president and as an educational leader. Through an annual fel- 

 lowship competition, outstanding scholars from around the 

 world are inviced to the center for extended periods of research 

 and writing. The center also sponsors public meetings and 

 generates publications that explore both historical and con- 

 temporary. 



This year, the Woodrow Wilson Center celebrated its 25th an- 

 niversary by sponsoring a lecture series on "The Complex Legacy 

 of Woodrow Wilson." Distinguished speakers from academia and 

 public life addressed subjects connected to President Wilson's in- 

 terests and achievements at various stages of his life. Speakers 

 throughout the year included Hanna Holborn Gray, president 

 emeritus of the University of Chicago; Madeleine K. Albright, 

 United States permanent representative to the United Nations 

 and a former fellow at the center; James A. Baker III, former sec- 

 retary of state; James A. Flono, former governor of New Jersey; 

 and Representative David Price (D-N.C). 



Vice-President Al Gore and Tipper Gore, who is mental 

 health adviser to the president's Health Care Task Force, 



joined other panelists in an Evening Dialogue entitled "The 

 Time Has Come: Closing the Gap between Mental Health 

 Policy and Medical Reality." 



The center's Cold War Inrernational History Project re- 

 ceived widespread attention in leading national newspapers 

 for its efforts to uncover formerly classified material from the 

 Soviet archives. Articles reported on many new revelations 

 about key moments in the superpower confrontation. 



David Levering Lewis, -professor of history at Rutgers Uni- 

 versity, won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for biography for W.E.B. 

 Dubois: Biography of a Race. 1868-1919. a book he researched 

 and wrote while a fellow at the center. 



President Clinton appointed Joseph H. Flom, a partner 

 in the New York law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, 

 Meagher & Flom , to be chairman of the board of trustees of 

 the Woodrow Wilson Center. Flom brings wide experience 

 in legal, business, and philanthropic circles to his new posi- 

 tion. He succeeded William J. Baroody Jr., chairman from 

 1982 to 1994. 



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