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Kathleen and Thomas Tesluk Reading Room


Bologna alumnus and Advisory Council Chairman, Thomas B. Tesluk (BC81/DC82, U.S.) and his wife Kathleen (DC83, U.S.) responded generously to the Center's Building Campaign appeal. Their gift is dedicated toward naming both the Reading Room in the Robert H. Evans Library, on the ground floor, and a Faculty Office in memory of Kathleen Lynch Robie and Eileen Lynch Moon, on the second floor.

Tom's career has encompassed twenty-five years of overseas work in banking, telecommunications and technology. His company, Sequent Consulting LLC, advises clients on all aspects of international business. Tom earned his bachelor's degree at the University of the Pacific. He was a member of the Bologna Center Class of 1981 and graduated from SAIS in 1982. In 1991, Tom joined the Center's Advisory Council and in 2008 he became Chairman of the Council.

In 2008, Tom also joined with several other Bolognesi to found "Amici di Bologna," a U.S.-based Bologna Center alumni association. The Amici have organized three annual dinner events in New York that allow faculty, staff and alumni to reconnect and catch up on the latest news from the Bologna Center.

"We feel a close connection to the Center. Supporting the Bologna Center is important to us because we deeply believe in its mission of fostering cross cultural understanding," say the Tesluks.

Prior to this gift, Tom and Kathleen established the Henry Tesluk Fellowship, in honor of Tom's father, providing support to Bologna Center students. Since its inception in 1998, the Fund has benefitted thirteen students, many of whom come from Eastern Europe and the Ukraine.

In 2006 Tom successfully led the Class of 1981 initiative, on the occasion of their 25th reunion, to raise sufficient funds to name both the new Student Lounge and a faculty office.