Class of 1970
Reunion Week 2020
Your 50th reunion committee:
- Olga Grkavac
- Robert (Bob) Maloney
50th Reunion Campaign: Our 50th reunion year is a time to celebrate and reflect on what SAIS has meant to us. To celebrate this milestone, we are coming together as a class to support the School. We aim to raise $70,000 as a class by our reunion celebration. Whether you are able to join us virtually this fall or not, we hope you are able to make a contribution, of whatever size, to Johns Hopkins SAIS!
Campaign Updates: So far, $87,620 has been raised from 27 of our classmates. (update: 12/31/20)
Every gift, pledge, and bequest to Johns Hopkins SAIS this year is also a gift to our reunion campaign. As SAIS enters a new era, there has never been a better time for us to make a meaningful contribution.
In honor of our 50th reunion, I hope you will consider making your gift to the Benjamin M. Rowland Fellowship, Grove Haines Chair, Enzo Grilli Memorial Fellowship, or the COVID-19 Student Emergency Fund. These funds, named for our beloved classmates and professors, hold special meaning for our class and, along with the COVID-19 Student Emergency Fund, support the most urgent needs of the school and its students. Or, you can leave a mark on the future of the School with a planned gift or bequest and join the Johns Hopkins SAIS Legacy Circle.
Thank you in advance for your support!
~Class of 1970 Reunion Committee
To discuss your planned gift or bequest and join the Johns Hopkins SAIS Legacy Circle, please contact Khadija Hill at [email protected] or 443-591-1404.
- Robert Buchanan
- Richard Erdman
- Olga Grkavac
- Douglas Lister
- George Pugh
- Susan Shively
- Charles and Hansje Twyman
- Edward Weisband
- Robert (Bob) Maloney
- Jaime de Melo
- Constance Morris Hope
- Susan Minick Vonsild
- Craig Olson
- James Winship
- Gerald Wright
Class Notes
What have you been up to since graduating from SAIS? Submit a Class Note.
Charles Twyman
Married classmate Hansje in 1970. Now mostly beside Lake Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico. Worked as an International Commercial Banker (First National Bank of Chicago) Chicago, Singapore, Jakarta, Los Angeles, Nigeria. USAID 2 years as a privatization specialist mostly in Central Asia and Washington DC and a bit in Bosnia, and Macedonia Deloite Washington DC, Hungary, Russia, Serbia, Croatia, Kosovo, etc. miscl. Hanoi for a WB contract. Daughter born in Singapore and Son in Jakarta. Certified and worked as a Paramedic after retiring. Moved to Mexico mostly in 2014 now actively kayaking etc.
Started my career in DC at the Dept of Commerce as senior researcher on government-business relations in Japan, and USSR field desk officer. 1972 moved to Indonesia (my language at SAIS), where I worked in the national family planning program in Surabaya, Jakarta and mostly Surakarta until the end of 1976, where I married a Dane in Denmark. Living still in DK. With WHO in Indonesia, have worked with India since 1967. Have had own company with partners in European and non-European countries until a few years ago, providing consultancy, coaching and training for European corporations working worldwide – for improving organisational performance across national boundaries and cultures. Extensive travel primarily in Asia and Europe, but also Russia, N. Africa. Headed numerous EU projects. Still teaching grad students at Aalborg University, DK; several board positions. SAIS was an excellent foundation for my life and career!
Hobbies: golf, garden, rhythmic choir, watercoloring.