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<mask> (; , ; born 28 August 1990), also known as simply <mask>, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward for J1 League club Vissel Kobe. Bojan began his career at Barcelona after progressing through the youth ranks at La Masia. His early promise saw him make his first-team debut at the age of 17 years and 19 days, breaking the record set by Lionel Messi. In his debut season, he scored 12 goals in 48 matches. In total, he spent four seasons at Camp Nou, scoring 41 goals in 162 games before he was sold in July 2011 to Italian side Roma for a fee of €12 million. While in Rome, he scored seven goals in 37 appearances in 2011–12 and then spent the 2012–13 on loan at Milan, where he scored three goals in 27 games. Milan did not exercise their option of an additional €28 million to sign Bojan definitively, and so Barcelona re-signed him for €13 million.He spent the 2013–14 season on loan at Dutch club Ajax with whom he helped win the Eredivisie title. In July 2014, Bojan joined English club Stoke City for €1.8 million. As a Spanish youth international, he won European Championships with the Under-17 team in 2007 and the Under-21 team in 2011, as well as earning his only cap for the senior team in 2008. He has also represented the Catalan national team eight times since 2007. Club career

Early years
Born in Linyola, Lleida, Catalonia, to a Serbian father, <mask> <mask> Sr., who was a professional footballer for Serbian side Beograd, and a Spanish mother, Maria Lluïsa Pérez, Bojan played for Barcelona's youth teams from 1999 to 2006. A quick striker with quite notable dribbling skills, it was reported that he scored over 900 goals for various youth teams since joining the club as an eight-year-old, breaking Lionel Messi's record. He then played the 2006–07 season with the Barcelona B team until he signed a professional contract with the first team upon turning 17.<mask> played his first match with Barcelona on 24 April 2007, scoring a goal in a friendly match against Egyptian club Al Ahly. Barcelona

2007–08 season

On 16 September 2007 (at 17 years and 19 days), <mask> made his official debut for Barcelona against Osasuna, replacing Giovani dos Santos in the 78th minute and breaking Lionel Messi's record of the youngest Barcelona player to feature in a La Liga match. Three days later, he made his UEFA Champions League debut against Lyon, coming on at the 88th minute for Messi. He was, at the time, the youngest Barcelona player ever to feature in a Champions League game, at 17 years and 22 days. He made his second Champions League appearance on 2 October, coming on at the 81st minute for Ronaldinho against VfB Stuttgart. On 20 October 2007 (at 17 years and 53 days), <mask> made his first league start for Barcelona away to Villarreal and scored in the 25th minute. It was his first goal for the club's first team and it made him the youngest ever goalscorer for Barcelona in a league match.Bojan scored his first ever Champions League goal on 1 April 2008 (at 17 years and 217 days) against Schalke 04, netting the only goal in the first (away) leg of the quarter-finals, making him the first person born in the 1990s to score in the Champions League and the third youngest player ever, behind Ghanaian forward Peter Ofori-Quaye, then playing for Olympiacos, who scored at the age of 17 years and 195 days, and behind Ansu Fati, another Barcelona player who scored at the age of 17 and 40 days against Inter Milan. Bojan finished the season with a record of ten goals, breaking Raúl's record of most goals scored in a debut season. 2008–09 season

Upon the departure of Gianluca Zambrotta, Bojan was handed the number 11 shirt. After 14 games (13 of which he entered as a substitute), Bojan ended a goal drought by netting a brace against Almería in a 2–0 victory. Despite featuring less compared to the previous season, Bojan helped Barcelona to their 19th La Liga title. He also aided Barcelona to their first Copa del Rey win in 11 years by scoring five goals in the competition, including one in the final against Athletic Bilbao. Bojan was an unused substitute in the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final against Manchester United, which Barcelona won 2–0 and saw them cap off a treble-winning campaign.<mask>'s three goals in ten appearances throughout the competition saw him finish as the equal sixth-highest goalscorer for the season. 2009–10 season

On the first day of the 2009–10 La Liga campaign against Atlético Madrid, <mask> scored a header in the 18th minute courtesy of a flick-on from Seydou Keita. Barcelona went on to win the game by a scoreline of 3–0. On 10 November, he scored twice in the second leg of the Copa del Rey against Cultural Leonesa, helping his team to a 5–0 victory. Coming off the bench as a late substitute for Andrés Iniesta, <mask> scored his first and only Champions League goal of the season against VfB Stuttgart. He began finding the net more often towards the end of the season; seven of his eight league goals for the season came from the last 12 games. 2010–11 season
<mask> took the number 9 shirt after Zlatan Ibrahimović moved on loan to A.C. Milan.The season saw Bojan find himself behind Lionel Messi, Pedro and newly-signed David Villa in the pecking order. In the match against Ceuta in the Copa del Rey, <mask> captained Barcelona for the first time in an official match. He came off of the bench against Almería to score the sixth and eighth goals in an 8–0 win and later came on against Real Madrid in El Clásico to set up the fifth goal for Jeffrén in the famous 5–0 win. In a La Liga match against Real Sociedad, <mask> again came off the bench to score the fifth goal in 5–0 win. He scored a crucial league goal from a Dani Alves assist for Barcelona against Sevilla in a 1–1 draw, then marked his 100th league appearance for the Catalan club with a goal against Getafe. Roma

On 22 July 2011, Italian club Roma bought Bojan for a fee of €12 million. The sale includes a buyback clause giving Barcelona the option to re-sign Bojan in 2012 or obligatory in 2013, although with the option of Roma paying an additional €28 million to retain the player.He made his unofficial debut on 3 August 2011 against Vasas in Budapest. He scored his first goal from an assist from Daniele De Rossi for Roma against Atalanta on 1 October 2011. He made 33 league appearances for Roma in his first season with the club, scoring seven times in total. Loan to A.C. Milan
On 29 August 2012, <mask> joined A.C. Milan on a season-long loan from Roma. Barcelona later announced that the move would not affect the prior buyback agreement between Roma and them. Milan CEO Adriano Galliani, however, stated that a new agreement was worked out so that Milan have an option to sign the player at the end of the season, but Barcelona would still retain their buyback option. <mask> made his debut for Milan on 1 September, coming off the bench during the second half of a 3–1 away win over Bologna.He scored his first goal for Milan against Chievo on 3 November 2012, the third of a 5–1 win at the San Siro. Return to Barcelona
Following the 2012–13 season in Italy, Bojan returned to his former club Barcelona for €13 million, having made 19 league appearances for Milan, and scoring three goals. He revealed his desire for more playing time, or otherwise interest to play for a club where he will receive more minutes. Milan decided not to extend their loan of the young player, as they were not able to guarantee him minutes, while Roma did not exercise their option of additional €28 million to sign Bojan definitively. He was free to find an alternative club to play for if he pleased, and talks began with Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV Eindhoven. Loan to Ajax
On 6 July 2013, it was announced that Ajax had signed Bojan on a one-year loan deal, with an option for a second year loan spell from Barcelona. Director of football Marc Overmars and CEO Michael Kinsbergen flew into Barcelona a day prior to finalize the deal.<mask> explained that conversations with Johan Cruyff had influenced his decision to move to Ajax, as well as the opportunity to play in the Champions League. <mask> made his debut for his new club on 13 July 2013 in a pre-season friendly encounter against Waalwijk. The match ended in a 5–1 victory for Ajax at the Mandemakers Stadion, as he was substituted on for Danny Hoesen in the 60th minute, assisting Boban Lazić in the final goal for the Amsterdam side in the closing minutes of the game. He scored his first goal for Ajax in another pre-season friendly encounter, this time against Werder Bremen on 19 July 2013, scoring the second goal for Ajax in the 43rd minute in the 3–2 away win in Germany. On 27 July 2013, <mask>ff Shield (Dutch Super Cup) against AZ Alkmaar, 3–2 after extra time. He started the match on the right wing, playing for 61 minutes before being substituted off for Lucas Andersen, as Ajax acquired their eighth Dutch Super Cup title overall. Following a hamstring injury sustained on 29 September 2013 in a 6–0 victory over Go Ahead Eagles, <mask> scored his first regular season goal after eight weeks of absence on 1 December 2013 in a 4–0 victory in The Hague over Den Haag in the 90th minute of the match.On 8 May 2014, it was announced that Ajax would waive the option to extend <mask>'s contract, with Bojan returning to Barcelona, having scored four goals in 24 regular season matches (5 goals in 32 matches overall) and helping Ajax to secure their 33rd Eredivisie title and fourth consecutive. Stoke City

2014–17
On 22 July 2014, Bojan signed a four-year contract with Premier League side Stoke City for €1.8 million. Manager Mark Hughes said, "Anyone who knows European football will be aware of him as a player and the fact that he sees his future at Stoke City is really exciting." <mask> scored his first goal for Stoke in a 1–2 friendly defeat against Schalke 04 on 29 July 2014. He also scored in friendlies against Blackburn Rovers and Real Betis. He made his league debut at home on 16 August, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–0 defeat to Aston Villa. BBC Sport said that <mask> "impressed" for Stoke in the match.However, after a couple of ineffective performances, Hughes stated that he was prepared to give Bojan time to adapt to English football. He returned to the starting line-up on 1 November 2014 in a 2–2 draw against West Ham United. Eight days after that, he scored his first Stoke goal to open a 2–1 win at Tottenham Hotspur, a dribble followed by a shot from outside the penalty area. On 6 December 2014, <mask> scored in a 3–2 win over Arsenal. On 26 December, he won a contested penalty in the first half at Goodison Park when referee Lee

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 Mason declared that he had been fouled by Everton's James McCarthy; Bojan then converted the spot-kick past Tim Howard for the only goal of the game. <mask> scored in a 1–0 victory against Leicester City on 17 January 2015. Nine days later, he scored his fifth goal of the season in a 4–1 victory in the FA Cup fourth round against Rochdale, but was later substituted having suffered a knee injury which ruled him out for the remainder of the 2014–15 season.Bojan returned from injury in July 2015 playing in a pre-season friendly against Brentford. He made his first league start for over eight months on 19 September 2015, scoring in a 2–2 draw against Leicester City. A month later, he won a fourth-minute penalty when fouled by Swansea City's Ashley Williams, and dispatched it past Łukasz Fabiański for the only goal of the game at the Liberty Stadium. Bojan signed a new contract with Stoke in February committing him to the club until the summer of 2020. Towards the end of the campaign, however, he lost his place in the side, spending most of his time on the bench. In total, he played 31 times for Stoke in 2015–16, scoring seven goals as the Potters finished in ninth position. Bojan struggled for playing time under Hughes in 2016–17 starting just five league matches in six months and in January 2017, Bojan admitted he would be ready to leave Stoke in order to gain regular football.2017–18: Loans to Mainz and Alavés
On 29 January 2017, <mask> joined Bundesliga side Mainz 05 on loan for the remainder of the 2016–17 season. Mainz were struggling in a relegation battle at the bottom of the table and Bojan admitted he was surprised at their situation. He scored his first goal for Mainz in a 2–2 against Bayern Munich, making him only the seventh player to score in the four top leagues in Europe. Bojan helped Mainz secure their Bundesliga status with a 4–2 win against Eintracht Frankfurt on 13 May 2017. On 31 August 2017, <mask> joined La Liga side Alavés on a season-long loan deal. Bojan played 15 times for Alavés in 2017–18 as the team finished in 14th position. Return to Stoke
Bojan remained with Stoke in the second tier for the 2018–19 season.Despite being a fan favorite he struggled to impress manager Gary Rowett. The situation came to a head in late December when <mask> was left out the squad against Bolton Wanderers and supporters began chanting for his inclusion which angered Rowett. Rowett was soon sacked and replaced by Nathan Jones, but <mask> again struggled for establish himself as a regular starter. He played 23 times in 2018–19 as Stoke finished in 16th position and it was reported that he was told to look for another club. He left Stoke by mutual consent on 6 August 2019. Montreal Impact
On 7 August 2019, <mask> joined Major League Soccer side Montreal Impact with a deal through to the end of the 2020 season. He made his debut four days later in a 2–3 loss against Chicago Fire, replacing Shamit Shome in the 63rd minute.On 25 August, he scored his first goal with a 25-yard strike to open a 1–2 loss away to Toronto FC in the Canadian Classique; it was his first goal in 11 months. In December 2020, with the Impact declining to activate the option to keep him for the next year, <mask> was left out of their CONCACAF Champions League squad. Vissel Kobe
In August 2021, Bojan joined Vissel Kobe. He made his debut on 5 September 2021, coming on as a 75th minute for Andrés Iniesta in a 1–1 draw against Sanfrecce Hiroshima. On 2 October 2021, he scored his first goal after coming on in the 75th minute for Andrés Iniesta to score the final goal in the 84th minute of a 5–1 victory over Urawa Red Diamonds. International career

Spain

Youth

<mask> shot to prominence as a 15-year-old at the UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Luxembourg in May 2006 when he was joint top-scorer, despite being a year younger than most of the other players in the tournament and only playing 40 minutes in four out of Spain's five matches. He scored a hat-trick against Luxembourg before inspiring his side to a 3–0 victory over the eventual champions Russia, with all of the goals being scored after he came on as a second-half substitute.In the third match, he scored a penalty after once again being introduced at half time. He started the semi-final against the Czech Republic but, after his teammate Roberto García was sent off, Spain struggled and lost 0–2 in a shock result. In the third-place play-off, <mask> was once again a second-half substitute and scored the opener in the 53rd minute. When the match went to penalties, he scored and Spain won 5–4 to finish third. In the 2007 European Under-17 Football Championship, <mask> led Spain to victory, scoring the only goal against England in the final. He also scored in the semi-final against Belgium. There was controversy surrounding Bojan's call up to the Spain U17 squad for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea, because Barcelona wanted to keep him so that he could be part of their Asian tour.The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) denied the request, and further controversy arose when the RFEF denied one of Barcelona's medics, Ricard Pruna, the opportunity to accompany Bojan to the tournament to monitor a tendon problem in the player's knee. During the tournament, Bojan scored five goals, finishing as joint third top scorer along with Germany midfielder Toni Kroos. He was inspirational in leading Spain to the final. In the semi-final against Ghana, however, <mask> was sent off for his second yellow card with only seconds left to play. He was suspended for the final and Spain lost to Nigeria on penalties. Because of his performances, <mask> was given the Adidas Bronze Ball, naming him the third best player in the tournament, behind Nigeria's Macauley Chrisantus (silver) and Toni Kroos (gold). <mask> scored for the Spanish under-21s in their 2–0 win over Poland, on 12 October 2007, quickly establishing himself as an important player, also prompting rumours of an eventual call-up from senior side's manager Luis Aragonés.<mask> was selected in the squad for the 2009 UEFA Under-21 Championship. The Spanish team, however, underperformed and picked up one point from their first two games, leaving progression almost impossible. <mask> was called up to the Spain U-21 squad for 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. Senior
<mask> was approached to play for Serbia in 2008 but declined because of his wish to play for Spain. He was included in the Spanish squad for a friendly game against France on 6 February 2008. Should he have featured in that match, <mask> would have made history by becoming the youngest player ever to represent Spain at 17 years, 5 months and 9 days, eclipsing Ángel Zubieta's record of 17 years and 9 months, which had stood for over 70 years. Bojan, however, fell ill and could not play.On 17 May 2008, it was revealed that <mask> had been left out of Spain's 23-man squad for UEFA Euro 2008 having asked if he could be left out on personal grounds, and also citing fatigue. However, in an interview with The Guardian in May 2018, he revealed that he missed both his international debut and UEFA Euro 2008 because of anxiety issues, covering it up by giving other reasons he could not play. Bojan claims that his mental health issues were well known by members of the Spanish Football Federation, such as first team coach Luis Aragonés, sporting director Fernando Hierro and teammate Carles Puyol. He made his full Spanish debut on 10 September 2008 (at 18 years and 13 days) under Vicente del Bosque against Armenia, where he came on during the last ten minutes for Santi Cazorla and played on the right wing for what currently remains his only senior international appearance for Spain. Catalonia

Bojan made his official debut with Catalonia in the friendly match against the Basque Country, on 29 December 2007 in Bilbao and he scored the Catalan goal in the 1–1 draw. He also scored a year later on 29 December 2008 in the 2–1 win over Colombia and in the 4–2 win against Argentina, on 22 December 2009. He scored twice and also provided two assists in a 4–0 win against Honduras, on 29 December 2010.On 25 March 2019, Bojan scored the opening goal in a 2–1 friendly match victory over Venezuela at Girona's Montilivi Stadium. Personal life

According to a genealogical research conducted by Diari Segre in 2011, Bojan is a fourth cousin of former teammate Lionel Messi; both are the great-great-great-grandchildren of Mariano Pérez Miralles and Teresa Llobrera Minguet, who married in El Poal in the Spanish Province of Lleida in 1846. The finding had a very significant coverage in Spanish media: it was reported by all four major sports newspapers and by some of the largest general-interest newspapers, including ABC and La Vanguardia. Career statistics

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International

Honours

Club
 Barcelona
La Liga: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
Copa del Rey: 2008–09
Supercopa de España: 2009, 2010
UEFA Champions League: 2008–09, 2010–11
UEFA Super Cup: 2009
FIFA Club World Cup: 2009

 Ajax
 Eredivisie: 2013–14
 Johan Cruyff Shield: 2013

 Montreal Impact
 Canadian Championship: 2019

International
Spain Youth
UEFA U-17 European Championship: 2007
UEFA U-21 European Championship: 2011

Individual
UEFA U-17 Championship Golden Player: 2007
FIFA U-17 World Cup Bronze Ball: 2007
FIFA U-17 World Cup Bronze Shoe: 2007
La Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year: 2007–08

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External links

 National team data at BDFutbol

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Living people
Spanish people of Serbian descent
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<mask> (23 October 1916 – 27 September 2001) was a German industrialist, socialite and Social Democratic Party politician. In 1950, <mask> regained control of the family's company Rosenthal AG after the fall of Nazi Germany. In 1968, <mask> was awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit and in 1981, the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. From 1970 to 1971, he served as  Germany's Parliamentary Secretary of State under the Ministry of Economic Affairs. <mask> was a public figure, and in addition to being Germany's "China King", he was often recognized for his eccentric lifestyle and personality. Early years
Born October 23, 1916 in Berlin, Germany, <mask> was the only son of porcelain manufacturer <mask> from his second marriage to <mask> (born Franck, Frank) He attended the Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz and the Wittelsbacher-Gymnasium in Munich. With the rise of Nazism, and because of his Jewish origin, he and his family had to emigrate to England in 1934.He then worked in the Foreign Office's propaganda department, among others, with the Soldatensender Calais. Rosenthal AG

In 1947, at the request of the family, he went to Selb for the Wiedergutmachung restitution claims. In 1950, <mask> joined the paternal porcelain company, Rosenthal AG, and became head of the design department in 1952. From 1958 to 1970 and 1972 to 1981 he was chairman of the board. During this time, the company had more than 10,000 employees. From 1981 to 1989, he served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board. As one of the first German entrepreneurs, he introduced a participation system for employees in 1963, "say and have" by means of co-determination and asset formation in productive capital.In 1968, <mask> made headlines when he passed his private share of company ownership in a testamentary way to a foundation for the training of workers to executive staff. In addition, <mask> was President of the German Design Council (1977-1986), Chairman of the Bauhaus Archives in Berlin and Chairman of the Association of the Ceramic Industry. His central concern as a person and entrepreneur was the "designed environment" with original art and contemporary design to enhance the quality of life of the individual. In collaboration with outstanding artists and designers from around the world, <mask> succeeded in the late 1950s and 1960s to make the Rosenthal studio line a recognized model for modern design. From the porcelain factory of his father became a company for contemporary table and living culture. In 1988, <mask> was appointed Professor of Design at the Bremen University of the Arts. One of his guiding principles was: "Whoever thinks too late of the costs ruins his company.Whoever thinks too early of the cost kills creativity. " Politician
In 1969, he joined the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and was elected to the Bundestag in the same year and in 1972 as a direct candidate in the Goslar - Wolfenbüttel electoral district, then to the Bavarian national list of his party. In September 1970, the entrepreneur became Parliamentary Secretary of State under the Ministry of Economic Affairs under Karl Schiller. However, he withdrew from the office in November 1971 due to differences with the latter about the pace of implementation of the employee participation in productive capacity In 1980, he was a member of the SPD Group. Striving for social justice in the interaction between companies and employees was a dominant theme in his life. Personal life

<mask> was known as Germany's Emperor of China. A People profile on <mask> referred to the tycoons' company stating the  "<mask> trademark is to china and glassware what Mercedes-Benz is to cars".He was notorious for his eccentric personality and lifestyle. Married four times, <mask> had numerous extramarital affairs that were regularly published in German tabloids. Along with his family he lived primarily in the 18th-century Erkersreuth Castle near his celebrated ceramics factories in the West German town of Selb. Although he spent much of his life traveling with his five children and wife in a Volkswagen Bus with a red rowing scull on the roof. He designed and lead his family on segmented circle tour of Europe over the course of 20 years;  starting a new segment of their hike or row at exactly the point where they last left off. His bedroom at the castle consisted of a mattress set on sand-colored carpeting, with tentlike drapes covering the walls and ceiling. He smoked cigars and used his home tanning bed frequently.His longest marriage was to Lavinia Day, twenty years his junior. Day is closely related to playwright, Clarence Day, and publisher Benjamin Day. The couple had four children, Shealagh, <mask>, Toby, and Julie. <mask>. briefly worked as Rosenthal's CEO and now runs Könitz Porzellan and Waechtersbach ceramics. His eldest daughter Shealagh Alison Macleod De Bourges <mask>, an artist and art dealer, is married to writer, Doron Weber. <mask> died September 27, 2001 in Selb, Germany and is interred in a Rosenthal porcelain vase in Erkersreuth Castle's garden. Exhibitions
 2016: Rosenthal - a myth.Two men write history. Porzellanikon, Hohenberg an der Eger and Selb. Portrait by Andy Warhol
<mask> mit Zigarre (1980), Andy Warhol, Siebdruck 100 x 100 cm, Loaned by Rosenthal AG in the Ulmer Museum. Selected awards
 1968 Bavarian Order of Merit
 1981 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
 1982 Honorary citizenship of Atlanta
 1989 Honorary citizenship of the city of Selb
 1993 Lower Saxony Order of Merit

Published works
 Einmal Legionär. Albrecht Knaus, Hamburg 1980, . Literature
 Joachim Hauschild: <mask>. Ullstein, Berlin 1999, .Alexandra Siemen-Butz: <mask>. Ein innovativer Unternehmer und politischer Mensch. Berlin 2016, . Film
 1974: <mask>. Reihe: Mäzene. Eine Produktion des Saarländischen Rundfunks (15 Minuten). Buch und Regie: Klaus Peter Dencker

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2001 deaths
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<mask> (born October 25, 1970 in Havana, Cuba), is a Cuban professional boxer in the heavyweight division. Amateur career
<mask> was part of the legendary Cuban boxing program before he defected to the United States. Defecting to the US
In 1994, <mask> escaped from Cuba on a raft with his brothers Eliseo (a fellow boxer) and Eliades and two other friends. <mask> strung together three inner tubes and at the age of 24, made his float to freedom; taking only the clothes on his back and some drinking water. The group spent five days at sea before they drifted ashore in Panama. Soon thereafter, they were returned to Guantanamo Bay. After 18 months of processing the group was allowed to emigrate to the United States.He then moved to Miami, Florida. Professional career
On February 20, 1996, <mask> made his professional boxing debut in Miami, Florida with a first-round TKO win over Kerry Parks. In fact, four of <mask>'s first five pro opponents didn’t make it out of the opening round, and with an aggressive style and south paw power; Elieser quickly became a fan favorite in his adopted home of South Florida. By his ninth fight, <mask> was already fighting for and winning professional titles as he demolished 85-fight veteran Bobby Crabtree in just two rounds to win the WBC Continental Americas title in 1996. A 12-round decision win over Artis Pendergrass two months later put the WBC Fecarbox title belt around his waist, and after four more victories during 1997 and 1998, <mask> appeared to be unstoppable. On May 30, 1998, <mask> was matched up with highly regarded and unbeaten heavyweight contender Chris Byrd. In a highly anticipated clash between two of the sport's rising young stars, Byrd outpointed <mask> over ten rounds in Atlantic City.Six months later, <mask> was back in the ring and back on another winning streak, taking care of seven straight opponents over the next two years. On October 21, 2000, <mask> earned his first title belt as a heavyweight, over hard-hitting 300-pound Paea Wolfgramm during 12 tough rounds, to win the IBO Intercontinental crown. <mask> was considered the underdog when he took on 32-0 Andre Purlette on January 4, 2002. <mask> dismantled the unbeaten Purlette, knocking him out in five rounds. The momentum from the win over Purlette was lost when <mask> dropped a hard-fought 12 round decision to Charles Shufford in October 2002, but eight months later, fighting at his lightest weight since 1997, <mask> bounced back like a champion, knocking out former US Olympian Lawrence Clay-Bey in nine rounds to win the NABF championship. <mask>'s next fight was dubbed: David vs- Goliath as he was pinned up against Corey Sanders, who weighed 85 pounds more than the Cuban southpaw. <mask> retained his NABF belt, beating Sanders.<mask> later knocked out former Cruiserweight World Champion Uriah Grant in the first round. A few months later <mask> faced a defeat during a 12 round war to DaVarryl Williamson on April 17, 2004, a bout in which <mask> sent Williamson to the canvas in round eight. A close decision loss to Kendrick Releford in October 2004 surprised boxing fans, but with a new attitude for 2005, <mask> was ready to get back into the title mix. On April 22, 2005, he faced crafty veteran Otis Tisdale. It was a bout that looked to be competitive on paper, but once the bell rang, it was all <mask>, as he stopped his foe at the 2:43 mark of the opening round. On October 9, 2009 after a year and six months he fought journeyman Charles Davis and was defeated by unanimous decision after six rounds.

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<mask> (born 1941) is an American documentary filmmaker. Early life
<mask> was born <mask> in 1941 in San Francisco, California. Her father, <mask>, was a radio and television producer, director and writer including for You Bet Your Life starring Groucho Marx (1947–1961). Her mother, <mask>, was a restaurant critic for The Los Angeles Times. Hallet graduated in 1964 with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, where she specialized in filmmaking her senior year. While a Peace Corps Volunteer in Tunisia teaching English as Second Language (1964-1966), Hallet co-directed her first hour-long documentary film in French on The Berber Villages of Southern Tunisia. After returning to the United States, she did graduate studies in film at The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)and married <mask>, an architect and professor of architecture.Hallet moved to Salt Lake City where she made several short documentary films with her husband. In 1971, she received a Master of Arts degree in French from the University of Utah. Filmmaking career
In 1971, Hallet's husband <mask> accepted a Fulbright lectureship to the Department of Architecture at Kabul University in Afghanistan. While there Hallet and her husband made two documentaries, The Painted Truck and The Nomads of Badakhshan. These films are still widely shown and have become classics for the Afghan Diaspora living in the United States and Europe because they depict Afghanistan before recent wars ravaged the country. After returning from Afghanistan, Hallet accepted a job as a documentary filmmaker and producer/reporter for KUTV, the NBC affiliate in Salt Lake City, Utah. During her 14 years at KUTV, Hallet produced over 100 short films and 25 long form documentaries.The subjects were extremely varied and included the documentaries Buckaroos, Navajo Hopi Land Dispute, and A Very Special Dance. After moving to Washington DC, Hallet worked for National Geographic Television’s weekly show, National Geographic Explorer, as the Senior Producer supervising over 60 documentaries as well as producing and directing four of her own including The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall, Gauchos, and El Dorado Gold. After leaving National Geographic in 1991, Hallet produced and directed 17 hour-long documentary films through her own company, Judith Dwan Hallet Productions, Inc.  Again her films were diverse from The American Buffalo Battling Back to Witness to Hope: The Life and Times of Pope John Paul II to Moby-Dick and Lords of the Garden (on a tribe in Western Papua New Guinea). Numerous newspaper and magazine articles describe and review Hallet's films. Selected filmography
Hallet was producer and director of the following films, unless noted. Additional information about these films including the awards they received can be found at the <mask> D. Hallet archives in the Special Collections of the J. Willard Marriott Library of the University of Utah. A Story of Leadership and Innovation (1995)(Also writer)Winner of New York Film Festival (1995), Golden Eagle Award, CINE Film & Video Festival (1995)
Moby-Dick (1996)(Also writer)Produced for Cronkite Ward TV for Discovery Communications, aired on The Learning Channel Great Books (TV Program); Gold Award, Houston International Film Festival (1997), Golden Eagle Award, CINE Film & Video Festival (1997)
A Place in the Land (1997)(Field director)Produced for Guggenheim Productions; Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary (Short Subject)(1998)
American Buffalo Battling Back, Spirit of a Nation (1998)(Also writer)Produced for The National Wildlife Federation & WNET for "Nature", aired on PBS; Best of Festival Masters Series Award, CINE (2000), Best Documentary, Malibu International Film Festival (1999)
Stealing Time: The New Science of Aging.Turning Back the Clock (1999)(Also writer)Aired on PBS; Gold Award, Houston International Film Festival (2000), Golden Eagle, CINE Film & Video Festival (2000)

2000s and 2010s films
Building Big: Dams (2000)(Also co-written with Larry Klein)Produced for WGBH/NOVA & aired on PBS, George Peabody Award
Witness to Hope. The Life of Karol Wojtyla, Pope John Paul II (2001)(Also writer; Co-produced with Catherine Wyler)Aired on PBS, Special Jury Gold Award, Houston International Film Festival (2002), Platinum Best of Show for Directing and Gold Award for Documentary, Aurora Awards (2005)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde (2002)(Also writer)Produced for Cronkite Ward TV for Discovery Communications, aired on The Learning Channel; Golden Eagle Award at CINE Film & Video Festival (2003), Platium Award at Houston International Film Festival (2003)
John Kluge: The Will to Make a Difference (2003) (Also writer)
Tale of the Tongs (2013)(Co-produced & co-directed with Stanley Hallet; also writer)

Publications
Discovering Tunisian Cuisine. Co-authored with Raoudha Guellali Ben Taarit and Hasna Trabelsi. Spirit of Place/Spirit of Design, 2019. .

General awards and recognition
Awards for specific films are in the Filmography section. Woman of Vision Award for Creative Excellence, 1995, Women in Film & Video, Washington DC (Also known as the Women in Film & Video-DC Women of Vision Awards)
Mayor’s Art Award for Excellence in an Artistic Discipline, 2001, Washington DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Emmy for Outstanding Contribution to the Profession in the Last 25 years, 2008, The National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Around the World on Film with Judy Dwan Hallet, 2013, Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C.
An Evening with Judith Dwan Hallet, 2013, National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
March Filmmaker of the Month Award, 2015, District of Columbia Office of Motion Picture & Television Development

Archives
Hallet’s films and videos are archived at The University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections. Hallet's papers and journals are archived in the same Library. References

External links

1941 births
Living people
American documentary filmmakers
Women documentary filmmakers
Film directors from California
Film directors from Utah
Film directors from Washington, D.C.
Sarah Lawrence College alumni
University of Utah alumni
 Peace Corps volunteers

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<mask><mask>, Jr. (1913 – January 12, 1998) was a well-known educational psychologist who studied the cognitive development of students during their college years. He was a professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and founder and longtime director of the Bureau of Study Counsel. While at Harvard, he developed his theory of the intellectual and cognitive development of college-age students through a 15-year study during the 1950s and 1960s. He published his work in 1970 as Forms of Intellectual and Ethical Development in the College Years. His work was very influential in the field of student development. <mask> also translated, with Alsten Hurd Chase, Homer's Iliad. He was born in Paris and graduated from Harvard University.<mask>'s scheme
The <mask> scheme is a model for understanding how college students come to understand knowledge, the ideas they hold about "knowing", and the ways in which knowing is a part of the cognitive processes of thinking and reasoning. <mask> (1970) proposed that college students pass through a predictable sequence of positions of epistemological growth. Fundamental to the <mask> scheme is a student's nine-position progression from dualist to relativist epistemologies. Learners move from viewing truth in absolute terms of Right and Wrong (obtained from “Good” or “Bad” Authorities) to recognizing multiple, conflicting versions of “truth” representing legitimate alternatives. Significantly, the intent of the original research was “a purely descriptive formulation of students’ experience,” rather than a “prescriptive program intended to ‘get’ students to develop” (<mask>, 1981, p. 107). The <mask> scheme of epistemic development becomes prescriptive when teaching and curriculum are “optimally designed to invite, encourage, challenge, and support students in such development” (<mask>, 1981, p. 107). The nine positions of the <mask> scheme can be grouped into three broader categories, which <mask> (1981) identified as: 1) dualism modified (or dualism + multiplicity), 2) relativism discovered, and 3) commitments in relativism developed.The <mask> scheme addresses issues distinct from those commonly discussed under the rubric of “critical thinking.” Critical thinking can be understood as the ability to weigh evidence, examine arguments, and construct rational bases for beliefs, but it also includes self-examination of reasoning processes (i.e., metacognition) to evaluate their appropriateness and effectiveness. However, <mask>'s scheme speaks to epistemic issues underlying critical thinking: students’ assumptions concerning the nature and acquisition of knowledge (or truth). Since his work, further research on epistemological beliefs and reasoning has refined, extended and adapted <mask>'s developmental sequence. <mask>'s Epistemology has also been extended by Baxter Magolda and co-workers who were looking at students' intellectual development and in particular the exposure to the research environment. Knefelkamp and Slepitza (1978) saw the Perry Scheme as a general process model providing a descriptive framework for viewing the development of an individual's reasoning about many aspects of the world. They applied the scheme (with apparent success) to the development of an individual's thinking about career planning. The assumption “that personal epistemology is unidimensional and develops in a fixed progression of stages” has been challenged (Schommer, 1990, p. 498).Nevertheless, <mask>'s seminal work continues to function as the primary reference point for the discussion on epistemological growth in the adult learner. In addition, "Bill" <mask> was a beloved counselor to undergraduates at Harvard. He was able to deeply empathize in a way that touched the hearts and lives of many students, including some of the minority students who came from first generation college families in the 1970s. Summary of <mask>'s research

<mask>'s scheme outlines a student's nine-position progression from dualist thinking to relativist thinking and then to commitment. Bibliography
<mask>, <mask>. (1948). Of counselors and college. Harvard Educational Review.18, pp. 8–34
<mask>, <mask>., Estes, Stanley G., & Mowrer, O. Hobart. (1953). "The collaboration of client and counselor", in Mowrer, O. Hobart Psychotherapy: theory and research, (pp. 95–119). Oxford: Ronald Press Co.
<mask>, <mask>. & Whitlock, Charles P. (1954). A clinical rationale for a reading film.Harvard Educational Review. 24, pp. 6–27. <mask>, <mask>. (1955). The findings of the Commission in Counseling and Guidance. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 63, 396-407
<mask>, <mask>. (1959).Students' uses and misuses of reading skills: A report to the faculty. Harvard Educational Review. 29, 193-200
<mask>, <mask>., Jr. et al.(1968). Patterns of Development in Thought and Values of Students in a Liberal Arts College: A Validation of a Scheme. Final Report. <mask>, <mask>., Jr. (1970). Forms of Intellectual and Ethical Development in the College Years: A Scheme.(New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.) <mask>, <mask>., Jr. (1976). Give Shorthand Homework a Skillbuilding Facelift! Journal of Business Education, 52, 2, 85-87
<mask>, <mask>., Jr. (1981). "Cognitive and Ethical Growth: The Making of Meaning", in Arthur W. Chickering and Associates, The Modern American College (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass): 76-116. References

Sources
 Basseches, M. (1978). Beyond closed-system problem-solving: A study of metasystematic aspects of mature thought.Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University. Bendixen, L. D. (1998). A phenomenological study of epistemic doubt. Doctoral dissertation, University of Nebraska. Broughton, J. (1975). The development of natural epistemology in adolescence and adulthood.Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University. Hofer, B. K. and Pintrich, P. R. (1997, Spring). The development of epistemological theories: Beliefs about knowledge and knowing and their relation to learning. Review of Educational Research, 67 (1), 88-140. King, P. M. and Kitchener, K. S. (1994). Developing reflective judgment: Understanding and promoting intellectual growth and critical thinking in adolescents and adults. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.Knefelkamp, L. L. and Slepitza, R. (1978). A cognitive-development model of career development: An adaptation of the <mask> scheme. In C. A. Parker (Ed. ), Encouraging Development in college students. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press. Kuhn, D. (1991). The skills of argument.New York: Cambridge University Press. Labouvie-Vief, G. (1984). Logic and self-regulation from youth to maturity: A model. In M. L. Commons, F. A. Richards, & C. Armon (Eds. ), Beyond formal operations: Late adolescent and adult cognitive development (pp. 158–179). New York: Praeger.Moore, W. S. (1989). The learning environment preferences: Exploring the construct validity of an objective measure of the <mask> scheme of intellectual development. Journal of College Student Development, 30, 504-514. Moore, W. S. (1994). The <mask> schema. In K. W. Prichard & R. M. Sawyer (Eds. ), Handbook of college teaching.Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. <mask>, W. G. (1981). Cognitive and ethical growth: The making of meaning. In A. W. Chickering & Assoc. (Eds. ), The modern American college (pp. 76–116).San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Ryan, M. P. (1984). Monitoring text comprehension: Individual differences in epistemological standards. Journal of Educational Psychology, 76, 248-258. Schommer, M. (1990). Effects of beliefs about the nature of knowledge on comprehension. Journal of Educational Psychology, 82(3), 498-504.1913 births
1998 deaths
Harvard University faculty
American psychologists
Harvard University alumni
Translators of Homer
20th-century psychologists

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<mask> (born May 10, 1957), better known by his stage name <mask>, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, rhythm guitarist, lyricist, novelist, short story writer, playwright, journalist, actor and screenwriter, famous for his frequent collaborations with fellow musician Laufer and for being a major exponent of rap rock and cyberpunk literature in Brazil. His best known compositions are the 1987 hit "Kátia Flávia, a Godiva do Irajá" and "Rio 40°", recorded by Fernanda Abreu in 1992. Biography
<mask> was born on May 10, 1957 in Rio de Janeiro. He graduated in Journalism at the PUC-RJ (where he met and befriended Laufer) in 1983, and in his free time used to perform short theatrical sketches which mixed poetry and music in clubhouses and cafés of Rio, under the stage name <mask> – an homage to one of his favorite actresses, the late <mask>. He began his musical career in 1986, after listening to a suggestion by one of his college friends, filmmaker Carlos "Cacá" Diegues, and signed with WEA (present-day Warner Music Group) to release his debut album, <mask>awcett e os Robôs Efêmeros, the following year. Described as a "cyberpunk concept album that strolls through a Blade Runner-esque Copacabana", it spawned his most memorable song, "Kátia Flávia, a Godiva do Irajá", that would be included in the soundtracks of the telenovela O Outro and of the films Bitter Moon (by Roman Polanski) and Elite Squad (by José Padilha), and would also be covered by Fernanda Abreu. Its follow-up from 1989, Império dos Sentidos, produced by Os Paralamas do Sucesso frontman Herbert Vianna, is a "porno-futuristic opera" which follows closely the experimental and minimalistic sonority of its predecessor.A photograph of then-model Sílvia Pfeifer was used as its cover art. In 1990 Fawcett published his first novel, Santa Clara Poltergeist, through Editora Eco. It was followed by Básico Instinto, a short story anthology, which came out through Relume-Dumará in 1992. Both books would later serve as the inspiration for his third album, also named Básico Instinto, from 1993. Afterwards he stopped making albums to dedicate himself to his literary career, although he still performs and collaborates with other musicians (such as Rogério Skylab, Fernanda Abreu and Samuel Rosa of Skank, with whom we wrote "Balada do Amor Inabalável" off the band's 2000 album Maquinarama). He also starred in the 2016 horror film Vampiro 40° as Vlak, a vampire who is also a drug dealer. The film was based on a TV series broadcast by Canal Brasil in 2010, Vampiro Carioca, which Fawcett wrote and by itself was based on the book As Aventuras do Vampiro Carioca, by Lúcia Chataignier.As of 2015 Fawcett has published five books, the last of which being the novella Pororoca Rave. Two further works, Cachorrada Doentia and the "children's novel" Loirinha Levada, announced by him in the late 2000s/early 2010s, have yet to be released. In 2014, Santa Clara Poltergeist and Básico Instinto, which were out of print for years, were re-published by Curitiba-based Editora Encrenca. Encrenca also published a comic book adaptation of "Kátia Flávia, a Godiva do Irajá", drawn by Iuri Casaes. As of 2016 Fawcett is working on a feature film based on "Kátia Flávia" – Maitê Proença is being eyed for the title role. On an interview from January 16, 2017, he claimed he also planned a film adaptation of his book Favelost. In 2018 Fawcett collaborated with pop rock band Leela on their digital single "2000 Light Years from Home" – a cover of the song by The Rolling Stones.In January 2019 <mask> reactivated his backing band Os Robôs Efêmeros, now comprising Laufer, Jodele Larcher, Gabriela Camilo and Fábio Caldeira, launching the "Cachorrada Doentia" show, which serves as a teaser for his eponymous upcoming book. It was his first performance in over 20 years. Personal life
<mask> is a huge pop culture enthusiast, and shows it on his vast array of musical and literary influences; among them are The Rolling Stones, Sex Pistols, the Jovem Guarda movement, William Blake, João da Cruz e Sousa, Bob Kane, Anthony Burgess, Jean-Paul Sartre, Charles Baudelaire, Paulo Leminski, Clarice Lispector, Aldous Huxley, Jorge Mautner, Antônio Callado, Dalton Trevisan, William Gibson and Rubem Fonseca. He was known for his heavy drinking in the 1980s, which made him develop liver and heart problems; as of 2008, he is a teetotaler. He roots for the Fluminense Football Club.

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<mask> (1965 – 6 May 2003), commonly referred to as El Yeyo, was a Mexican suspected drug lord and former high-ranking member of the Gulf Cartel, a criminal group based in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Prior to his involvement in drug trafficking, <mask> owned a flower business in Miguel Alemán. He was part of the cartel during the 1990s and was a trusted enforcer of the former kingpin Gilberto García Mena. <mask>'s role in the cartel was managing drug shipments from Tamaulipas to the United States. Security forces believed <mask> was not a violent crime boss; he preferred to indulge in his personal interests, which included promoting music and entertainment, managing his restaurant chains, and running his horse-breeding business. After joining the cartel, he continued to pose as a legitimate businessman to keep a low profile. In the late 1990s, <mask> encountered problems with García Mena, who sought the support of the cartel's leader Osiel Cárdenas Guillén to oust him.<mask> broke ties with the Gulf Cartel and forged alliances with the Sinaloa, Milenio, and Juárez cartels. The Gulf Cartel reportedly blamed <mask> for the April 2001 arrest of García Mena and plotted to kill him. He fled to Nuevo León, where he established his center of operations. <mask> survived an attempt on his life a month later but he was killed in Guadalajara in May 2003. His murder remains unsolved, but investigators believe his killers were probably members of Los Zetas, the Gulf Cartel's former paramilitary group. Personal life and career
<mask>, who is commonly referred to by his nickname El Yeyo, was born in Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas, Mexico, in 1965. Before becoming involved in drug trafficking, <mask> owned a flower business in Miguel Alemán.He later joined the Tamaulipas-based criminal group the Gulf Cartel and worked as a smuggler under the kingpin Gilberto García Mena ("El June"). <mask> and García Mena worked with the drug trafficker Fidel Hinojosa ("El Choco"); Ricardo Garza Manríquez, the former Miguel Alemán Public Security Department head; and Zeferino Peña Cuéllar ("Don Zefe"), the former head of the Miguel Alemán Municipal Police. In the Gulf Cartel, <mask> was reportedly responsible for coordinating drug trafficking shipments from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, to the United States. In 1999, the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA) identified <mask> as a rising drug smuggler. Security forces suspected he kept a low-profile status and posed as a businessman. He used the pseudonyms Gilberto Salinas and <mask> Flores to hide his real identity. <mask>'s cousin Rolando <mask> ("El Rolis") was reportedly his personal assistant.<mask> acted as <mask>'s personal bodyguard and head of his security services. Murder operations conducted by <mask> were ordered directly by García Mena; <mask> allowed this because he preferred not to be linked to that part of the business. According to Mexican security forces, <mask> was not known to be a violent criminal leader. He reportedly avoided ordering murders, preferring to focus on drug trafficking and his other interests, which included promoting ranchera music and entertainment, cockfighting, managing his restaurant chains, and equestrianism and horse breeding. His affinity for breeding fine horses earned him the nickname "El Señor de los Caballos" (English: The Lord of the Horses). <mask> was one of the wealthiest people in Miguel Alemán; he owned multiple properties, including an estate known as The Bougainvilleas (Spanish: Las Bugambilias), where he hosted the city's anniversary parties and multiple horse-racing events. García Mena and the Miguel Alemán mayor Raúl Rodríguez Barrera sometimes attended these events.Other invitees included local officials, members of the Mexican military, and bettors from across Mexico. Authorities suspected his horse-breeding business was a money laundering front and that he used a strawperson to manage it. One of <mask>'s last public appearances was on 22 June 2000 when he was seen at the opening of a restaurant in Monterrey; nine pictures of the event were leaked to the Monterrey-based newspaper Diario de Monterrey two years later. <mask> appeared with multiple people, including the Nuevo León governor Fernando Canales Clariond. Other attendees included the Santiago mayor Eduardo Manuel García Garza and the priest Alejandro Leal, who conducted the inauguration blessings. <mask> was with his girlfriend María Eugenia Garza Díaz, the daughter of the restaurant owner. When <mask> was not attending his businesses in Tamaulipas, he spent his time in Texas, where he reportedly continued to run drug trafficking activities.According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, <mask> was a legal U.S. resident and lived at a house in Houston with a female named Yolanda and a male named Roberto Pérez <mask>. Security forces suspected that <mask> used Houston as a safe haven; he had a criminal background in Houston where he was identified as an illegal people smuggler. On his Texas driver's license, his name was listed as Adelio <mask>. He was listed as being  tall and weighing . His date of birth was listed as 26 June 1955, whereas in Mexico his year of birth was listed as 1965. The U.S. driver's license was once suspended by a Texan judge; <mask> was released on parole and was re-issued with a new license with the same Houston address. New alliances
<mask> and García Mena began having disagreements in the late 1990s.The differences started after <mask> began diversifying the Gulf Cartel's portfolio and started smuggling cocaine to the U.S. from Tamaulipas. García Mena primarily smuggled marijuana through this corridor. García Mena sought support from Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, the top leader of the Gulf Cartel, to try to oust <mask>. <mask> sided with <mask> and sought the support of rival organized crime groups. In mid-2000, <mask> and <mask> met with members of the Sinaloa Cartel and brokered a drug deal without the Gulf Cartel's approval. <mask> eventually left the Gulf Cartel and formed an alliance with the Sinaloa Cartel, which promised <mask> larger profits in exchange for allowing them to smuggle drugs in Tamaulipas. This prompted García Mena and the Gulf Cartel to fully cut ties with <mask> and his group.<mask> forged an alliance with the Sinaloa Cartel, Milenio Cartel, and Juárez Cartel, which operated as a triangle organization. In 2000, the Attorney General's Office (PGR) confirmed an alliance between <mask> and Arturo Beltrán Leyva, a kingpin who had ties with the drug lords Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and Ignacio Coronel Villarreal. According to information provided by United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), <mask> also worked closely with the Milenio Cartel kingpin Armando Valencia Cornelio. <mask> was reportedly the Milenio Cartel's main intermediary in Monterrey, Nuevo León. Investigators also believed <mask> allowed the Milenio Cartel to smuggle drugs from Nuevo Laredo to Texas. Intelligence reports, however, indicated Valencia Cornelio did not fully trust <mask> because he believed he was a law enforcement informant. To defend himself from the Gulf Cartel's front, <mask> also sided with Dionisio Román García Sánchez ("El Chacho"), a former state police officer and head of a Nuevo Laredo-based smuggling group known as Los Chachos.Los Chachos had an alliance with the triangle organization <mask> worked with and helped them smuggle drugs in Tamaulipas. Los Chachos also helped <mask>'s group fight off the Gulf Cartel's forces in their turf. In his new role, <mask> continued to pose as a legitimate businessman. He was tasked with ensuring his new organization had political support and protection from the police, especially because they were operating in a locale they were not originally from. To gain political support in northern Mexico, <mask>'s new leaders tasked him with finding an influential politician to support them. <mask> reached out to the National Action Party (PAN) politician Mauricio Fernández Garza, who was running for governor of Nuevo León in 2003. According to Fernández, <mask> contacted him in early 2003 for a meeting;  <mask> once visited his office to deliver several suitcases filled with U.S. dollars.The money was reportedly intended to help  Fernández finance his campaign in exchange for his political support and permission to operate in Nuevo León should Fernández win the election. Fernández said he did not accept the money. Downfall
On 22 September 2000, the Gulf Cartel carried out an armed attack against <mask> in Miguel Alemán. He was injured in the attack but his chauffeur Héctor Arias was wounded. The attack was presumed to be carried out on García Mena's orders. Five days later, six gunmen were arrested in Ciudad Camargo, Tamaulipas, following an anonymous tip provided to the Tamaulipas State Police. In their confession to the police, the gunmen said they were hired by <mask> and were from the Sinaloan cities of Culiacán and Guamúchil.They also said they were stationed in Nuevo León and ordered to make incursions into Tamaulipas. This alarmed the police of the presence of organized crime members from other turfs outside Tamaulipas. On 27 November 2000, the Miguel Alemán Rural Police chief Pablo Gaytán Mejía was murdered by four gunmen, presumably on <mask>'s orders. Gaytán Mejía was reportedly a close friend of García Mena and helped facilitate his drug operations. After the attack, García Mena's henchmen killed the four gunmen. Fearing for his life, <mask> fled Miguel Alemán and settled in Monterrey. His family fled the area after learning about his issues with García Mena.<mask>'s estate was abandoned but he continued to visit the city discreetly. On 9 April 2001, the Mexican Army arrested García Mena after a week-long manhunt in Guardados de Abajo, Camargo. The Gulf Cartel suspected <mask> plotted against him by informing Mexican authorities of his whereabouts. They also believed the way security forces raided several properties containing drugs and the house where García Mena was hiding was unusually specific, which led them to believe <mask> had betrayed them. The Gulf Cartel thus carried out a search to kill  <mask> and other aligned with his faction. To increase law enforcement and media attention against <mask> and several of his accomplices, Cárdenas Guillén's lawyer Juan Jesús Guerrero Chapa leaked a false rumor that <mask> was part of a new Nuevo León-based criminal group known as the Monterrey Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Monterrey) to the national press in mid-2001. This media strategy was also employed to help ease the increasing law enforcement pressure the Gulf Cartel was experiencing in Tamaulipas following the arrest of García Mena and to help refocus their efforts against Cárdenas Guillén's turf competitors.Federal and state officials later stated that the Monterrey Cartel did not exist. Assassination attempt
On 13 May 2001, <mask> attended a Vicente Fernández music concert inside a cockpit arena in Guadalupe, Nuevo León. At around 4:00 am, approximately fourteen gunmen from the Gulf Cartel's former paramilitary group Los Zetas stormed the arena searching for him. Authorities confirmed that the gunmen were carrying AK-47s and .38 calibre firearms, identified themselves as members of the army, and ordered people to stay on the ground. The gunmen entered the arena and fired their guns into the air to create confusion among the attendees and force <mask> to flee outside, where the gunmen planned to kill him. Surveillance videos captured <mask> in the front seats of the event sitting next to a blond woman. He was able to leave before the gunmen entered the arena after his bodyguards alerted him of the presence of armed men outside.<mask> had at least twenty bodyguards posted inside and outside the arena. He left the premises escorted by his gunmen and by merging  with the crowd of concert attendees. He did not suffer any injuries. Outside the premises, Los Zetas shot at multiple vehicles and injured a bystander but they failed to kill their intended target. Authorities initially suspected García Mena ordered the attack as retaliation for <mask>'s alleged involvement in his arrest. Other authorities suspected Cárdenas Guillén ordered the attack because he saw <mask> as a threat to his hegemony and wanted to eliminate the competition on his turf. Investigators stated the Gulf Cartel was tracking <mask>'s whereabouts in Nuevo León and were reportedly close to killing him at his home in Monterrey days prior.Upon discovering that <mask> was planning to attend the event that night, the Gulf Cartel mounted an operation against him. Prior to the attack, <mask> was a relatively unknown crime boss outside his area of influence. Los Zetas was also a newly formed group within the Gulf Cartel and was not well known outside Tamaulipas. The attack catapulted to fame both Los Zetas and <mask> to national attention. Among politicians, the incident raised worries about the presence of drug lords in Nuevo León and the alleged existence of the Monterrey Cartel. On 3 June 2001, a picture of <mask> sitting in the arena's seats was published by the Monterrey-based newspaper El Norte. A few days later, an anonymous citizen issued a memo to the PGR and El Norte with pictures of <mask> accusing <mask> of being in public places in Miguel Alemán with armed men and that local authorities did nothing to stop him.Authorities suspect this memo was submitted by his rivals. Later that month, the PGR and Nuevo León authorities confirmed <mask> did not have a pending arrest warrant or a formal indictment at a federal and state level. Both levels of government agreed to work together to formally start an investigation against <mask>'s alleged criminal activities. PGR investigator Mario Roldán Quirino opened an investigation against him. Roldán Quirino, however, was murdered on 21 February 2002. Aftermath and manhunt
Following the assassination attempt, authorities increased their efforts to arrest <mask>, one of the most-wanted criminals in northern Mexico. On 5 June 2001, the Mexican Army carried out a secret operation in Mier, Miguel Alemán, and Camargo to arrest <mask> and suspected Gulf Cartel trafficker Alesio García Peña ("El Huarachón").They raided multiple properties, including two houses in Mier tied to García Peña, a ranch owned by García Mena, and a property in Camargo, where they seized  of marijuana. The Army also set up a checkpoint in front of <mask>'s estate but did not raid it. The PGR confirmed the drugs were not linked to the traffickers for whom they

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 were searching and one person was arrested in the operation. The operation lasted less than a day; the federal troops returned to their barracks before midnight. Local authorities supported the measures carried out by the Army and the PGR, and stated that they expected more secret operations to be carried out in the area in light of the growing presence of organized crime activity in northern Mexico. On 4 August 2001, a shootout between <mask>'s and <mask>' gunmen broke out outside a cockfighting arena in Reynosa. According to police reports, the gunmen got into a verbal dispute at the parking lot of the arena after the Bobby Pulido music concert ended.Three people were injured in the attack. Authorities drew similarities with the shootout in Nuevo León months prior in which <mask> was targeted. On 30 October 2001, approximately fourteen gunmen stormed an estate in Monterrey to kill Peña Cuéllar. One person was killed and two others were injured but Peña Cuéllar was not present when the incident occurred. According to police reports, the attack may have been ordered by <mask> as vengeance after he discovered Peña Cuéllar had started the rumor that <mask> was responsible for García Mena arrest. Security forces suspected that by framing <mask>, Peña Cuéllar wanted to earn a high-ranking position within Cárdenas Guillén's chain of command. García Mena had originally framed <mask> as his informant and blamed him for his capture.On 20 November 2001, <mask>'s bodyguard Juan Martínez Torres ("El Banano") was kidnapped in Miguel Alemán. A few days later, <mask>'s lead accountant Jaime Barrera Peña was also kidnapped; police suspected they were probably kidnapped by Cárdenas Guillén's faction. On 28 November 2001, eighteen gunmen broke into an estate owned by Raymundo Garza Garza , a suspected Gulf Cartel member, in Cadereyta. The gunmen killed one of the property guards and injured two children. The PGR and the Mexican Army raided the property a few days later in search of <mask>, and continued their searches in Monterrey to arrest him and several of his associates, including Mario Ramírez ("La Gata") and René García Solís ("La Pata de Garra"), Raymundo's sibling. The attack was reportedly carried out on <mask>'s orders because René was linked to Peña Cuéllar. The gunmen mistook Raymundo's estate for René's.On 13 May 2002, the Gulf Cartel kidnapped <mask>'s associate García Sánchez in Monterrey; he was tortured and killed, and his corpse was abandoned in Nuevo Progreso, Tamaulipas, a few days later. Killings and attacks between the Gulf Cartel and <mask>'s faction continued in Nuevo León through the rest of the year. The escalating dispute between both groups led to additional military deployments of the Mexican Armed Forces in Tamaulipas and Nuevo León. Closing in on <mask>
In late 2002, authorities seized multiple drug shipments reportedly owned by <mask>'s group. On 9 October 2002, former Tamaulipas State Police chief Carlos González Pamatz was arrested in Houston with  of cocaine from <mask>'s group. The following day, federal policemen stationed in China, Nuevo León, arrested suspected drug traffickers Jorge Calzada García and Patricia Rodríguez Madrigal, who were in possession of  of cocaine in a vehicle. In their police confession, Calzada García said he was hired by a man named Evelio or <mask>, who went by the alias El Yeyo.He said he did not recall this man's last name. Policemen suspected he was referring to <mask>. Calzada García was paid US$4,000 to transport the drugs; he said he was told to collect the vehicle filled with drugs at a shopping center in San Pedro Garza García and drive it to Reynosa, where he initially brokered the deal and received the vehicle's keys from El Yeyo. Rodríguez Madrigal said she was not aware of the drug deal. The couple was driving a Peugeot that was bought in the state of Jalisco but had Tamaulipas license plates. Investigators began investigating a drug link between Monterrey, Reynosa, and Guadalajara. While facing a judge, however, Calzada García retracted his statement and said he did not recall the exact name of the man who hired him.He said the man's name was <mask> Ramírez or Rodríguez, that his nickname was La Yeya, and that he lived in McAllen, Texas. This was the second largest drug seizure in Nuevo León in 2002 and showed the PGR López Falcón was likely operating in Monterrey and trying to take over the turf from Cárdenas Guillén. Reynosa was generally considered a turf controlled by Cárdenas Guillén. On 14 March 2003, the Mexican Army arrested Cárdenas Guillén in Matamoros. Prior to his capture, the Gulf Cartel experienced several major blows from law enforcement crackdowns, including the arrests of some of Cárdenas Guillén's lieutenants such as García Mena, Adán Medrano Rodríguez, Rubén Sauceda Rivera, and José Manuel Garza Rendón. Authorities believed Cárdenas Guillén's possible successors were Peña Cuéllar, Víctor Manuel Vázquez Mireles, Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa, and Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez. They reiterated that one of the major targets was <mask>, who they regarded as one of the top-three Gulf Cartel leaders in the past two years.They said unlike other gangs like Los Chachos, <mask> had the operational capacity to confront the Gulf Cartel. The Army and the PGR thus refocused their efforts to apprehend him; they feared he had become one of the leading drug lords in northern Mexico and south Texas. They also suspected he no longer lived in Tamaulipas and had relocated to Nuevo León, where he reportedly owned several money laundering fronts. Death
On 6 May 2003, two gunmen murdered <mask> in a restaurant in Guadalajara, Jalisco. The gunmen sat at a table close to <mask>, who was having breakfast with horse breeder Óscar Alejandro Coker Preciado and an unidentified woman. <mask> finished his food and chatted for over an hour afterwards. When he ordered the check, the gunmen stood up and began walking towards the restroom.On their way, they passed next to the table where <mask> was sitting and shot him from behind. Investigators confirmed <mask> was shot three times in the head at point-blank range and died at the scene. According to investigators, <mask> arrived at the restaurant after being dropped off by someone else. He had no bodyguards with him. Authorities requested the closure of the restaurant until further notice so evidence from the crime scene could be gathered. <mask> was at the restaurant discussing the purchase of a pure-bred horse, which he wanted to take to one of his ranches in Texas. Coker Preciado and <mask> had previously met in Texas and Monterrey.Coker Preciado was unharmed in the attack but suffered a nervous breakdown and was attended to by emergency staff when they arrived at the scene. The other person who was eating with them left moments before the murder. A police officer guarding a nearby bank heard the gunshots; he thought a bank robbery was underway and called for reinforcements. The Guadalajara Municipal Police were the first to arrive at the scene; they discovered <mask>'s body sitting next to his table. When he died, <mask> had with him four cellphones, a push-to-talk device, US$1,260 and MXN$6,200 in cash, several credit cards, his Texas driver's license, a Rolex watch, a gold ring and necklace, and a business card from a McAllen-based construction company. Investigation
When news of the murder was made public, it was not known that the victim was <mask> and/or a suspected crime boss. Preliminary reports described the victim as a businessman from Monterrey; rumors the businessman was a crime boss, likely <mask> himself, began circulating.Mexican authorities doubted the victim was <mask> because they thought it was unusual that he was in Guadalajara, which was far from his center of operations. Investigators had information that he was hiding in McAllen. <mask>'s identity card named him by his alternate first name Adelio. Jalisco authorities suspected the victim was probably <mask> and federal authorities did not discard this possibility. His identity was confirmed by the Jalisco authorities on 8 May after they cross-referenced his identity cards with information federal authorities had on file. Jalisco authorities confirmed that <mask> had no pending criminal charges in Jalisco but said he was suspected of being involved in drug trafficking in Tamaulipas and Nuevo León. The same day, Jalisco's attorney general Gerardo Octavio Solís Gómez confirmed the PGR was taking over the case and placing it under federal jurisdiction; the case would be headed by the Specialized Unit Against Organized Crime (UEDO), one of the PGR's former branches.State officials requested the PGR's assistance on the case because of <mask>'s criminal profile and his alleged involvement in drug trafficking, a crime that falls under federal jurisdiction. The UEDO said the investigation would also include the charges of illegal possession of military-exclusive firearms and organized crime involvement against the suspects. They were expecting Jalisco authorities to open a separate homicide case under state jurisdiction. Federal authorities asked state officials to withhold information about the case from the public and recommended secrecy in the investigation. The federal government dispatched troops from the Federal Investigation Agency (AFI) and the PGR to Guadalajara. They were planning to increase security in Jalisco and Nuevo León to prevent a violent response from organized crime groups. <mask> was the suspected successor to <mask>; authorities believed a turf war between his faction and those aligned with Cárdenas Guillén was a possible aftermath.The UEDO also took Coker Preciado to Mexico City for questioning. Coker Preciado confirmed to investigators that there were two gunmen in the attack and that they escaped the crime scene in a white vehicle. Eyewitnesses said <mask>'s killers were dressed in white and walked away from the scene after killing him but most were unable to provide investigators with physical descriptions of them. The policeman at the bank said he saw the gunmen; he was the only person who provided the PGR with this information. Some eyewitnesses said a woman arrived at the restaurant moments after the murder to inspect the scene but investigators could not link her with <mask>. At the scene, investigators discovered two .45 pistol bullet casings. According to the PGR and SEDENA, their main line of investigation was that <mask>n's orders.They suspected Jesús Enrique Rejón Aguilar ("El Mamito"), Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano ("El Lazca"), Luis Alberto Guerrero Reyes ("El Guerrero"), and/or Óscar Guerrero Silva ("El Winniepooh") may have participated in the murder. Before joining organized crime, these men were members of the Mexican Army's Special Forces Airmobile Group (GAFE) and were hired by Cárdenas Guillén as part of his security circle. Another line of investigation suggested <mask> may have been killed by a gambling group within the horse-racing or cockfighting industries; he was known for gambling millions on these sports and the police believed the method the gunmen used to kill <mask> was one not usually used by Tamaulipas-based criminal groups. The police did not discard the possibility <mask> may have been betrayed and killed on orders of the Milenio Cartel's leadership circle, or by members of Los Texas, a Nuevo Laredo-based gang that was a rival to both <mask>ón and the Gulf Cartel. Body handling and funeral
<mask>'s corpse was first kept at the Forensic Medical Service in Jalisco, where authorities expected his family members to reclaim it. They wanted to interview his relatives about the case. On 8 May, a man who identified himself as <mask>'s nephew telephoned the morgue asking how to reclaim the body but he did not arrive in person.Another man called the morgue asking for similar details; he grew angry at staff and told them he would forcibly take the body if they did not give it to him. This incident alarmed authorities, and forced them to guard the morgue and <mask>'s body using security forces from Guadalajara metropolitan area, the Jalisco State Police, the PGR, and AFI, until further notice. On 9 May, <mask>'s sister traveled from Roma, Texas, to Guadalajara to confirm the identity of the corpse. She was accompanied by her two attorneys to start the body reclamation process. The UEDO interviewed his sister before meeting with the Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences, who gathered her blood samples and conducted DNA tests on the body. The test results were expected to be ready in one or two weeks, and Jalisco authorities stated that the corpse would not be given to relatives until their family link was confirmed. The PGR were responsible for setting the date when the body would be given to <mask>'s family.After the DNA tests, his sister returned to Texas and awaited the notification from Mexican authorities. The police thought his family would hold a wake in Miguel Alemán or Mexico City, and that <mask> would be buried in Guardados de Arriba, a rural community in Miguel Alemán where his wife, who died in the 1990s, was buried. On 11 May, the Secretariat of Health approved <mask>'s transfer; his corpse was flown from Miguel Hidalgo International Airport in Guadalajara to General Lucio Blanco International Airport in Reynosa. The body was then transported to the U.S. and sent to a funeral home in Rio Grande City, Texas, where it was prepared for burial. At Roma–Ciudad Miguel Alemán International Bridge, the Mexican Army set up a checkpoint to search for suspicious vehicles and individuals with drugs or weapons. They questioned drivers about their destination and purpose of their travel, and were wary of vehicles with license plates other than Tamaulipas' and of luxurious vehicles. A wake and mass were held on 12 May; his sister said <mask> would be buried in Roma on 14 May.At the morgue and funeral, his family asked the local police to control attendees' access; visitors were eventually allowed to visit <mask>'s services but the police did not allow the media to access the area. Multiple corrido and mariachi songs were composed for <mask> and played during his funeral. See also
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<mask> (March 21, 1903 – October 3, 1984) was a judge in British Columbia's Supreme Court and Court of Appeal from 1963 until 1978, a prominent Italian-Canadian leader, especially of the Vancouver Italian community, and a Canadian amateur middleweight boxing champion. Early life
<mask> was born in what is now a ghost town on Mount Sicker on Vancouver Island to Italian immigrant parents. <mask>'s father, Filippo, was a miner before joining the Klondike Gold Rush and becoming one of its few success stories after returning with $10,000 ($ in  dollars). The family eventually settled in Vancouver's East End, where <mask> attended school at Lord Strathcona Elementary and Britannia Secondary schools. Early career
<mask> began practicing law in 1926, and opened his law office on the second story of the Royal Bank building at Main and Hastings Streets. Many of his early cases were defending local bootleggers and he earned a reputation as "A dear friend of the little guy" for his willingness to provide his services pro bono, particularly during the lean depression years. <mask> soon earned a reputation as one of the most formidable defense lawyers in the province, attracting a rich and powerful clientele in addition to the downtrodden in his old neighbourhood.Throughout his career, he defended 63 people charged with murder and only four of those were convicted. Career highlights
In 1938, Branca became the youngest prosecutor in the province. His first case was to prosecute unemployed rioters who, after being brutally ejected from a sitdown strike at the post office paraded east down Hastings Street, smashing windows along the way. The brutality of the RCMP in its treatment of the downtrodden protesters provoked a major public outcry. The next day, ten thousand people turned out to a protest at the Powell Street Grounds (today's Oppenheimer Park). Because there was little chance of a jury of peers convicting the rioters, Branca convinced the Attorney-General to stay most of the charges, and of the 23 charged, only two were convicted but received only small fines that were paid by sympathizers. Other notorious local cases Branca worked included the defense of 17 Vancouver Police officers that were purged from the force in 1935 by the reform administration of Mayor Gerry McGeer.Almost all of them were reinstated and exonerated thanks to Branca's efforts. Also in 1935, <mask> defended Vancouver's "Public Enemy number one," local brothel keeper and bootlegger, Joe Celona. During the Second World War, <mask> came to the defense of Italians who had been interned as a threat to national security. <mask> was also a lead attorney in prosecuting the "Mulligan Affair" in 1955, in which the police chief was found to have established an elaborate "pay off" system with segments of the criminal underworld. Later life
<mask> was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in 1963, and elevated to the bench of the Court of Appeal of British Columbia in 1966 where he served until his retirement in 1978. A statue of Christopher Columbus was erected in 1986 on Clark Drive at the Piazza Italia. It was dedicated to <mask> for his leadership in the local Italian community and was donated by the Italian City of Genoa.In 2000, the monument mysteriously disappeared, apparently stolen, only to later reappear at the Italian Garden at Hastings Park. The likely reason for the guerrilla relocation is that the original Clark Drive site, to the dismay of the Italian community, became a busy thoroughfare for transport trucks and hence unfriendly to pedestrian traffic. Awards
<mask> was a zealous participant, not an observer, in all facets of his life. The determination, lucidity and sheer power of this outstanding Italian Canadian was evident from an early age and throughout his life, in spite of great odds and the awful barrier of discrimination. <mask> was admitted as a lawyer to the BC bar in 1926 and was appointed Kings Counsel in 1949. These  were the first steps of a long road that brought him to the pinnacle of his profession. <mask> was appointed to the BC Supreme Court in 1963 and then elevated to the BC Court of Appeal in 1966.<mask> mandatorily retired at the age of 75 and returned to the practice of law. Between 1929 and 1963 <mask> defended some 63 men charged with murder, he won acquittals for all but three. He prosecuted 7 murder trials. The Canadian Lawyer magazine rated <mask> as the most famous criminal defense lawyer in Canada's history. <mask> received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from St. Martin's college in Olympia Washington in 1973. In addition, <mask> was the recipient again of an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Simon Fraser University in 1975. Branca received the Abraham Lincoln International Reverence of Law award from the Fraternal Order of Eagles, St. Louis Missouri, in 1977.He was the 11th recipient of this award in its history, first awarded to President Truman, and later to Chief Justice of the United States, Earl Warren. <mask> was the first Canadian recipient. <mask> excelled in the boxing ring just as he did in the law courts. He was always physically fit which assisted him in his mental acuity. He ran 5 miles a day around McLean park before running was "in." He had a boxing bag mounted in his home in his basement and work out daily. <mask>’s boxing career was brief but as in everything he undertook, he excelled in it.To quote Mr. <mask>: "I beat everyone I fought against in the ring by the fifth round." <mask> went on to win the middleweight championship of Canada in 1934. On winning this championship, <mask> was asked to become a professional fighter but at the age of 31, he made the decision to devote all his time and expertise to the law. Following this time of competition, <mask> taught boys at the Vancouver College to box and was a mentor to them for many years. In 1967, <mask> invited former heavyweight champion of the world, Rocky Marciano to come to Vancouver to referee amateur in Vancouver to a great fanfare. Branca's philanthropic involvement was legendary. In 1966, <mask> was a prime mover in the amalgamation of four of the oldest Italian Canadian societies in the City of Vancouver into one society bearing the name, Confratellanza Italo Canadese.<mask> was Co-Chairman of the Pacific region of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews. <mask> was chairman of the Finance committee of Camp Miriam and dedicated his time to raising funds for children unable to pay for camp fees. <mask> was invested as a Knight of St. Gregory the Great by Pope Paul VI in 1977. <mask> was the second Canadian recipient of the Yeshiva University award from Yeshiva University in New York in 1969. <mask> was the recipient of an Honorary fellowship from the University of Bar-Llam, Tel Aviv, Israel in 1976. <mask> was also the recipient of the medal of the President of Israel in 1976, at the time, the only other Canadian recipient of this award was the Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. References

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