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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Hushang Ansary, a Houston businessman and former Iranian ambassador to the United States, and his wife, Shahla.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div><div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.4px;"><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Hushang Ansary</b>, "a resident of the United States since 1979 and citizen since 1986, has had a remarkable career in business, economic development and diplomacy. His life story is an illustration of that profound American belief that has inspired successive generations in a spirit of courage, innovation and perseverance.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"His motivating force in the pursuit of a new chapter of his life as a U.S. citizen was his unshakable belief in the time-honored American tradition of starting from scratch. In that spirit, a group that he chaired succeeded in turning an investment of $5 million in oilfield equipment manufacturing into an Initial Public Offering in excess of $700 million on the New York Stock Exchange. He is</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> Chairman of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Parman_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Parman Group (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Parman Group</a>, a Houston-based, privately held global investment enterprise with extensive interests in oilfield equipment manufacturing, leisure industries, International trade and real estate.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"Mr. Ansary’s ownership and management of enterprises, public and private, has consistently emphasized the human dimensions of corporate citizenship, in particular employee education through on-the-job training and scholarships, healthcare, childcare and youth-related programs, as well as employee ownership at all levels.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"Mr. Ansary is a deeply dedicated philanthropist whose lifelong commitment to the cause of education has had a global dimension. Today, his name is identified with Fellowships at Harvard and Texas A & M Universities, the founding of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/James_Baker_Institute_for_Public_Policy" title="James Baker Institute for Public Policy" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">James Baker Institute for Public Policy</a>, projects at the Weill Cornell Medical College, the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Texas_Heart_Institute&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Texas Heart Institute (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Texas Heart Institute</a>&nbsp;and educational programs in Singapore, medical facilities in Tanzania, the founding of the world’s smallest University on the island of St. Maarten, and a long list of other causes and institutions constantly supported by the Ansary family.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"Hushang Ansary is a Trustee of the&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=George_Bush_Presidential_Library_Foundation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George Bush Presidential Library Foundation (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">George Bush Presidential Library Foundation</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. He sits on the Board of Overseers of the&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Weill_Cornell_Medical_College&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Weill Cornell Medical College (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Weill Cornell Medical College</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. He is a John Harvard Fellow and a member of the Senior Advisory Board of the&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Shorenstein_Barone_Center_for_the_Press,Politics_and_Public_Policy" title="Shorenstein Barone Center for the Press, Politics and Public Policy" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Shorenstein Barone Center for the Press, Politics and Public Policy</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;at the Kennedy School of Government. He serves on the President’s Council of the</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Center_for_Middle_East_Public_Policy" title="Center for Middle East Public Policy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Center for Middle East Public Policy</a>&nbsp;at RAND.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"Mr. Ansary had a distinguished career in his native Iran where he served as Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance and as Ambassador to the United States. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">He led the team of technocrats and economists who were credited for Iran’s economic modernization of the 1970’s </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">which resulted in doubling the National income within a decade and created millions of jobs.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"Mr. Ansary has long championed the cause of International trade and economic cooperation as a tool to enhance greater understanding among Nations. He has received special recognition by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=TIME_Magazine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TIME Magazine (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">TIME Magazine</a>&nbsp;for his contributions in this area.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"Mr. Ansary is a Republican Regent. He was a member of the National Finance Committee of the Bush-Cheney Presidential Campaign.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"Mr. Ansary is a recipient of the distinguished&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Woodrow_Wilson_International_Center&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Woodrow Wilson International Center (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Woodrow Wilson International Center</a>&nbsp;Award and has been decorated by the Governments of Japan, South Korea, Italy, Norway, Spain, Egypt, Romania and Pakistan.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"He is married to the former&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Shahla_Nazemian&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shahla Nazemian (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Shahla Nazemian</a>."&nbsp;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hushang_Ansary#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a></sup></font></p><ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A"); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Honorary Trustee,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Asia_Society" title="Asia Society" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Asia Society</a></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Major Funder,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/National_Policy_Association" title="National Policy Association" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">National Policy Association</a></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Former CEO (as of 1998),&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/IRI_International" title="IRI International" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">IRI International</a>&nbsp;<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hushang_Ansary#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Senior Advisor,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/International_Crisis_Group" title="International Crisis Group" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">International Crisis Group</a>&nbsp;<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hushang_Ansary#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a></sup></font></li></ul><h2 style="color: black; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Resources_and_articles"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Resources and articles</font></span></h2><h3 style="color: black; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; 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list-style-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li id="cite_note-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-cite-backlink" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hushang_Ansary#cite_ref-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up</span>↑</a></span>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://neco.org/awards/recipients/Hansary.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Hushang Ansary</a>, NECO, accessed April 17, 2009.</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-cite-backlink" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hushang_Ansary#cite_ref-2" style="text-decoration: none; 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