Knights took the icon with them to Malta, but when they were forced to surrender Malta to Napoleon’s military forces, the icon began an odyssey through Europe to Russia and down to the Balkan peninsula. Today the icon is in Montenegro, one of Europe’s most ancient nations, in past centuries a kingdom and now the continent’s newest independent republic, having won diplomatic recognition only weeks before the pilgrimage.

Cardinal Theodore McCarrick led the Federal Association’s pilgrimage, organized by Ambassador Thomas Melady and his wife Margaret. The Cardinal and the pilgrim group traveled for six days in Croatia before the culminating visit to Montenegro. Montenegrin President Filip Vujanović welcomed the Federal Association pilgrims to his official residence in Cetinje, near the National Museum where the icon is carefully conserved and displayed in a special chapel. The Orthodox monks of Cetinje also received the pilgrims at the shrine where they keep relics of St. John the Baptist and of the Holy Cross, also formerly in the custody of our Order in Rhodes and Malta. Cardinal McCarrick celebrated Mass for the pilgrims at Montenegro’s 12th-century Cathedral of St. Tryphon on the magnificent bay of Kotor. The Cardinal also celebrated Mass for the group in venerable churches and cathedrals in several cities of Croatia.

Melady, Thomas P. SMOM • Ambassador to the Vatican (1989-93)

Thomas Melady, a member and a former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, said that in the Washington, D.C., area alone, the Knights of Malta run a soup kitchen, a meals-on-wheels service, and a home for assisted living, as well as providing help at a clinic for the terminally ill.

"As a member, there are two main things. You are expected to contribute money and do hands-on works of mercy -- whether it's dealing with the sick or handing out food in the soup kitchen. We conduct many activities, but it's not with a loud voice," Melady said.

Part of the Knights' mission always has been defending the faith. But unlike the time of the Crusades, that is no longer accomplished through military means, but through quiet dedication to church teachings, Bertie said.

MELADY THOMAS PATRICK
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John Anthony Volpe (December 8, 1908 - November 11, 1994) was a Governor of Massachusetts and a U.S. Secretary of Transportation.

Volpe was born in 1908 in Wakefield, Massachusetts.[1] He was the son of Italian immigrants Vito and Filomena (Benedetto), who had come from Abruzzo to Boston's North End in 1905; his father was in the construction business. On June 18, 1934, Volpe married Jennie Benedetto, with whom he had two children, John, Jr. and Jean (m. Rotondi).

Volpe attended Wentworth Institute in Boston and entered the construction business, building his own firm in 1930. During World War II, he volunteered to serve stateside as a United States Navy Seabees training officer. In 1953, he was appointed as the Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Works, and in 1956 he was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower as the first Federal Highway Administrator.

He was elected Governor of Massachusetts in 1960, and served from 1961 to 1963, before narrowly losing reelection in 1962 to Endicott Peabody. In 1964, he ran for Governor again and won, and was re-elected in 1966 for the first four-year term in Massachusetts history.

During his administration, Governor Volpe signed legislation to ban racial imbalances in education, reorganized the state's Board of Education, liberalized birth control laws, and increased public housing for low-income families. Governor Volpe also raised revenues by increasing the state sales tax to three percent. He served as President of the National Governor's Association from 1967 to 1968.

In 1968, Governor Volpe ran as a "favorite son" candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. Following the election of Richard M. Nixon, Volpe was named Secretary of Transportation. He resigned as Governor to assume the cabinet post, and served in that position from 1969 to 1973. During his administration as Secretary of Transportation, Amtrak was created. In 1973, Volpe was nominated by President Nixon and confirmed by the Senate as U.S. Ambassador to Italy, a position he held until 1977.

Governor Volpe died in 1994, and is buried in Forest Glade Cemetery in Wakefield. The John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center in Cambridge was named in his memory, as well as the Governor John A. Volpe Library at Wakefield High School in Wakefield.

The papers of John A. Volpe are in the Archives and Special Collections of the Northeastern University Libraries, in Boston MA.

John A. Volpe AKA John Anthony Volpe

Born: 8-Dec-1908
Birthplace: Wakefield, MA
Died: 11-Sep-1994
Location of death: Nahant, MA
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Forest Glade Cemetery, Wakefield, MA

Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Republican

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Twice Governor of Massachusetts

Military service: US Navy (Training officer, Seabees, 1942-46)

Father: Vito Volpe (Italian immigrant)
Mother: Filomena (Italian immigrant)
Wife: Giovaninna Benedetto ("Jennie", m. 18-Jun-1934, two children)
Son: John Volpe, Jr.
Daughter: Loretta Jean Rotondi

University: Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA

US Ambassador to Italy (1973-77)
US Secretary of Transportation (1969-73)
Governor of Massachusetts (1965-69)
Governor of Massachusetts (1961-63)
Federal Highway Administration Federal Highway Administrator (1956-57)
Massachusetts State Official Commissioner of Public Works (1953-56)
Associated General Contractors of America President (1960s)
Knights of Columbus
Knights of Malta
Sons of Italy
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
Italian Ancestry

The signal accomplishments of Volpe's second term as governor were the passage of a 3% sales tax and the amendment of the state constitution to make the governor's term four years long instead of two years. Riding the success of his tax program, with its new jobs and new revenues, Volpe was easily re-elected in 1966, to become Massachusetts' first four-year governor.

In 1968, Spiro Agnew was selected over Volpe as Richard Nixon's running mate. After the election, he was offered the position of Secretary of Transportation. Volpe took the position in 1969, and went on to champion highway safety and the continuing expansion of the federal interstate system he had begun under Eisenhower.

Upon Nixon's re-election, Volpe was offered the post of Ambassador to Italy in 1972, a position that drew on his natural affability, his boyhood language skills, and the strong ties to the Italian-American community that he had maintained throughout his entire adult life. Posted to Italy during a time of political and social upheaval there, he did much to strengthen American ties with Italy, while also weathering the international fallout from Watergate and the change of administration.

After Jimmy Carter's election, Volpe resigned his Italian post in 1977 and returned to private life. During his retirement, he continued to be involved in charitable organizations and the state GOP, particularly in the area of highway and driver safety. Volpe chaired a commission on drunk driving under President Ronald Reagan in 1982; it was his last official government role.

Volpe was a successful businessman and an accomplished public servant. Recognized by many for his sharp intellect, honesty, and loyalty, he received over 30 honorary degrees and was a member of many honorable associations, among them the Knights of Malta, the Society of American Military Engineers, the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, and the Sons of Italy. Volpe died on 11 Nov, 1994, survived by his wife, Jennie, and two children.

"Wotta Knight," New York Daily News, 1/9/83 (Alexander Haig and Rev. Francis Haig). (NOTE: Other Knights in key positions of power include the following:[...]John Volpe (Amb. Italy, P-2).

Governor John A. Volpe

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Ray H. Siegfried II is Chairman of The Board of The NORDAM Group, an international aviation service and manufacturing company. Siegfried acquired NORDAM out of bankruptcy in 1969. The company, which began with eight employees, has grown to include six divisions with facilities on three continents and a staff of over 2,500. A Tulsa native, Siegfried attended the University of Notre Dame, where he was on the boxing and wrestling teams and graduated with a degree in business administration in 1965. Active in numerous civic, business, cultural and community associations, Siegfried has served on the board of directors for Embry Riddle Aeronautical University; Oklahoma State University; University of Tulsa; American Boxing Federation; University of Portland; Tulsa Aerospace Alliance and the Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless. He also chaired the Metropolitan Tulsa Chamber of Commerce, the Tulsa Area United Way, and the Institute of Nautical Archeology at Texas A&M University. He currently serves on boards of the University of Notre Dame, Tulsa Community Foundation, Oklahoma Aquarium Foundation and President-elect of Conquistadores del Cielo. Siegfried also serves as Chairman of the Board for the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.

In 1990, Siegfried was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame and received the "Brotherhood Award" from the National Conference of Christians and Jews. He and his wife, Milann, were honored with a "Humanitarian Award" from the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, Colorado in 2000. Siegfried was awarded Notre Dame's "Man of the Year," is a recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Law Degree from the University of Notre Dame and received an Honorary Doctorate Degree from University of Portland. Other recognition includes induction into Tulsa Press Club's Headliner's Club, receipt of the Golden Knight Award and designation as the National Management Association's "Oklahoma Manager of the Year." He has also been recognized with an Entrepreneurial Achievement Award from the American Management Association. Siegfried is an affiliate of St. Augustine Order of the Catholic Church and invested as Knight in the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

Siegfried and his wife, Milann, have six children and four grandchildren.

Obituary: Ray H. Siegfried

©South Bend Tribune
Feb. 1, 1943 -- Oct. 6, 2005

Chairman of The NORDAM Group, he was an Aviation Industry Leader, Humanitarian and Philanthropist

Ray H. Siegfried II, died at 62 on October 6, 2005, after a long battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), known as "Lou Gehrig's disease." Siegfried, chairman of the privately held NORDAM Group, grew the company from a bankrupt acquisition with eight employees in 1969 into one of the largest independently owned aerospace companies in the world.

Despite his illness, Siegfried remained engaged in the
day-to-day business activities and decisions of NORDAM. He enjoyed sharing his entrepreneurial spirit and vision in his sessions with company management, stakeholders and his many industry friends. He was active each day during his personal struggles, and provided us hope, pride and a humbling example of how to make the most of each day that God gives you. His actions, faith, and desire to succeed propelled him until the very end. Only this summer, he toured company facilities and led all-hands meetings, and was very much an inspiration to his family, friends and NORDAM stakeholders. He lived to watch the company prosper and rebuild itself during the difficult economic times faced in the post-9/11 economic recession.

Siegfried was born in Tulsa and graduated from Cascia Hall Preparatory School in 1961. In 1965 he received his bachelor's degree in business from the University of Notre Dame, where he had received numerous awards on the boxing and wrestling teams.

Upon graduation, Siegfried was commissioned as second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He completed Army paratrooper training at Fort Benning, Ga., and was assigned to Camp Kaiser and the 2nd Battalion 17th Mechanized Infantry Brigade on the Demilitarized Zone in South Korea. While on active duty, he was a coach of the Army boxing team. He returned to Tulsa in 1967 and completed his service in the U.S. Army Reserves, while joining the family's insurance company as a credentialed salesman.

In 1969 his family acquired the bankrupt Northern Oklahoma Research, Development and Manufacturing Company, called NORDAM. Siegfried, then only 26 years old and with no aviation experience, grew the floundering company of eight employees into a $500 million global leader in aerospace manufacturing, repair and overhaul. Following his diagnosis with ALS in October 2001, Siegfried ceded the position of CEO and became chairman. Despite being confined to a wheelchair and later using an Eye Gaze computer when he could no longer speak, Siegfried spent the last years of his life completing the succession planning, leadership and governance structure necessary to achieve his dream of growing NORDAM into a $1 billion company.

Siegfried's business success allowed him to support the aviation, education, humanitarian and civic initiatives that mattered to him most. His aviation career was distinguished by his chairmanship of the General Aviation Manufacturers' Association in 2002. In 2003, Siegfried was honored by the National Business Aviation Association with its "First Century of Flight Award," in recognition of his lifelong contributions to aviation.

Siegfried served his beloved alma mater, the University of Notre Dame, on the Board of Trustees, the Facilities and Campus Planning Committee, and the Academic Affairs Committee. He and his father dedicated Siegfried Hall dormitory in 1988. The Ray and Milann Siegfried family and The NORDAM Group donated the MBA wing of the College of Business Administration in 1995. In 1997 the Ray and Milann Siegfried family funded the Chair for Entrepreneurial Studies.

Siegfried also supported education by serving on the boards of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the University of Portland and the University of Tulsa. He received an honorary Doctor of Law degree from Notre Dame in 1992 and an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Portland in 2002.

Siegfried received the National Conference of Christians and Jews' "Brotherhood Award" in 1989. In 1991 Siegfried was received as an affiliate of the St. Augustine Order of the Catholic Church, and in 1992 was invested as a Knight in the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. In 2000 he received the "Humanitarian Award" from the National Jewish Medical Research Center.

Siegfried also served his community and was honored with numerous civic awards. The Notre Dame Club of Tulsa named him "Man of the Year" in 1980. When Siegfried served as chairman of the Tulsa Area United Way in 1987, the campaign set a new record for contributions. Later that year, he was inducted into the Headliners Club by the Tulsa Press Club. Siegfried received the Gold Knight of Management Award from the National Management Association's Eastern Oklahoma Council in 1988. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1990. He was president of The Tulsa Club, and served as the treasurer of the city's St. John Medical Center. He was a director of the Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless, chairing their 1991 capital campaign, and was director of the Tulsa Community Foundation. Siegfried was named Tulsa's "Number One Corporate Citizen" by Oklahoma Magazine in 2002.

Siegfried remained a lifelong sports and adventure enthusiast. He served as director of the U.S. American Boxing Federation, and was a founder and director of Tulsa Charity Fight Night, Inc. Siegfried's love for diving and underwater exploration led him to participate and invest in the discovery and recovery of several shipwrecks. He was a past chairman of the Institute of Nautical Archeology, director of the Oklahoma Aquarium Foundation, and was a founding director of the Tulsa Aquarium.

Luigi Vittorio Ferraris

Luigi Vittorio Ferraris is Professor at the Universities of RomaTre, Rome and Aosta and a member of the Italian Council of State and Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

He was previously professor at the University of Luiss. Rome and Trieste and other and an Italian diplomat and Ambassador of Italy in several countries.

Luigi Vittorio Ferraris is author or coeditor of four books and author of more than 400 essays in Political Affairs.

MEETING OF THE ORDER'S DIPLOMATIC CORPS

Milan, 3 June 2000

Within the framework of the development of the Order's diplomatic service and in response to the acknowledged need to enhance its communications and information, the Grand Chancellor, Amb. Count Don Carlo Marullo di Condojanni convened the Order's ambassadors accredited to the countries of Europe and Africa for a working meeting and exchange of ideas to plan the Order's diplomatic action worldwide.

The two working sessions were also attended by heads of the Order's diplomatic missions on the other continents and heads of national bodies as observers. Two personalities of the international diplomatic world, Amb. Bernard Dorin and Amb. Prof. Luigi Vittorio Ferraris, talked about the general themes and organisational problems of the Order's international structures, their needs and developments in the respective governments. Specific issues were examined by working groups which were set up during the meeting and which will continue their work afterwards.

The assembly was chaired by the Grand Chancellor, head of the Order's Diplomatic Service, and co-ordinated by the Secretary General for Foreign Affairs, Amb. Francesco Guariglia.

The Sovereign Military Order of Malta, subject of International Law, is present with its humanitarian action in over 100 countries on all continents. It maintains diplomatic relations on a level of embassy with 85 States, of which 23 are in Europe and 31 in Africa. It has diplomatic missions in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Monaco, in the European Council and Commission of the European Communities. It is a Permanent Observer to the General Assembly of the United Nations and, as such, maintains permanent delegations in international organisations in New York, Geneva, Paris, Rome and Vienna.

General Fred Butler ’13

Brigadier General Fred Butler ’13 was another SI graduate who played an integral role in the war. After three years in the college division, he graduated from West Point in 1918 and from the U.S. Army Engineer Schools in 1921. He remained in the U.S. Army until his retirement in 1953.
He worked in China and Outer Mongolia with the Army Corps of Engineers and taught at West Point before returning to San Francisco in 1927. He helped to create Treasure Island for the 1939–40 Golden Gate International Exposition and supervised roadwork on Yerba Buena during his stay here. After the fair ended, Treasure Island was sold to the U.S. Navy and became the base of operations for the war in the Pacific Theatre.
In World War II, he was involved in both the African and Italian campaigns and the invasion of Southern France. For his efforts, he received the Distinguished Service Cross, the Legion of Merit, the Oak Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. France honored him with the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honor, and Italy awarded him the Cross of Valor. (The October 20, 1944, edition of the G.I. Wildcat reported that “Brig. Gen. Fred Butler has been making the headlines lately. He is the leader of ‘Butler’s Task Force,’ driving up France to Berlin. His son Bill Butler is a member of the senior class at the High School.”)
After the war he served as manager of the San Francisco International Airport and as a commissioner for the SFFD. In 1962, Pope John XXIII honored him with the title of Knight of Malta and in 1965, SI gave him the Christ the King Award.

From Left to Right: Cavaliere William Mc Ilheny, Commendatore Carmelo Cicala, Cavaliere Gemma Puglisi, Grande Ufficiale Margaret Melady, Ambasciatore Giovanni Castellaneta, Cavaliere Serena Cantoni, Cavaliere Cesarina Chiarappa Horing, Cavaliere Paola Corneo, Cavaliere Marco Troiano. Assente il Commendatore Maddalena Funicello Ferretti.

Margaret B. Melady, Ph.D.

Washington, DC

Dr. Margaret Melady served as president of The American University of Rome from 1997 to 2003. Founded in 1969, the American University of Rome is Italy’s first American independent degree-granting university.

During her tenure as president, The American University of Rome reached a record level of enrollment, more than tripling in less than six years. Under Dr. Melady’s leadership, The American University of Rome added 14 new U.S. universities to its already impressive list of study abroad programs.

Margaret Melady has a rich background in university teaching and administration, corporate management and global communications. She has authored four books on social and political commentary and studies in international culture and communications and consulted with foreign and domestic clients for a Washington-based public affairs firm.

Dr. Melady is a former member of the faculties of Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield (CT) and the State University of New York in Oswego where she taught speech, public relations and media communications.

An alumna of the College of New Rochelle where she received a B.A. degree, Dr. Melady received her M.A. from Seton Hall University. She earned the Licenza magna cum laude and Doctor of Social Sciences degree summa cum laude from the Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. Her major study examined overseas travel as a new form of papal communications and was published by Preager in 1999 as The Rhetoric of Pope John Paul II: The Pastoral Visit as a New Vocabulary of the Sacred.

As Director of Corporate Communications of United Illuminating, a Connecticut public utility company, Dr. Melady was responsible for all external and internal communications including advertising and media relations. At Chesebrough-Ponds, she directed a nationwide program in state governmental affairs. She was the first woman promoted to an executive position in public affairs at Stauffer Chemical Company, where she worked in both public relations and governmental affairs.

Dr. Melady produced and moderated her own radio programs at WICC, the largest commercial radio station in Connecticut. While speaking on behalf of her corporate clients, she appeared on many radio and television programs.

Dr. Melady’s volunteer activities have centered in intercultural and political themes. She served as Chair of the Board of Regents and Marymount International School, Rome, Italy. She ran for statewide political office and served on state and national committees.

Dr. Melady was invested in the Order of St. Gregory the Great. She received the Cross of Merit with Star from the Order of Malta and the Robertus Bellarmino Medal from the Pontifical Gregorian University. In 2003, both Seton Hall University and John Cabot University awarded her a doctor of humane letters honoris causa.

Prof. Dr. Peter Beyerhaus

Biographical Notes

Peter Paul Johannes Beyerhaus was born in 1929 as eldest son of a Lutheran minister in Eastern Germany. He received his school education in Berlin, where he also commenced his theological studies in 1947. His universities were Berlin, Halle, Heidelberg, Bonn and Uppsala. He worked as theological assistant to Professor Dr. Walter Freytag in Hamburg 1953-1954. After some research studies in London he took his M. Th. and D. Th. degrees at Uppsala University under the tutorship of Professor Bengt Sundkler, Th. D. in 1956.

His doctoral thesis was "Die Selbständigkeit der jungen Kirchen als missionarisches Problem", which was edited in a shortened version by Henry Lefever of Selly Oak College, Birmingham "The Responsible Church and the Foreign Mission", Eerdmans 1964.

In 1957 Dr. Beyerhaus went with his Swedish wife to South Africa to take up missionary service with the Berlin Mission Society in Transvaal and Natal. 1960 he took up a lectorship in New Testament at Lutheran Theological Seminary in Natal. In 1964 he became Rector of this institution in Umpumulo.

In 1965 he accepted the call to become professor at Tübingen University and director of its Institute of Missiology and Ecumenical Theology, in which capacity he served until his retirement in 1997. His special fields of study are separatist and nativistic movements in Africa, the biblical theology of mission and the history and ideology of the Ecumenical Movement. His main work, a Theology of Christian Missions, appeared in 1996 under the title: "Er sandte sein Wort" (He Sent His Word), 850 pp.

In January 1973 Beyerhaus went as theological consultant to the 8th World Missionary Conference at Bangkok. Similarly he attended as an observer the 5th and 6th Assemblies of the World Council of Churches in Nairobi 1975 and Vancouver 1983 as well as the 10th World Missionary Conference at San Antonio, Texas, in 1989 and wrote critical analyses of the proceedings and findings.

A further outcome of this engagement was the drafting of the "Frankfurt Declaration of the Fundamental Crisis of Christian Mission" (1970), as well as the "Berlin Declaration on Ecumenism" (1974). They were issued by the Theological Convention of Confessing Fellowships, in which he was elected President in 1972. - When in July 1978 in London the International Christian Network was established as an aid to Christians "to uphold unfalsified biblical standards of doctrine, ethics and church order as over against anti-christian currents both inside and outside the churches", Peter Beyerhaus was elected chairman of its executive committee. In March 1980 the was invited by Pope John Paul II in private audience to share with him his ecumenical concerns.

Almost every year since 1971 Beyerhaus has been following invitations to visit various countries including those in North and S. America, Africa, Asia and Oceania. This brought him in vital contact with churches, missions and theological training institutions in all parts of the world. He gave guest lectures, conducted refresher courses for missionaries, addressed student meetings and participated in evangelistic enterprises, including the huge rallies EXPLO '74 and '80 World Evangelization Crusade in Seoul, Korea, which were attended by more than a million people. Beyerhaus was one of the main speakers at the International Congress on World Evangelization in Lausanne 1974. Consequently he was elected member of the Lausanne Committee of World Evangelization. In this capacity he attended also the Consultation on World Evangelization in Pattaya, Thailand 1980 and several missiological consultations. He served also as an advisor of the Theological Commission of World Evangelical Fellowship and of Asia Theological Association. At the International Congress on World Evangelization Lausanne II in Manila in 1989 he conducted a seminar on World Evangelisation and Eschatology.

In March 1983 Professor Beyerhaus was appointed Knight in the Order of John the Baptist by Prince Wilhelm Charles of Prussia.

From 1989 until 1994 he was Rector of "Freie Hochschule für Mission", a training institution for missionaries at Korntal in affiliation with Columbia Bible Seminary and Graduate School of Missions. - In April 1996 he was bestowed an honorary doctorate by Trinity International University and appointed visiting professor there.

After his retirement from Tübingen University Peter Beyerhaus is still serving as visiting professor at several theological faculties in European and oversea countries.

Peter Beyerhaus was married to Ingegärd Kalén in 1955 in Sweden. They became parents of five children and had 11 grandchildren in 2003.

Apparently the word “diakrisis”, which means ‘discernment’ in Greek, is an important gnostic term referring to the meditation technique used to achieve gnosis—the forbidden knowledge of the deep things of Satan. Why would Alan Morrison, a former New Ager with an encyclopedic knowledge of the Gnostic heresy, its terminology and practice, as evidenced in his book, The Serpent and The Cross, choose for the name of his ministry a term which has a dual meaning and is fraught with esoteric connotations? We can readily understand why Peter Beyerhaus, a Knight of Malta and leader of the Masonic Lausanne Movement, would choose to call his ecumenical organization *Diakrisis* Institute.

Beyerhaus’ International Convention of Confessing Fellowships gave its publication the name of Diakrisis in 1980. Morrison speaks of Beyerhaus and his Conference of Confessing Fellowships with some degree of familiarity in his 1993 book, The Trojan Horse in the Church. In spite of his hollow denials, it is probable that Alan Morrison knew of Beyerhaus and his organization before he founded Diakrisis International in 1990. Considering that Morrison had knowledge of Beyerhaus and his Diakrisis magazine well before he cares to admit, serious questions arise about the name he chose for Diakrisis International.

Alan Morrison maintains that Diakrisis International is not affiliated with Diakrisis Institute and that he only learned of Beyerhaus and his organization two years ago:

“In March 2000, I was invited to a meeting with Peter Beyerhaus from the Diakrisis Institute in Germany. I had no prior knowledge of them before they contacted me. I got the impression that they [sic] an academic group who were a little put out to discover that I had already used the same name as them for some years and that I also owned the domain names of Diakrisis (they were thinking of setting up a website at the time). They said that they wanted to talk to me to see if we had any common ground. There was a hint of some funding. I was living in Holland at the time and the journey there was only a drive away. I was curious about this organisation and why they were interested in me. I duly went to the meeting with my wife Catherine. However, we found the entire thing very bizarre. I was deeply disturbed by what happened there, not to mention the fact that Beyerhaus is heavily connected with the ecumenical movement, has fudged numerous issues in dialogue with leading Catholics and is also a member of the shady Knights of Malta. I knew none of this before I went to this meeting. On 11th April 2000, I wrote to those who, at the time, were my sponsors of Diakrisis and reported the following:

“I had a meeting with a board in March, which carried some promise of funding. But nothing could have been further from the truth. I was being sucked (suckered?) into a situation in which Diakrisis would have been dissolved and absorbed into a most unsatisfactory scenario. I can't go into it more here; but suffice it to say that Catherine and I regarded it as a subtle move on the part of the enemy to castrate the ministry of Diakrisis entirely".

On Friday, October 13 in the year 1307 A.D., the Knights Templars were arrested by King Philip IV of France in collusion with Pope Clement V. Might the Fatima vision in 1917 have been a sign of the coming vengeance determined upon Rome by the Templars? Bishop Graber, whose associations include Knight of Malta, Peter Beyerhaus, may be sending an esoteric message that Virgo will be the sign in the heavens which will precede the coming of Horus, the pagan messiah who will avenge the Knights Templars by destroying the Roman Catholic Church.

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71 years old

Chairman of the Company since May 1999. Chief Executive Officer from May 1996 to September 2000, President from August 1994 to January 2000, Chief Operating Officer from May 1994 to May 1996, Executive Vice President from March 1990 through May 1994 and Senior Vice President/Newspapers and Publishing from September 1986 to March 1990.

THE MEDIA BUSINESS; A New Head For Scripps

Published: August 22, 1994

The E. W. Scripps Company said last week that Lawrence Leser had been named chairman, succeeding Charles E. Scripps, who is retiring.

Mr. Leser, 59, has been the company's president and chief executive since 1985. William Burleigh, chief operating officer, will succeed Mr. Leser as president. Mr. Burleigh, 58, has been executive vice president since 1990.

Mr. Scripps, 74, will become chairman of the board's executive committee. He is also chairman of the trustees of the Edward W. Scripps Trust, the company's controlling shareholder.

Mr. Scripps began his career in 1941 as a reporter for The Cleveland Press, the first newspaper founded by his grandfather.

E. W. Scripps runs 19 daily newspapers and 9 large-market television stations, as well as cable systems with 716,000 subscribers. Its holdings include United Media, a syndicator of news features; Scripps Howard Products, and Cinetel Productions, creators of television programming

Catholic Bishops Release Audit Report On Abuse Policies

(L-R) William Gavin, head of the audit firm Gavin Group of Boston; Kathleen McChesney, head of the bishops' watchdog Office of Child and Youth Protection; Bishop Wilton Gregory and William Burleigh, a member of the National Review Board, a panel of lay Catholics, present an audit of 195 U.S. dioceses performed to assess compliance with the 'Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People,' adopted by the Catholic bishops at their meeting in Dallas in June 2002, during a news conference January 6, 2004, in Washington, DC. Policies in the charter require that all abusive priests be removed, set new guidelines for handling allegations and mandate safe-environment programs to prevent abuse. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Since it was created by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops last June as a lay-based review body, board members have met nine times in various cities around the country. “We have spent hundreds of hours and done tons and tons of work on the issues of priest abuse,” said board member Anne Burke, a justice of the Illinois Court of Appeals. “And almost everywhere we’ve gone, the local bishops have been so thoughtful and worked very hard to portray themselves as cooperating with us. They’ve said Mass for us and met with us.” Burke said she could not understand the apparent lack of hospitality on the part of Egan.

Last September Pamela Hayes wrote to Egan notifying him of the New York meeting. She received a warm reply, she said, in which the cardinal said details of his involvement could be worked out later. Meanwhile, Justice Burke, who is a Dame of Malta, along with another board member who is a knight, invited all 13 board members to gather for the dinner to be held the evening of Jan. 17, just after the conclusion of the board’s own meeting. The knights’ annual white-tie gala at the Waldorf-Astoria, regularly draws 800 to 1,000 attendees with tickets at $250 a person. Burke said she and the other Malta members intended to host the full board. Besides Burke, the Malta members on the national review board are William Burleigh, chair and former CEO of E.W. Scripps; Raymond Siegfried, CEO of the NORDAM Group; and Dr. Paul McHugh, head of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. When Burke met Egan at the bishops’ conference in November, she told him of the plans.

Weeks later as the full board was meeting in Covington, Ky., they received a conference call from a high level member of the bishops’ conference, whose name they declined to divulge. He stated that Egan did not want non-knights attending the dinner. The presence of the full board, he said, might cause controversy and might take attention away from the knights’ good works. The spokesman also relayed word that Egan did not want McChesney speaking in New York, though no reason was reportedly given for this order.

The review board meeting coincided with a dinner for the Knights of Malta, an elite organization of Catholic lay persons active in the church. Review board members Anne Burke, Ray Siegfried, Bill Burleigh and Paul McHugh were Malta members.

MALTA OBSERVANCE – FEAST OF JOHN THE BAPTIST 6-23-06
by William Burleigh

On February 18, 2007, Belo lost one of its greatest leaders, James M. “Jimmy” Moroney, Jr., at the age of 85. For more than 60 years, Jimmy helped drive the evolution of Belo into one of the nation’s largest media companies. Jimmy’s forward thinking led Belo’s expansion into broadcast television and new markets outside of Dallas. He exerted a steady and powerful influence on the Company’s transitions and expansions over half a century, and in many instances, he was the pivotal influence. In the 1970s, he played a critical role in converting Belo from a privately-held company founded by his grandfather, George Bannerman Dealey, into a vibrant publicly-traded company.Jimmy began working part-time for the company during summers while he was a student at the University of Texas in Austin. He joined The Dallas Morning News as a reporter in 1946 after serving in the U.S. Navy. He held numerous positions with the Company and in 1951 was named assistant treasurer, followed by his election to the board of directors in 1952. He was named treasurer in 1955, and vice president and treasurer in 1960. In 1970, he was promoted to executive vice president of Belo Corp. and president and CEO of Belo Broadcasting Corp. Four years later, he was named chairman of Belo Broadcasting. In 1980, Jimmy became president and chief executive officer of The Dallas Morning News and president and chief operating officer of Belo. He became chief executive officer of Belo in 1983 and the following year was elected chairman of the board. During his tenure as CEO, Jimmy was instrumental in the purchase of the Corinthian Broadcasting Group from The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. At the time, the $606 million transaction was the largest ever in U.S. broadcast history. Jimmy retired as chairman of the board and chief executive officer in December 1986 at age 65. From 1987 to 2000, he remained on the board, serving as chairman of the executive committee, and upon retirement from the board, he was named chairman emeritus. Jimmy Moroney will be remembered always for his personal humility and unwavering belief in Belo’s institutional purposes.

James M. Moroney Jr.: 1921-2007

Longtime executive shaped Belo, Dallas

Retired CEO, News publisher known for genial nature, tireless church, civic support

02:09 PM CST on Monday, February 19, 2007

By JOE SIMNACHER / The Dallas Morning News
jsimnacher@dallasnews.com

For almost half a century, James M. "Jimmy" Moroney Jr.'s vision, generosity and genial nature shaped The Dallas Morning News, its hometown and its parent company, Belo Corp. He died Sunday at the age of 85.

James M. Moroney Jr.'s colleagues said he had steady leadership and constant concern for the company, its employees and its customers.

Mr. Moroney's life linked the founding of The News to Belo's expansion into broadcasting and its emergence as one of the nation's largest publicly traded publishing and broadcasting companies.

He was the last surviving grandson of George Bannerman Dealey, who founded The News at the behest of Col. A.H. Belo in 1885.

He served a record 48 years on Belo's board of directors, where he was chairman emeritus at the time of his death. He held virtually every senior management job at the company over a period of 40 years.

Colleagues credited him with steady leadership and constant concern for the welfare of the company, its employees and its customers.

"He will be remembered always for his personal humility and unwavering belief in Belo's institutional purposes," said Robert W. Decherd, Belo's chairman, president and chief executive officer. "Jimmy Moroney exerted a steady and powerful influence on the company's transitions and expansions over half a century. ... In many instances, he was the pivotal influence."

Mr. Moroney's son, James M. Moroney III, publisher and CEO of The News , said his father was motivated partly by a keen sense of duty to the founders of the company, particularly his grandfather.

WFAA-TV remembers James M. Moroney Jr.

Mr. Dealey "made a real impression on him, as he did so many people," Mr. Moroney III said. "My dad always felt a duty, a responsibility, to serve the company in the legacy of G.B. Dealey. His sense of dedication and loyalty to the company is what really distinguishes his relationship to the company.

"He loved the newspaper business, and he loved the TV business – he really did," Mr. Moroney III said. "And he liked people."

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Church activities

Mr. Moroney was a major supporter of the religious and civic activities of the Catholic Church. Some of those contributions were quite public, if only because they were so hard to miss.

Mr. Moroney and his wife made a gift to complete the bell tower of the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe in downtown Dallas. A lack of money had forced the cathedral to go without a bell tower for more than 100 years until 2005.

But often, friends said, Mr. Moroney contributed quietly, behind the scenes.

Ed Schaffler, president and chief executive officer of the Catholic Foundation, said he had never known Mr. Moroney to reject a request, whether for financial help or leadership.

"Jim has been one of these philanthropists who has been very visible in some of the things he's done and in some of the things he's supported," Mr. Schaffler said. "But he's also one of these guys who doesn't tell you everything he does. ... He's done a lot of things that he just keeps private."

Mr. Moroney was an active member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Dallas for more than 50 years.

"Jim was always a little bit more noble than the rest of us," said Harry "Buzz" Crutcher, a longtime friend of the Moroneys. "He always did the right thing.

"You couldn't find a person who lived his faith any more true and consistently than Jim. He was just a great example of a Christian."

Mr. Moroney was a Knight of the Holy Sepulcher and a Knight of the Order of Malta. He served as president of Catholic Charities and was a director and founder of Cistercian Preparatory School in Irving, the Jesuit School (now Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas), the Catholic Foundation, the Montserrat Retreat House and the National Conference of Catholic Charities.

Moroney remembered for service to parish, family, Belo

Mass celebrates life of a gentle man: 'Two words, not one'

08:50 PM CST on Friday, February 23, 2007

By ALAN PEPPARD / The Dallas Morning News
apeppard@dallasnews.com

James M. Moroney Jr. amassed a list of monumental achievements over his long career in the family's newspaper and broadcast business, but he never allowed that record to overshadow his humility and sense of duty to family, church and city.

Friday morning, a funeral Mass was celebrated for Mr. Moroney at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, the Oak Lawn parish where the retired Dallas Morning News and Belo Corp. executive and his wife, Lynn, were members for more than 50 years.

The Rev. John Cawley, pastor of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, prepared Communion during the funeral Mass for retired Belo executive James M. Moroney Jr. on Friday.

The last surviving grandson of George Bannerman Dealey, who founded The Dallas Morning News in 1885, Mr. Moroney died Sunday at age 85.

Belo "was the center of his life, but always second to his family and his church," said Robert Decherd, who succeeded Mr. Moroney as chairman, president and chief executive officer of Belo, parent company of The News.

"Jim and Lynn Moroney were a cornerstone of this parish," said the Rev. John Cawley, pastor of Holy Trinity, a 100-year-old church that has seen its neighborhood rise, decline and rise again. "Decade after decade after decade, Sunday after Sunday, he joined us for the Eucharist. Jim and Lynn Moroney remained in this parish when others fled."

Mr. Moroney also lived out his faith by supporting many institutions across the Dallas area. He was president of Catholic Charities and was a director and founder of Cistercian Preparatory School in Irving, the Jesuit School (now Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas) and the Catholic Foundation, among other organizations. He also was chairman of the board of trustees at the University of Dallas for many years.

At Friday's service, several church rows were reserved for members of the Catholic orders to which Mr. Moroney belonged, including the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher and the Knights of Malta. They followed the casket into the sanctuary.

Mass celebrants included Dallas Bishop Charles V. Grahmann; Monsignor Milam Joseph, former president of the University of Dallas; and the Rev. Denis Farkasfalvy, abbot of the Cistercian Abbey.

Journalist and family friend Kirk Dooley described the Moroney family home in Highland Park as a place where kids were always welcome, where the conversation was often boisterous and the fellowship inspirational.

"Mr. and Mrs. Mo created a friendly environment by creating four friendly kids," Mr. Dooley said. "And Mr. Mo's love for Lynn was so deep, his love was so strong, it rubbed off on all of us around him."

Before Mr. Moroney could marry Helen Claire "Lynn" Wilhoit, however, he first had to win her away from her then-fiancé, bandleader Ted Phillips. Mr. Dooley told a story familiar in family circles.

Mr. Moroney asked his father, Belo executive James McQueen Moroney, to advise him. The senior Moroney reportedly said: "You're not getting any younger, and you're not getting any better looking. Go get her."

After serving in the Navy during World War II, Mr. Moroney joined The News full time in 1946, the year Mr. Dealey died. Mr. Moroney shepherded the family company into a multi-platform, publicly traded media company.

In 1983, he oversaw Belo's $606 million purchase of Corinthian Broadcasting Group, the largest transaction in U.S. broadcast history at the time. Mr. Decherd said he phoned Mr. Moroney at his hotel in New York to report that the deal was done and the contracts ready.

"With his typical enthusiasm, Jimmy said, 'That's great. I've been cooped up in this room for three days practicing my signature,' " Mr. Decherd said.

When Ward Huey first met Mr. Moroney, he was a cameraman at Belo-owned WFAA-TV in Dallas. One day in the newsroom, Mr. Huey and his co-workers were told Mr. Moroney would be coming to the studio the following day.

According to Mr. Huey, "The boss said, 'I want you to try as hard as you can, even if it's for the first time, to look industrious. If you meet him, you'll like him. But then, think of the other side of the coin: Will Jim Moroney like you?' "

Mr. Huey joked that that last admonition "made for a relaxing evening." In the years that followed, the two became good friends, and Mr. Huey eventually succeeded Mr. Moroney as president of Belo's broadcast division.

To those who knew and loved him best, though, Mr. Moroney's career achievements were peripheral to the core of a devoutly religious man who once considered a career in the priesthood, a man devoted to his wife, his two daughters and his two sons.

"I would describe Jimmy Moroney in two words: 'gentle man,' " Father Cawley said. "Two words, not one."

Father Cawley said that many times after leaving the parish, he would drive through Highland Park, taking Armstrong Parkway north where it approaches the house the Moroneys shared for 47 years.

Countless times, he recalled, "I'd see Jimmy walking with Lynn, hand in hand."

WELL-KNOWN KNIGHTS

In addition to those listed in the article, the following are some other Knights of SMOM of interest:
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Bernard Dorin: French attache to Ottawa 1957-1959, Ambassador to Haiti 1972-1974, and Ambassador to South Africa from 1978 until at least 1981.

MEETING OF THE ORDER'S DIPLOMATIC CORPS

Milan, 3 June 2000

Within the framework of the development of the Order's diplomatic service and in response to the acknowledged need to enhance its communications and information, the Grand Chancellor, Amb. Count Don Carlo Marullo di Condojanni convened the Order's ambassadors accredited to the countries of Europe and Africa for a working meeting and exchange of ideas to plan the Order's diplomatic action worldwide.

The two working sessions were also attended by heads of the Order's diplomatic missions on the other continents and heads of national bodies as observers. Two personalities of the international diplomatic world, Amb. Bernard Dorin and Amb. Prof. Luigi Vittorio Ferraris, talked about the general themes and organisational problems of the Order's international structures, their needs and developments in the respective governments. Specific issues were examined by working groups which were set up during the meeting and which will continue their work afterwards.

The assembly was chaired by the Grand Chancellor, head of the Order's Diplomatic Service, and co-ordinated by the Secretary General for Foreign Affairs, Amb. Francesco Guariglia.

The Sovereign Military Order of Malta, subject of International Law, is present with its humanitarian action in over 100 countries on all continents. It maintains diplomatic relations on a level of embassy with 85 States, of which 23 are in Europe and 31 in Africa. It has diplomatic missions in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Monaco, in the European Council and Commission of the European Communities. It is a Permanent Observer to the General Assembly of the United Nations and, as such, maintains permanent delegations in international organisations in New York, Geneva, Paris, Rome and Vienna.

DORIN BERNARD
France 1957-1981 Canada 1957-1959 Haiti 1972-1974 South Africa 1978-1981

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William A. Wilson was born in Los Angeles, California, on November 3, 1914. He was graduated from Stanford University with a degree in mechanical engineering, and is a registered mechanical and metallurgical engineer in the State of California. Mr. Wilson's varied career has included service in the U.S. Army as captain in the Ordnance Corps during the Second World War. After his father's retirement, Mr. Wilson assumed presidencey of the former's company, Web Wilson Oil Tools, Inc., until its sale in 1960.

Mr. Wilson is a long-time friend and supporter of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan. While governor, Mr. Reagan appointed him first to the Commission of Californias, an organization promoting relations between California and Baja California; and later to the Board of Regents of the University of California, of which he is also a member of the investment, finance and audit committees. Mr. Wilson's concern for education is also evident in his service as a member of the California Post Secondary Education Commission.

On February 11, 1981, President Reagan appointed Mr. Wilson as his personal representative to the Holy See. Even though, at the time, 85 other countries designated their representatives as ambassadors, full diplomatic relations at that level were not viable because of an 1867 U.S. law promulgating the doctrine of separation of Church and State by prohibition of the establishment of a U.S. legation to the Vatican. However, on January 10, 1984, legislation overturned the law, which had been passed at a time of considerable anti-papal sentiment in the U.S. Only since 1977 had there been any serious attempt to overturn it. Legislation to establish diplomatic relations with the Holy See was introduced by Representative Clement Zablocki (D-Wisconsin), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Repeal of the 1867 law meant formally recognizing Pope John Paul II as a major world statesman. On March 7, 1984, Mr. Wilson's appointment as first U.S. ambassador to the Vatican was confirmed in the U.S. Senate.

Ambassador Wilson retired from post in 1986. Since then, his interest in various enterprises has kept him well occupied. He is a member of the board of directors of the Pennzoil Company; a member of the board of directors and a member of the audit committee of the Earle M. Jorgensen Company, which has 18 steel plants around the nation; and is active in real estate development and cattle interests in the U.S. and Mexico. A devoted supporter of humanitarian organizations, Mr. Wilson's civic activities include serving as a member of the board of trustees of St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California.

What must be one of Ambassador Wilson's keenest interests, however, is amateur radio. His ham career began in the early thirties when his second cousin, Cal Smith, W6BRD, taught him the code. The latter was chief engineer of KFAC and later became president of that Los Angeles radio station. Young Bill Wilson found time to operate as W6GAD after high school and from his fraternity house at Stanford University. After the Second World War, he had to renew his license and passed the requisite exam to earn the call sign, K6ARO (Amateur Radio Operator). During his tenure in the Vatican City, the ambassador's many duties did not preclude the pursuit of his hobby. At his suggestion, the Knights of Columbus donated new equipment to the Vatican amateur radio station HV1CN that was officially blessed by Archbishop Paul C. Marcinkus, pro-president of the papal commission for the Vatican City, on July 10, 1985. At the ceremony, Ambassador Wilson himself sat down to transmit a general call, which immediately prompted responses from other radio stations. The original HV1CN first went on the air on October 8, 1957 using old army surplus equipment. In 1965, William Halligan, the founder of Hallicrafters, Inc., donated a complete station made by his firm. Of the three stations associated with the Vatican in 1985, only HV1CN transmitted from within its walls.

Over the years, Ambassador Wilson has received numerous awards in recognition of his work, including the Theodore Roosevelt Award from the Navy League of the U.S., 1981; the Brotherhood Award of the Association of Christians and Jews, 1983; and the Gold Medal of the Italian Red Cross.

Ambassador Wilson is married to Elizabeth (Johnson) Wilson, and has two daughters Anne Marie Wilson and Marcia Wilson Hobbs. The Wilson home base is in Los Angeles, California.

He [Frank Shakespeare] was ambassador to Portugal from 1985 to 1987, when William Wilson, also a Knight of Malta, as ambassador to the Vatican following Wilson's fall from favor.

Wilson, William A. SMOM • Ambassador to the Vatican (1981-86)

The first U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican was William Wilson, a Knight of Malta. His appointment was probably illegal and, for a fact, was highly unethical. Wilson could not possibly have represented the U.S. when his
allegiance was sworn to the Pope.

WILSON WILLIAM A
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Paul M. Henkels (left), fresh from Haverford College where he receives a B.A. in Engineering, joins the company full time as a laborer on a gas crew. No stranger to hard work, Paul also worked during high school summers as a laborer. Concentrating primarily on the growing telecommunications field in the following years, he will rise to Supervisor in 1949 and then to the offices of Vice President in 1958, Executive Vice President in 1961, President and CEO in 1972, and Chairman, President and CEO in 1987. Paul Henkels will expand the company into new areas of the country, beginning with western Pennsylvania, and following successes there, into the Midwest, the South, and the West. Paul Henkels’ early interest in advancing technologies, including telephone communications, will help establish the company as a key provider of construction and engineering services for the telecommunications industry.

Henkels & McCoy, Inc.
is one of the largest privately held engineering, network
development and construction firms serving the
communications, information technology and utility
industries. We have more than 80 offices strategically
located from New England to Hawaii.

Paul Henkels

Mr. Henkels is chairman of Henkels & McCoy, Inc, a worldwide engineering, construction, and maintenance firm. He is a graduate of Haverford College with a B.A. in Engineering. He is a recognized expert in labor relations, and has lectured on Ethics in Business at numerous colleges and universities. He is also co-founder and present chairman of the REACH Alliance (Road to Educational Achievement through Choice), an organization working for school choice in both Pennsylvania and nationwide. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors of Temple University Hospital, Lejeune Institute, Vatican Observatory Foundation, Arts & Letters Advisory Council of Notre Dame, and the American College of Louvain University in Belgium. He has been awarded honorary degrees from Chestnut Hill College and St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. He is a Knight of Malta, and was given the Award for Excellence from the Commission for Independent Colleges and Universities.