Robert Zoellick, President of the World Bank and ex-officio chairman of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), has appointed Jeswald W. Salacuse '60, P'89 to the ICSID Panel of Conciliators. The appointment is effective for a six year term, beginning Sept. 15. Salacuse is one of ten persons, none of whom may be nationals of the same country, that Zoellick is permitted to appoint under the ICSID Convention.

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Jeffrey Immelt, chairman and CEO of General Electric Company (GE), told Hamilton’s Class of 2010 to be optimistic at its commencement ceremony on May 23. Acknowledging that we are in economically difficult times, Immelt emphasized the need for creative and independent thinkers and the importance of maintaining a spirit of reality-based optimism. More ...