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Professor to discuss weapons proliferation
By RUSS BYNUM
Staff Writer
. After the fall of communism in
Eastern Europe, many scholars
have devoted themselves to study
ing the changes taking place in the
former Soviet Union.
But University professor Gary
Bertsch is taking it one step fur
ther by using his knowledge to in
fluence anti-weapons proliferation
policy in the newly formed
Commonwealth of Independent
States.
Bertsch, co-director of the
University’s Center for East-West
Trade Policy and a professor of po
litical science, will travel to Minsk
and Kiev next week to meet with
government officials, scientists and
journalists from the former Soviet
republics to discuss the dangers of
exporting weapons of mass de
struction from the economically
ravaged nations.
“The fascinating and ironic
thing is that we spent much of our
time during the Cold War era con
trolling high-tech and militarily
relevant goods and technologies go
ing to the Soviet Union in Eastern
Europe,” Bertsch said.
“Now we realize that we ought
to be cooperating with them to con
trol the sale of such things going to
countries like Iraq, Libya and
Syria,” he said.
Bertsch will be sharing the re
sults of his research on weapons
proliferation in two separate con
ferences next week.
In the first conference, he will
speak with journalists from the re
gion to expand their knowledge of
the potential for dangerous
weapons exports.
The second conference will in
volve dialogue with government of
ficials and scientific experts about
what steps both the East and West
should take to prevent the former
Soviet republics from selling
weapons overseas.
The possibility of such weapons
sales has increased, Bertsch said,
because the fall of communism in
Eastern Europe has placed great fi
nancial strain on these countries.
“This is a time of great opportu
nity, but also of great danger,” he
said. “Because of the economic
hardship in the newly independent
states of the former Soviet Union
and the political instability, there
is the potential for very dangerous
sales of weapons technology, in
cluding weapons of mass destruc
tion."
Bertsch said he first became in
volved with the weapons prolifera
tion issue in 1978, when former
Secretary of State and University
law professor Dean Rusk brought
together several faculty members
to discuss U.S. trade policies with
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Gary Bertsch will travel to Minsk and Kiev to discuss weapons proliferation.
Eastern Europe.
This meeting inspired Bertsch,
along with other faculty members
and graduate students, to begin a
long-term project to promote the
development and implementation
of export control policy both in the
U.S. and Eastern Europe.
After a recent trip to Russia in
June, Bertsch prepared a memo
randum saying Russian officials
had requested aid in learning
about Western experiences in ex
port control.
“Overall, I returned from Russia
more convinced than ever of the ur
gency of the work we are under
taking at the Center for East-West
Trade Policy at the University of
Georgia,” he wrote.
Bertsch came to the University
as a professor of political science in
1969, and spent his first year as a
faculty member living in
Yugoslavia. Since then, he has
taught as a visiting professor at
the University of Lancaster in
England and the University of
Zagreb in Yugoslavia.
Bertsch earned his bachelor of
arts degree at Ohio State
University in 1966, and his doctor
of philosophy and master’s degree
at the University of Oregon in
1970. He is the coeditor of the
forthcoming book, International
Cooperation on Nonproliferation
and Export Controls.
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■ APPLAUSE
Reed to head national association
University of Georgia profes
sor O. Lee Reed was elected na
tional president of the Academy
of Legal Studies in Business at
the group’s annual meeting in
Charleston, S.C.
Reed is a professor of legal
studies in the Terry College of
Business and has served as edi
tor-in-chief of the American
Business Law Journal and as
president of the Southeastern
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Business.
Founded in 1924, the
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Business comprises more than
1,000 legal studies scholars in
the United States, Canada,
Europe and Australia.
Reed joined the University faculty in 1972, is the author of nu
merous research articles, and is the recipient of two national re
search awards. His specialties in business law include product li
ability and regulation of advertising. He is co-author of “The Legal
Environment of Business,” one of the most widely used textbooks
on the subject.
MacDonald awarded first place, $1,250
A senior art major at the University won first place in a na
tional lighting competition for students sponsored this summer by
the American Society of Interior Designers. Kimberly MacDonald
of Roswell was awarded $1,250 and a 10-inch crystal prism en
graved with her name for her entry at the 16th ASID Annual
Halo/Metalux National Lighting Competition. For the contest,
MacDonald designed ceiling lighting for an imported linens retail
store. She was studying in Corona, Italy, when the national ASID
conference convened in Anaheim, Calif. Welynda Wright, an as
sistant professor of art at the University, accepted the award for
MacDonald at the conference.
Threadgill named fellow, person of year
Dale Threadgill, professor and chairman of the department of
biological and agricultural engineering, was named a fellow by the
American Society of Agricultural Engineers, as well as 1991
Person of the Year by the Irrigation Association, the national tech
nical and professional organization of the irrigation industry.
Francisco, Cooper named society fellows
George Francisco, associate dean of the College of Pharmacy,
and James Cooper, head of the department of pharmacy practice,
have been named fellows of the American Society of Hospital
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Health Service, has been elected as a fellow of the American
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