Speakers I
Ronald Inglehart
Ronald Inglehart is Professor of Political Science and Research Professor at the Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan. He has recently received an appointment to the Amy and Alan Lowenstein Professorship in Democracy, Democratization and Human Rights at the University of Michigan.
Ambassador Harriet Isom
Harriet Isom was a career Foreign Service Officer in Asia and Africa with the Department of State from l961 to 1996. During her last ten years of service, she headed the American Embassies in Laos, Benin and Cameroon. She returned to her family ranch near Pendleton, Oregon where she is a “gentlewoman farmer” and active in Oregon civic and volunteer organizations. Isom graduated from Mills College and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. She has received Oregon women of achievement awards from the March of Dimes Oregon White Rose, the Oregon Commission for Women and the Pendleton Chamber of Commerce.