Ms. Doris Bertrand (Austria) (2005)

Doris Kim Sung Metal that breathes

Doris Kearns Goodwin on learning from past presidents

And he started out, Doris, more than any other woman I have ever known ... And my heart sank.

I promise you the hand of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is stretched out in friendship for now and years to come.

Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin talks about what we can learn from American presidents, including Abraham Lincoln and Lyndon Johnson. Then she shares a moving memory of her own father, and of their shared love of baseball.

Modern buildings with floor to ceiling windows give spectacular views, but they require a lot of energy to cool. Doris Kim Sung works with thermo bimetals, smart materials that act more like human skin, dynamically and responsively, and can shade a room from sun and self ventilate.

And my mother, brave lady, was partly to blame, taking me to the New York Natural History Museum, buying me books on snakes, and then starting this infamous career of mine, which has culminated in of course, arriving in India 60 years ago, brought by my mother, Doris Norden, and my stepfather, Rama Chattopadhyaya.

As indicated in paragraph 3 of the note by the Secretary General (A 59 108) of 26 April 2004, the General Assembly is required, during its current session, to appoint four members of the Joint Inspection Unit to fill the vacancies that will arise from the expiration of the terms of office of Ms. Doris Bertrand Muck, Mr. Ion Gorita, Mr. Wolfgang Münch and Mr. Louis Dominique Ouédraogo on 31 December 2005.