The video clip above was taken from the national broadcast televised on the Italian network RAI on May 20, 1965. The 3-day conference, titled "
The European Community and the United States", was hosted by the Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center,
The distinguised guests, pictured conversing with students in the photo below, include (from left to right):
- REIMUT JOCHIMSEN
President of State Central Bank, North-Rhine Westphalia; Member of the Central Bank Council of the Deutsche Bundesbank; BC Alumnus
- ROBERT NEWMANN
United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia; Director of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy in the United States
- WILSON SCHMIDT
Visiting Professor of Economics and Development at the Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center in the '60s.
- AMBASSADOR HEINRIK N. BOON
Netherlands Representative the at OECD and at NATO; Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ambassador to Italy, and Ambassador to Venezuela.
- ALTIERO SPINELLI
Visiting Professor of Politics at Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center and founder of the European Federalist Movement.
"Il convegno al quale ho potuto assistere ha dato un'occasione ampia per la gioventù americana ed europea di scambiare idee sulle questioni più interessanti del momento. Per la vecchia generazione alla quale appartengono i commentatori è stato utile vedere l'entusiasmo e l'iniziativa della nuova generazione e l'attesa che hanno di sviluppi migliori è più concreti nell'avvenire." - Ambassador Heinrik N. Boon
(This conference was a great opportunity for the youth, of both American and European backgrounds, to discuss and confront ideas about the most relevant current issues. For the older generation, to which all the panelists belong, it has been very useful to observe the enthusiasm of the new generations and its hope for a better future. - Ambassador Heinrik N. Boon)
