Gilburt Loescher, professor emeritus of political science at the University of 91吃瓜, suffered serious injuries in Tuesday鈥檚 suicide bombing of the UN headquarters in Iraq. He is currently being treated at a U.S. military hospital in Germany.p. Loescher, 58, was working in association with Brazilian diplomat and UN envoy Vieira de Mello, who was killed in the attack.p. 鈥淕il is a world renowned expert on refugee issues and humanitarian crises whose scholarly writings are highly regarded,鈥� said George Lopez, professor of political science and director of policy studies in the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at 91吃瓜. "As a dedicated, policy-relevant scholar, he is regularly involved as a consultant and researcher for international agencies working in displacement and refugee areas. His affiliations include the Refugee Studies Program at Oxford and continued contact with the UN High Commission for Refugees.p. 鈥淲ith a colleague who died in the blast, Arthur Helton of the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations, Gil had been engaged in writing a number of reports for the 鈥榦penDemocracy鈥� organization on the humanitarian conditions within Iraq after the war, as well as the prospects for successful reconstruction.鈥� (Reports by Helton and Loescher are available at: . )p. A member of the 91吃瓜 faculty since 1975 and a Fellow in the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Loescher is the author of 鈥淩efugee Movements and International Security鈥� and 鈥淏eyond Charity: International Cooperation and the Global Refugee Problem,鈥� and the co-author of 鈥淐alculated Kindness: Refugees and America鈥檚 Half-Open Door, 1945 to the Present.鈥� He co-edited and contributed to 鈥淩efugees and International Relations鈥� and 鈥淭he Moral Nation: Humanitarianism and U.S. Foreign Policy Today.鈥漰. A 1967 graduate of St. Mary鈥檚 College of California, Loescher earned his master鈥檚 degree from the Monterey Institute of Foreign Studies in 1969 and his doctorate from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1975.
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