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United Nations Foundation

ORGANIZATION

Founded 1997 by Ted Turner to spend his $1B bequest.

Board members as of October 2006: Ted Turner, Timothy E. Wirth, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Ruth Cardoso, Liang Dan, Graça Machel, N. R. Narayana Murthy, Hisashi Owada, Emma Rothschild, Nafis Sadik, Andrew Young, Muhammad Yunus.

Official Website:
http://www.unfoundation.org/

Founding Date:
1997

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Lester R. Brown
Activist
28-Mar-1934   Earth Policy Institute
Charles B. Curtis
Activist
27-Apr-1940   Nuclear Threat Initiative
Geoff Garin
Business
?   Pollster
Ted Turner
Business
19-Nov-1938   Founder of Cable News Network
Timothy E. Wirth
Politician
22-Sep-1939   US Senator from Colorado, 1987-93
Andrew Young
Politician
12-Mar-1932   Mayor of Atlanta, 1982-90
Muhammad Yunus
Business
28-Jun-1940   Banker to the Poor


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