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  State Department Archived Biographies -- TIMOTHY E. WIRTH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Wirth was elected U.S. Senator from Colorado in 1986 and served until 1992.
Wirth served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Education at the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW).
Wirth has served on the board of Denver Planned Parenthood, was a founding board member of Denver Head Start, and served on the board of Visitors of the United States Air Force Academy.
dosfan.lib.uic.edu /erc/biographies/wirth.html   (265 words)

  
 Tim Wirth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Timothy E. Wirth (September 22, 1939-) is a former United States Senator from Colorado.
Wirth, a Democrat, was a member of the House from 1975 to 1987 and was elected to the Senate in 1986, serving one term there before stepping down.
Wirth is a graduate of Harvard University and holds a PhD from Stanford University.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tim_Wirth   (330 words)

  
 The Wirth Chair in Environmental and Community Development Policy
Wirth began his political career as a White House Fellow under President Lyndon Johnson and was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Education in the Nixon Administration.
In 1987, Wirth was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he focused on environmental issues—especially global climate change and population stabilization.
Wirth is married to Wren Wirth, the President of the Winslow Foundation; they have two grown children.
thunder1.cudenver.edu /wirthchair/wirthbio.htm   (309 words)

  
 Timothy E. Wirth — Panel on the Nonprofit Sector   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Timothy E. Wirth is the president of the United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund, both of which were founded in 1998 to support and strengthen the work of the United Nations.
Wirth began his career in government as a White House Fellow under President Johnson and later became Deputy Assistant Secretary for Education in the Nixon Administration.
Wirth was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1987 and shifted his focus to environmental issues, especially climate change and population stabilization.
www.nonprofitpanel.org /participants/panel/wirth_timothy_e   (298 words)

  
 University of Colorado School of Law
Judith E. Jacobsen is an Adjunct Professor at University College of the University of Denver where she teaches courses on sustainability and population in the Environmental Policy and Management and Liberal Studies Programs.
Timothy E. Wirth is Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs and Counselor of the Department of State.
Wirth was raised in Denver and Jefferson Counties in Colorado.
www.colorado.edu /UCB/AcademicAffairs/Law/cjielp/abstracts/Vol6-2.html   (2161 words)

  
 The Washington Diplomat
Wirth said that despite all of the criticism directed at the United Nations, it is the only place where global efforts are undertaken to tackle complex problems in health, the environment, poverty, human rights and women’s issues.
Wirth acknowledged that the U.N. machinery needs to be overhauled and noted that the U.N. Security Council needs to become a better forum for dispute resolution to reach consensual decisions, but he pointed out that the United Nations also serves as a constructive balancing force to the United States.
Wirth said he is more comfortable with a strategy of multilateralism that seeks to build a global consensus in favor of norms and institutions that support American values.
www.washdiplomat.com /03-10/a1_03_10.html   (1722 words)

  
 Author Eugene Linden and Former Senator Timothy E. Wirth To Discuss Future Global Stability   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Wirth, as president of the U.N. Foundation, focuses on collaborative efforts required to face the challenges of the future.
Wirth heads the U.N. Foundation, created early this year when R.E. "Ted" Turner made a major financial commitment to support United Nations causes, such as children's health and environmental protecton.
Wirth was undersecretary of state for Global Affairs from 1993 to 1997.
www.loc.gov /today/pr/1998/98-160.html   (361 words)

  
 Timothy Wirth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Timothy Wirth is currently the president of the United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund.
In 1987, Wirth was elected to the U.S. Senate where he focused on environmental issues, especially global climate change and population stabilization.
Wirth is married to Wren Wirth, the president of the Winslow Foundation, and they have two children.
newmedia.colorado.edu /wwwboard/messages/3258.html   (578 words)

  
 The Globalist | Biography of Timothy E. Wirth
Timothy Wirth is the President of the United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund.
In 1975, Senator Wirth returned to his home state and successfully ran for the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District from 1975 to 1987.
In 1987, Wirth was elected to the U.S. Senate where he focussed on environmental issues, especially global climate change and population stabilization.
www.theglobalist.com /DBWeb/AuthorBiography.aspx?AuthorId=319   (203 words)

  
 The Heinz Center
Soon, the second round of Project 88 will be released—the fruit of his work and a memorial to his contribution to environmental protection.
Timothy E. Wirth is a Democratic senator from Colorado.
Thomas E. Lovejoy is the assistant secretary for external affairs at the Smithsonian Institution.
www.heinzctr.org /About/heinz_editorial.htm   (744 words)

  
 Redefining Progress: Media Center: Media Release: U.N. Foundation President Timothy E. Wirth Added to Nov. 15 Market ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
OAKLAND, Calif.—UN Foundation President Timothy E. Wirth has been added to the agenda for the “Market Solutions to Climate Change: Strengthening the Economy and Securing Our Energy Future” conference to be held tomorrow in Washington, D.C. The conference, sponsored by Redefining Progress, will be held from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Wirth has been the president of the UN Foundation since its inception in 1998.
Wirth previously was a U.S. Representative (1975-87) and U.S. Senator (1987-93) from Colorado.
www.rprogress.org /media/releases/011114wirth.html   (237 words)

  
 The Wirth Chair in Environmental and Community Development Policy
The Wirth Chair is committed to helping governments, businesses, non-profit groups and community organizations form sustainable development partnerships that carefully balance economic, environmental and expanded social welfare objectives and strategies.
It honors the environmental and sustainable development achievements of former Senator and Undersecretary of State Timothy E. Wirth.
Wirth's work in Congress, in the State Department and now as President of the United Nations Foundation has truly made a difference.
thunder1.cudenver.edu /wirthchair/about.htm   (174 words)

  
 AEI - Events
Through his involvement with the UN Foundation, Senator Wirth has a unique perspective on public perceptions of the United Nations and the contours of the debate regarding America's involvement in the organization.
As Senator Wirth observed, "[Public] perception changes depending on which UN we are talking about." The Foundation believes that widespread public acceptance of the UN's humanitarian and technical operations means that debate is limited to the remaining 20 percent of UN operations-the international security issues that dominate the headlines.
Whatever the ultimate outcome, reform will depend on an agreement between the nations of the north and the nations of the south, countries with widely differing interests that must be reconciled if the UN is to be capable of addressing contemporary threats.
www.aei.org /events/filter.,eventID.752/summary.asp   (1609 words)

  
 AEI - Events
Increased education for girls, for example, would more than repay its costs purely as a family planning program, but since it is also a public health program and an investment in the next generation, it may well be the highest return investment that we and others can support.
Timothy E. Wirth, undersecretary of State for global affairs
Add to their efforts those of the nongovernmental organizations that have played a critical role, and I expect major activity on foreign aid reform in the new Congress.
www.aei.org /events/eventID.894,filter.all/summary.asp   (4818 words)

  
 Welcome to the United Nations Foundation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
UN Foundation President Timothy E. Wirth issues statement on United Nations Day.
UN Foundation President Timothy E. Wirth applauds administration's strong stance against withholding dues.
UN Foundation President Timothy E. Wirth issues statement regarding the appointment of John Bolton to be UN Ambassador.
www.betterworldfund.org /newsroom/press_releases.asp   (227 words)

  
 USIS - Global Issues - Wirth on Global Environment
As we begin the second half of the last decade of the 20th century, hopeful signs are emerging in our understanding of and response to the global challenges that will determine the opportunities we pass to our children and grandchildren in the 21st century.
We must transform the debate from one that often frames scientific issues as obstacles to ways of the past and instead views them as opportunities for new ideas, new products and a better quality of life for the future.
Timothy E. Wirth is Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs and a former
usinfo.state.gov /journals/itgic/0496/ijge/wirth.htm   (1244 words)

  
 Harvard Gazette: Rudenstine honored by HUCE
The event was hosted by Michael B. McElroy, director of HUCE and Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies, Timothy E. Wirth '61, Ed.M. '65, chair of the HUCE Advisory Board, and executive committee members.
Wirth presented Rudenstine with an antique globe on behalf of the advisory board as an expression of their appreciation.
Tim Wirth and the advisory board have been steady, keen supporters.
www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2001/05.17/10-rudenstinehonored.html   (583 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Opinion / Op-ed / A role for US firms in energy cleanup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
WHILE THE Bush administration was working to stall the global warming talks in Buenos Aires this month, US-based companies have been taking the lead in developing and utilizing technologies to reduce greenhouse gases.
TIMOTHY E. A role for US firms in energy cleanup
The challenge is now before CEOs to lead their companies in realizing the opportunities posed by a carbon-constrained global economy.
www.boston.com /news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/12/30/a_role_for_us_firms_in_energy_cleanup?mode=PF   (952 words)

  
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When national leaders from the Americas join political, corporate and civil society representatives at the three-day World Agricultural Forum in St. Louis starting Sunday, much of the focus will be on the increase in poverty in rural areas of the world, an outgrowth of globalization and large-scale food production.
With gas prices reaching all-time highs in many parts of the country, climate change threatening the stability of the world's ecosystem and the dangers of persistent global poverty increasingly clear, the United States and its trading partners should lead the world toward the rapid development of clean, abundant biofuels.
Timothy E. Wirth is president of the United Nations Foundation and a former Democratic U.S. senator from Colorado.
www.americanprogress.org /site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=70898&printmode=1   (742 words)

  
 Foreign Affairs - The Future of Energy Policy - Timothy E. Wirth, C. Boyden Gray, and John D. Podesta
It is time for an ambitious new approach to U.S. strategic energy policy, one that deals with the problems of oil dependence, climate change, and the developing world's lack of access to energy.
Timothy E. Wirth is President of the United Nations Foundation and a former U.S. Senator from Colorado.
Boyden Gray is a partner at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering and served as Counsel to former President George H.W. Bush.
www.foreignaffairs.org /20030701faessay15410/timothy-e-wirth-c-boyden-gray-john-d-podesta/the-future-of-energy-policy.html   (717 words)

  
 InterAction.org | Media
Today, Timothy E. Wirth, President of the United Nations Foundation (UN Foundation) announced the results of a national poll highlighting the attitudes of American voters about how involved the U.S. should be internationally and their support for the UN’s Millennium Development Goals.
"Americans by a clear margin favor the United States becoming more involved internationally," Timothy E. Wirth explained, "and with this new information, Washington should be less apprehensive to support the important work the UN and its agencies are conducting throughout the developing world."
In September 2000, at the United Nations Millennium Summit, world leaders agreed to set of time-bound and measurable goals and targets for combating poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women.
www.interaction.org /newswire/detail.php?id=816   (687 words)

  
 AYPF Forum Brief - Great Expectations, The E-Rate at Five
The Evaluation Toolkit will be applied at the classroom level where CCT hopes it will also provide assistance to administrators and policymakers seeking to assess the impact of technology-rich activities on skills development, student learning, and media literacy.
Chris Dede, Timothy E. Wirth Professor of Learning Technologies, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, described strategies to enhance state and local policymaking regarding educational technologies.
According to Dede, the policy climate is shifting from an emphasis on direct federal grantmaking towards formula-driven block grants to the states, increasing the power and responsibility of state and local education agencies.
www.aypf.org /forumbriefs/2001/fb111601_1.htm   (1054 words)

  
 U.N. critical in avoiding Iraq quagmire
We can honor those who have died in Iraq -- U. employees last week, coalition soldiers before them and innocent Iraqi civilians throughout -- by doing what is necessary to attract truly global support for a mission with truly global implications.
Timothy E. Wirth is president of the United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund, and was formerly a U.S. representative and senator from Colorado.
He also served as undersecretary of state for global affairs in the Clinton administration.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/08/24/ED234138.DTL   (875 words)

  
 Catalyzing Innovation
The purpose of this paper is to identify and explore a range of issues associated with implementation of technology awards in the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN/FCCC).
The joint statement announcing this program and the remarks of U.S. Undersecretary of State Timothy E. Wirth underscoring the U.S. commitment in this area are included as appendices to this paper.
They will inform the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on the progress in further elaborating and implementing this Initiative, and invite the subsidiary bodies of the Conference of the Parties to take account of this Initiative as they develop their own workplans.
www.pnl.gov /aisu/pubs/awards.htm   (12619 words)

  
 AEGiS-PRn: The Advertising Council and the United Nations Foundation Launch National Campaign to Raise Awareness of the ...
According to the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, "we are not doing enough in the war against AIDS." "By getting involved in the Apathy is Lethal campaign every American can do something to help combat the epidemic," said UN Foundation President Timothy E. Wirth.
Sponsored by the United Nations Foundation and created pro bono by ad agency Leo Burnett USA, the new campaign uses a portrayal of children orphaned by AIDS in an effort to raise awareness of the global AIDS crisis.
"We hope these public service advertisements will serve as a wake-up all for Americans to recognize the depth of the AIDS problem through the eyes of children and take action," said Timothy E. Wirth, President of the United Nations Foundation.
www.aegis.com /news/pr/2002/PR021115.html   (950 words)

  
 Climate and energy: what the United States needs Timothy E Wirth - openDemocracy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
A nation-state that can seize the opportunities of an energy policy that addresses global climate change will create a double benefit: it will enhance its own national security and it will afford the world’s poorest people a chance to participate in the modern global economy.
Copyright © Timothy E Wirth, Published by openDemocracy Ltd. You may download and print extracts from this article for your own personal and non-commercial use only.
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www.opendemocracy.net /debates/article.jsp?id=6&debateId=129&articleId=2547   (1238 words)

  
 Find in a Library: [Timothy Endicott Wirth, congressman from Colorado, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left
Find in a Library: [Timothy Endicott Wirth, congressman from Colorado, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left
[Timothy Endicott Wirth, congressman from Colorado, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left
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worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/66a4199986b5f3e3a19afeb4da09e526.html   (70 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Winterberg to Wisdom
Alaska territorial House of Representatives 4th District, 1957-58.
Wirth, Gene — of Jackson, Hinds County, Miss.
Wirth, John — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Republican.
politicalgraveyard.com /bio/winterberg-wisdom.html   (731 words)

  
 Does the United States Need the UN? by Timothy E. Wirth - The Globalist > > Global Politics
by Timothy E. Wirth - The Globalist > > Global Politics
In particular, the role of the United Nations in U.S. foreign policy was been called into question.
Timothy Wirth, former U.S. Senator and now the President of the United Nations Foundation, outlines the importance of the UN for U.S. relations with the rest of the world.
www.theglobalist.com /DBWeb/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=3090   (1245 words)

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