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EXECU~IVE

BILL /Ill

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
STUDENT UNION
Sponsored by:

Tri-Executives
Business Representative

Authored by:

UCSU Finance Director
UCSU PR Director
A BILL

Chris Drummond
Susie Fairchild
Tim · Kauffman
Lori Carter
Alan Ikeya
Kelvin F. McNeill

BILL HISTORY
Professor Robert N. Thompson will be speaking on Wednesday, April 19, at 7:00pm
in Chemistry 140. His topic will be "Canadian-American Relations". Robert N.
Thompson is a Canadian with a unique record of service in many parts of the world.
Educated in both Canada and the United States, his professional specialization is in
education administration and business administration.
During the war, Dr. Thompson served with the Canadian Air Force, first with the
Commonwealth Air Training Scheme and later with the Ethiopian Air Force.
Remaining in Africa after the war for fifteen years, Dr. Thompson served the
Ethiopian Government for seven years as High School Headmaster, Superintendent
of Schools, and Director of Educa tlon, as well as Advisor in Foreign Affairs. In
19 52 he became Chairman of the Education Committee for East Africa under the
Sudan Interior Mission, continuing as a Consultant/ Advisor on Foreign Affairs with
the Government of Ethiopia.
Dr. Thompson returned to Canada in 1959 and entered Canadian politics, serving
until the 1972 election as Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Red
Deer, Alberta.
In 1964, he assisted in mediating the end of the Congo Civil War and in 1969-70
headed Canadian missions to Nigeria at the close of the Biafran Civil War. He has
vlsi ted · the cquntries of South East Asia numerous times during and after the
Vietnam War. He has served with various political delegations to the U.S.C.,
Overseas, and to the U.N. and N.A.T.O. His ten years as a Member of the
Parliamentary Committee on External Affairs and Defence took him to all
Canadian defence establishments in Europe, Canada and the U.S.A. He .is
personally familiar with theproblems and politics of the Third World. In April
197 3, Dr. Thompson led a major Canadian delegation to Communist China. Since
1967 he has served as President of the Freedom Council of Canada, participating
annually in Interna tiona! Conferences in Europe, North America and Africa.
In 1962, as a long time friend of Dr. Bob Pierce, he became the founder and
Chairman of the Board of World Vision of Canada. In 1972, he was appointed VicePresident of the Samaritan's Purse in Canada, an office he continues to hold.
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From 1967-72, Dr. Thompson was visiting Professor of Political Science at
Waterloo Lutheran Univeristy. He is a member of Gideons International, and
Rotary International, presently serves on a number of International Mission Boards
and on the Board of Governors of several colleges. During the seventies he was

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ac~ive with both the ·canadian and D.C. Chambers of commerce~

When Dr. Thompson retired from political service in 1972 to take up the work of
Christian higher education at what is now Trinity Western University, Langley,
British Columbia, President and Professor of Political Science.
Qr. Thompson is widely accepted in the. United States and Canada as a lecturer at .
colleges, professional conventions,_and service clubs on international affairs,
education, missions and business management.
In 1988 he accepted the position of C·. E.O. of the Mardel lnterna tiona I Trading
Corporation. In Janauary 1989 he was appointed Acting Chairman of the Pacific
Basin Universl ties Council.
BILL SUMMARY
This bill shall allocate $800 + GAR from Central Reserve to fund honorarium and 1
. RT airline ticket for Professor Robert N. Thompson to speak on April 19 on
. "Canadian-American _Rela tlons".
BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative Council of the University of Colorado Student
Union, THAT:
SECTION 1:
An amount not to exceed $800 + GAR will be allocated
from Central Reserve for Professor Robert N. Thompson to
lecture on "Canadian-American Relations".

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SECTION 2:

A written report will be submitted pursuant to 24 ECB 1/4.

SECTION 3:

This bill will take effect upon passage.
4/06/89- PASSES- LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL- SO- 14-0-2
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BUDGET
$ 350.00
1 ·R T airline ticket from Vancuver to Denver
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$ 400.00
Honorarium
700.00
Total UCSU Contribution
800.00
* Addit.i onal funding shall be contributed from the Central and Eastern European
Affairs Department.

· David Hummels
President Pro-Tempore
' UCSU Legislative Council