Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.life From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Ronald W. Roskens Date: Fri, 30 Oct 92 15:33:28 EST Message-ID: \SE E;LIFE;ABOUT TOWN;DOERS PROFILE \HD Ronald W. Roskens OCCUPATION Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development BIRTHDAY Dec. 11, 1932 HOMETOWN Spencer, Iowa MARITAL STATUS Married; four children, six grandchildren SELF-PORTRAIT Farmer, Midwesterner, traditional, inquisitive, resolute, optimistic, devout MOTTO Care about learning and learn about caring WALTER MITTY FANTASY Conducting the National Symphony Orchestra INSPIRATION High school principal, Arnold Salisbury; Thomas Jefferson; Winston Churchill GREATEST FEAT Arranging a successful Chief Executives Organization Forum for 450 people, primarily U.S. citizens, in Beijing in 1988 BAD HABIT Cigars, impatience and my sweet tooth PET PEEVE Late dinners, late anything HOBBY Jogging, golf, reading biographies LUXURY DEFINED Mozart, a scintillating biography, a good cigar and a comfortable chair positioned at lakeside DRINK OR WINE Glenlivet Scotch, Bud Light Beer FAVORITE RESTAURANT Old Ebbitt Grill; Cafe de Paris, Omaha, Neb. VACATION SPOT Green Lake, Spicer, Minn. CLOTHING STORE Jerry Ryan Gentlemen's Apparel, Omaha, Neb. TV PROGRAMS "Murder She Wrote," college football CAR IN GARAGE Chevrolet Caprice BOOKS AT BEDSIDE "Summer Meditations" by Vaclav Havel; "Truman" by David McCullough; "A History of the Arab Peoples" by Albert Hourani LAST WORDS "I was never wholly satisfied with my performance; thus, I sought continuously to improve. I hope that I was successful." This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM