The Paul Damon Memorial Fund

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The Paul Damon Memorial Fund

• In Support of Future Scientists and Global
  Understanding

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Paul Edward Damon Scientist, Quaker,
Internationalist

• On Paul Damons death April 14th, 2005, he had
  touched many lives in his multiple roles as
  world-renowned scientist, committed Quaker
  activist for international peace and justice, and
  as a loving and caring human being.

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Youth in Chihuahua, Mexico

• Pauls youth during the Great Depression
  included an extended sojourn in San Pedro de los
  Arenales, Chihuahua, Mexico, where his father had
  moved in order to work on a project in his field
  of electrical engineering.

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Crossing Boundaries

• Pauls life journey took him far beyond the
  horizons of those hard times of his early youth.
  After returning to the US, Pauls hard work and
  perseverance allowed him to fulfill his dream to
  become a scientist.

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Expanding Global Focus

• Pauls experiences in Mexico directed his life
  toward a wider vision of the world, as did his
  service in the Pacific during World War II. As
  he entered his career as a geophysicist and
  geochronologist, Paul continued to explore the
  world beyond the borders of the US.

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World Traveler and Humanitarian

• As a scientist, Paul traveled all around the
  globe, helping to bring together scientists from
  all parts of the world in common endeavors. His
  work took him back to the Mexico of his youth and
  back to China, where, as an officer in the US
  Navy in the Second World War, he had personally
  witnessed the economic struggles of the
  Developing World.

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Educator and Mentor

• He worked with scientists worldwide, in Europe,
  Asia, South America, and the Indian
  sub-continent, with special concerns for the
  peoples of the former Soviet Union. His graduate
  students came from
• around the world as well, and
• he guided many
• young scientists
• to fruitful careers.

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The Paul Damon Memorial Fund

• To honor Paul Damons life and further the goals
  he worked toward up to the time of his death, a
  memorial fund has been established to help young
  scientists from under-developed countries to
  pursue an education that might appear to be
  beyond their grasp.

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Anatole Mirasano Rwandan Orphan

• The funds first scholarship will be directed to
  a young man whom Pauls grandson Ned first became
  acquainted with as a French language pen-pal in
  1999. Anatole is an orphan from the genocide in
  Rwanda, and the Damon family has supported him
  financially and emotionally for the last six
  years, with the help of the International Club of
  Kearney High School where Ned and his brother
  Will attended.

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Rwanda Holocaust of the 1990s
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Anatole Mirasano Africas Future

• Today Anatole, who has successfully completed
  secondary school and passed the Rwandan National
  Examinations with a mark of distinction, is
  seeking to attend a university in France, Canada,
  or the US where he can study science, perhaps
  chemical engineering, computer science, or
  cybernetics.

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Building a Better Tomorrow

• The Paul Damon Memorial Fund will help build the
  future of science and further Pauls lifelong
  goal of global understanding student by student,
  beginning with Anatole Mirasano.
• Even the greatest
• journey begins with
• a single step,
• as Paul himself knew
• from his lifetime of
• accomplishment.

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• Donations to the Paul Damon Memorial Fund are
  being accepted by Pima Friends Meeting of Tucson,
  Arizona, where a memorial service will be held in
  his honor on May 30th, Memorial Day, 2005, at
  1000 a.m.
• Pima Friends Meeting
• 931 N. 5th Avenue
• Tucson, AZ 85705-7723