Dear Columbia Alumni,

We are pleased to announce that we will have the honor to host a dinner with Professor Richard Gardner on Tuesday 16 December 2014. The dinner will take place at 7:30 pm at The Hotel Métropole, Place De Brouckère, 1000 Brussels.

Professor Gardner is Professor Emeritus of Law and International organizations at Columbia Law School.  He joined the Columbia faculty in 1957, where he taught a seminar on Legal Aspect of U.S. Foreign Economic Policy until 2012, year of his retirement. Professor Gardner joined the Kennedy Administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for international organization affairs from 1961 to 1965.  He was Senior Adviser to the US Ambassador to the United Nations in 1965-55, and served as U.S. Ambassador to Italy (1977-81) and Spain (1993-97).  Professor Gardner was also Adviser to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, 1992; U.S. Public Delegate to the 55th U.N. General Assembly, September-December 2000 and Member of the Trilateral Commission from 1974 to 2005. 

Space for this event is limited. To reserve your seat, please confirm your participation by Wednesday 10 December by sending an email to [email protected]. The price for the dinner (fixed menu) is EUR 25 (excl. drinks). Payments should be done on BE25 21004178 0982 <Capucine Rosenfeld>.  

For any enquiries please feel free to call Capucine at 32(0)494 33 12 50.

We look forward to seeing you on December 16 and to warmly welcome Professor Gardner in Brussels. 

Francesca (Carrozza) & Capucine (Rosenfeld)

Columbia Association of Belgium