Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal Lecture – Creating a Low-Carbon Society in Japan: Role of a Politician

Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal Lecture -- Creating a Low-Carbon Society in Japan: Role of a Politician

Yoriko Kawaguchi - Member of the House of Councillors, Japan

Tuesday, October 7, 2008 - 11:00am to 12:30pm
Room 351, Jeffrey Loria Center for the History of Art See map
190 York Street
New Haven, CT 6511

The Graduate School’s highest honor, the Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal is presented to its most outstanding alumni in recognition of distinguished achievements in scholarship, teaching, academic administration and public service–all areas in which the legendary Dean Cross excelled.

On October 7, 2008, Yoriko Kawaguchi is to be one of five distinguished Graduate School alumni to receive the Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal. Ms. Kawaguchi holds a B.A. in international relations from the University of Tokyo and a master’s in economics from Yale University. She served as Japan’s minister of the environment from 2000 until 2002 and as foreign minister from February 2002 until September 2004. In July 2008, Kawaguchi was appointed co-chair (with former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gareth Evans) of the new International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament.

Region: 
Japan, Transregional