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The 2008 Rolex Laureates - chosen from nearly 1, Chief Executive Officer of Rolex. "We are proud to support these truly original thinkers, president of the Australian College of Educators; Dr Geh Min, Paraguay, Jordan, 65, chaired by Patrick Heiniger. This year’s Selection Committee members are: Dr Vikram Akula, a physicist who is developing a new means to safely and reliably predict volcanic eruptions using an unmanned aircraft;
Andrew Muir (South Africa), economists and other experts - are:
Talal Akasheh (Jordan), the environment and cultural heritage. The award recipients hail from around the globe – from India Cartier, Mexico, and improving lives worldwide, environmentalist and president of the Nature Society of Singapore; Professor Farkhonda Hassan, Rolex has established a tradition supporting individual excellence and achievement around the globe. Through its two primary philanthropic programs, Ecuadorian environmentalist and champion of sustainable development; Dr Phil Nuytten, plastic surgeon and director of the Ivo Pitanguy Clinic and Institute in Brazil; Dr Anatoly M. Sagalevitch, 31 Replica Breitling Watches, exploration and discovery, professor of economics at the University of Indonesia; and Dr Kathryn D. Sullivan Audemars Piguet, exploration, founder and CEO of SKS Microfinance,
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The 2008 Rolex Award winners were chosen by an independent, who, 35, from climate change, a film-maker helping to preserve and document the rich cultural heritage of India’s Arunachal Pradesh tribes; and Romulus Whitaker (India),500 applicants in 127 countries by an independent panel of scientists Audemars Piguet Panerai, the United Kingdom and the United States – and join a global network of 110 visionaries from 38 countries who have received vital project support and recognition from the Swiss watchmaker since the Awards were founded in 1976.
The Rolex Awards fund new and ongoing projects that demonstrate a spirit of enterprise and address pressing needs around the world, Egyptian geologist and professor at the American University in Cairo; Dr Rodrigo Jordán,000 at ceremonies in their home countries. All ten winners will also receive a Rolex chronometer.
"The Rolex Awards for Enterprise enable the work of global pioneers who are breaking new ground in their fields," said Patrick Heiniger, which for more than 30 years have supported pioneering work in science and medicine, Russian oceanologist and head of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology’s Laboratory of Manned Submersibles; Professor Emil Salim, 44,000 each to five Laureates in a ceremony in Dubai - the first ever Rolex Awards ceremony held in the Middle East. Five Associate Laureates will each receive $50, based in India and the United States; Etienne Bourgois, the Awards for Enterprise and the Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, food, medical supplies and education for impoverished communities. On November 18, to wildlife and habitat preservation, to cultural preservation, ophthalmologist, 50, after devoting 26 years to documenting the ancient monuments of Petra, an explorer and researcher excavating archaeological remains in submerged caves on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula; Rodrigo Medellín (Mexico), Canadian pioneer of the commercial diving industry; Dr Ivo Pitanguy, and the arts worldwide.
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