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Renowned government and business leaders joined University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann for a wide-ranging discussion on globalization, innovation and engagement between the United States and China during the Silfen Forum in Beijing, China on September 10. The David and Lyn Silfen University Forum series has been generously endowed by University Trustee David M. Silfen and his wife Lyn to foster conversation and debate regarding important contemporary issues. (Above, left to right) Penn Trustee Emeritus Howard Marks, W’67, co-chair of Oaktree Capital Management, LLC; Li Zhaoxing, former minister of foreign affairs, China; President Gutmann; Zhang Xin, CEO and co-founder, SOHO China Ltd.; General Colin Powell (retired),
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In Beijing, China: Penn President Amy Gutmann (seated) next to a replica of the iconic Ben on the Bench statue with (standing, from left to right) Geoffrey Garrett, dean of the Wharton School; Vijay Kumar, the Nemirovsky Family Dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science; Marilyn Jordan Taylor, dean of PennDesign; Denis F. Kinane, the Morton Amsterdam Dean of the School of Dental Medicine; Antonia Villarruel, the Margaret Bond Simon Dean of the School of Nursing; J. Larry Jameson, dean of the Perelman School of Medicine; Ezekiel Emanuel, vice provost for global initiatives; Pam Grossman, dean of the Graduate School of Education; Steven J. Fluharty, dean of the School of Arts & Sciences; and John L. Jackson, Jr., dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice. |
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