Veritas, Vol. 24, No. 07, April 1984

              For the Faculty, Staff and Friends of the University of Miami
Voi. 24, No. 7 April 1984
Expansion of Xorth-South Center planned
Ambler Moss fills OSIS deanship
Ambler H. Moss Jr., former Ambassador to Panama, has been appointed Dean of the University of Miami’s Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS ) and Director of the North-South Center at the University.
the private sector, government and educational institutions.
Expansion of the North-South Center will involve a consortium of universities in Florida, and a proposal for the expansion is currently before Florida Governor Bob Graham.
“This center,” Moss said, “is the research complement to GSIS and its role should be to coordinate, to help bring together distinguished academicians, the private sector, leading public officials and students. Its primary focus should be the study of solutions to major problems in relations between developing and developed nations.”
Moss graduated from Yale University in 1960. After four years as an officer
in the Navy, Moss joined the U.S. Foreign Service and, from 1964-70, served in Spain, as a member of the U.S. delegation to the Organization of American States and as the Spanish Desk Officer at the U.S. Department of State.
After earning a J.D. degree from The George Washington University in 1970, Moss practiced international law in Washington, D.C., and in Brussels.
He returned to the State Department in 1977 as a member of the U.S. negotiating team for the Panama Canal Treaties.
Later that year he was named Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, a post he held until being appointed U.S. Ambassador to Panama by then President Carter
in 1978. He was retained by President Reagan, but resigned in 1982 to move to Miami.
Among numerous civic activities, Moss is a member of the New \brk Council on Foreign Relations, chairman of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Committee in Trade and Commerce, vice-president of the International Center of Florida, and a member of the Visiting Committee of the University of Miami School of Law.
Bom in Baltimore, Md., he is married to the former Serena Wells, granddaughter of the late Under Secretary of State Sumner Wells, and the couple has three children.
Ambler H. Moss Jr
In making the announcement, Edward T. Foote II, president of the University, said the former ambassador “brings to our University a remarkably successful background in diplomacy, government, international relations and law. Widely traveled and respected throughout the Americas, Mr. Moss is a proven leader. We are fortunate to have as the founding dean erf our Graduate School of International Studies someone of such international stature.”
In 1982 Moss left the ambassadorship and became an adjunct professor of international studies at UM, and an attorney with Greenberg, Traurig, Askew, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen, & Quentel in Miami.
During the past two years, Moss has been a leader in galvanizing increased understanding of the complex relationships among the nations of the Caribbean and Latin America, Florida, and the United States.
He was the initiator and principal author of “The Miami Report,” a consensus of recommendations by leading business, education, and other professionals from Miami, concerning economic, cultural and political problems throughout the Americas. Recommendations contained in the report have received national and international recognition.
As dean of GSIS, Moss will coordinate the efforts of 30 teaching and research faculty; and a number of international-education programs.
“This new’ graduate school will build upon the already’ excellent reputation of the University of Miami,” said Moss, “and in doing so will help Greater Miami fulfill its destiny as a major international cityf
“At GSIS,” he said, “our primary mission will be to give the highest quality7 education to students preparing for careers in international affairs in the public and private sector.”
Moss will also serve as director of the North-South Center, established last y7ear at UM. The University has committed IO acres to expand the center, providing an institutional focus for international research and such programs as task force studies, workshops and seminars, all toward increasing understanding and cooperation among
UM inducts
One hundred fifteen individuals, corporations and foundations joined the University of Miami’s Society of University Founders this year. Each gave gifts of $30,000 or more.
Their generosity was acknowledged at the 18th annual Founders dinner and dance on Saturday, March 17, at the Omni International Hotel.
Last year; to recognize the continuing support of Society members, the Board of Trustees announced the new
into Society of Founders
designation of Grand Founder for those members who have committed or contributed in excess erf $100,000 in a single foundership. A total erf 51 new Grand Founders were honored at the banquet.
Each member receives a ribboned medallion at the time of investiture. In addition, the name of each member is inscribed on a wall in Marion and Ed Lau Founders Hall on campus. A special honor roll erf Society members is
published annually7.
With the new members, the Society now numbers 1,017. Since its inception 18 years ago, members of the Society have contributed more than $ 156 million in support of the University’s quest for excellence in programs and facilities. This organization has played a vital role in assisting the UM in becoming the largest, private independent institution of higher learning in the Southeast.
President Foote acknowledged the contributions made by' Founders at the annual banquet
Student architects bring home another prize
Six UM School of Architecture students have been chosen to represent the United States in a world competition for young architects, sponsored by the United Nations Educational. Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
The teams of Guillermo Pena and Wilfredo Perez; Mara Gonzalez and Patricia Palomo; and Dulce Gonzalez and Virginia Llloa won the preliminary* competition for their representations of the theme “Tomorrow’s Habitat.” The students, all fourth-yrear architec-
ture majors, were awarded UNESCO’s bronze Cultural Heritage Protection medals.
Nicholas Patricios, acting dean of the UM School of Architecture, said he was “extremely7 pleased and honored to have the opportunity to present these medals. This confirms the quality of our students, in winning the eighth international award in architecture this past y7ear.”
Under the direction of UM Professor Felipe J. Prestamo, the students prepared drawings, photographs and dia-
grams of a model dwelling of the future, representative of the sociocultural context of the students’ country7, and able to exist in harmony with the environment while also taking advantage of the latest scientific and technical advances.
The students’ designs will go to Paris this summer to compete in the international competition. The prizewinning entries will be exhibited during “International Youth Year” ( 1985) at the International Exposition, “Tsu-kuba ‘85” in Japan.