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Sir Eldon is a truly global citizen. He has engaged in world affairs for four decades as a foreign correspondent, government Minister in the United Kingdom, consultant to multinational companies, and author of Opinion columns on world issues.
Sir Eldon began his career as a Time & Life correspondent, reported for Newsweek on crisis’s in Berlin and the Middle East, covered the Bay of Pigs operation against Cuba, landed in Jordan with the British parachute brigade, and was held prisoner by the Russian army in Budapest. Now living in Laguna Niguel, he served until recently as national chairman of the World Affairs Council of America and has just returned from a speaking tour of the Southern states and Texas. He is chairman of the Korean-American Friendship Society of Southern California and Freeman of the City of London and honorary citizen of Orange County. |
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| Date: Thursday, December 16, 2004 Location: Irvine
Marriott Hotel (Cross street – Quartz / Between Michelson Dr. & 405) Parking: Self parking is complimentary / Valet $10.00 Program: 6:00
pm Reception Members @ $60.00 Non-Members @ $70.00 |
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Educated
at Cambridge and Yale, Eldon served as chairman of the Polish, German,
and Iranian sub-committees of the House of Commons, led parliamentary
delegations to Africa, India, and Australia; and a delegate to the
Council of Europe in Strasbourg. As Under Secretary of State in the
world’s first Department of the Environment, he helped set up
the UN’s environmental agency in Nairobi, pioneered U.K. legislation
on airports and the Channel tunnel and represented his government
in Brussels, Washington and Moscow. Margaret Thatcher appointed him
as her spokesman on European and NATO issues. He was knighted by the
Queen in 1988.