Dr. Doru Frunzulica, Marshall Center Graduate of the Month, September 2007
The Marshall Center Graduate Support Office is proud to name Dr. Doru Frunzulica, President of the George C. Marshall Romania Association, as the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies Graduate of the Month for September 2007.
Dr. Frunzulica has had a long relationship with the Marshall Center, having attending one of the first courses at the Marshall Center, the Executive Course 1995-1, when he was a First Secretary in the NATO Directorate at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After his position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Frunzulica went on to become the First Vice President of the General Union of Romanian Industrialists and last year was appointed Vice President of the Economic and Social Council of Romania. In 2004 he served as State Deputy Minister of Labor.
When Dr. Frunzulica was asked about his experience at the Marshall Center, he stated, "the Marshall Center came with an internship concept: to build bridges between people and nations based on common values, on common understanding, on approaching even sensitive subjects." He went on to say that the "Marshall Center represented a beneficial experience, some new knowledge; in fact the best achievement of the Marshall Center was to create a world network - Marshall Center alumni and professors, a kind of team oriented to the future."
Dr. Frunzulica has definitely put those ideas into practice by establishing in 2000 one of the first, and certainly one of the most active, Marshall Center alumni associations. The association meets, except for holiday times, each week and organizes a number of activities each year ranging from large conferences to smaller seminars and roundtables.
Beginning with March 2007, the Marshall Center Graduate Support Office has featured a Marshall Center Graduate of the Month. The purpose of this initiative is to feature Marshall Center alumni who are playing an active role in furthering the ideals of the Marshall Center in creating a more stable security environment by advancing democratic institutions and relationships; promoting active, peaceful security cooperation; and enhancing enduring partnerships among the nations of North America, Europe, Eurasia, and beyond.
