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2009 GUSI PEACE PRIZE LAUREATES

2009 Gusi Peace Prize Laureates

  • Bob Filner
  • CONGRESSMAN BOB FILNER (USA) – Congressman of California since 1992 up to the present, supported the Filipino World War II Veterans Act in the American Congress, for LEGISLATION
  • Bob Filner
  • MADAM TIMI BAKATSELOS (GREECE) – one of the most important women in Greece. She is the founder of the STORGI Foundation, the biggest charitable institution in Greece which provides support to Cancer victims mainly children in the Hellenic Republic of Greece, for PHILANTHROPY ON CHILDREN’S HEALTH CARE (CANCER ADVOCACY)
  • Bob Filner
  • HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS FUZIAH RAJA UDA (MALAYSIA) – for CULTURAL HERITAGE
  • Bob Filner
  • DR. ALICE CHIU (HONG KONG) – the owner of the HENYEP Group of Companies in Hong Kong and China, builder and developer, one of the most charismatic, entrepreneurial and driven anthropologists in Hong Kong and China; “Outstanding Philanthropist of Hong Kong and China” , for SOCIAL SEVICES & PHILANTHROPY
  • Bob Filner
  • PROFESSOR EMIL-SILVIO CIOBOTA (ROMANIA) – world renowned conductor, violinist and great perfoming artist of Europe, for PERFORMING ARTS
  • Bob Filner
  • HON. MASSIMO ROMAGNOLI (ITALY) – Member of the Italian Parliament, Minister of the Italian Mountaine and Consellor of Mr. Berlusconi, for INTERNATIONAL POLITICS & HUMAN CIVIL RIGHTS
  • Bob Filner
  • CHARALAMBOS LAMBROU (CYPRUS) – President, Larnaca Anti-Cancer Society for the past fifteen years; Secretary-General, Pancyprian Social Welfare Council, Cyprus; Cypriot’s renowned banker & businessman, for PHILANTHROPY ON ADULT CANCER PATIENTS
  • Bob Filner
  • DR. HO SON FAT (MACAU) – MEDICINE (UROLOGY) AND SCIENTIFIC INVENTION IN THE FIELD OF NEUROUROLOGY – “Implantation of Sacral Neuromoduration System” ; & IN LAPAROSCOPIC UROLOGIC SURGERY - “Sliding Knot Vesicourethrostomy; “Intravesical Laparoscopy Havest of Bladder Mucosa for Urthroplasty”.
  • Bob Filner
  • MANNY PACQUIAO (PHILIPPINES) – World Boxing Champion – for SPORTS
  • Bob Filner
  • JUDGE NATIVIDAD MERCEDES MEZA (PARAGUAY) –member of the Court of Criminal Appeal of Asunzion, Paraguay, highly regarded and respected Justice in Latin America, for SOCIAL JUSTICE & HUMANITARIAN LAW
  • Bob Filner
  • ALEXEY STEELE (RUSSIA) –Artist/Painter - for his work on turning art into a tool of International Conflict Resolution and for his "Fire of Peace" composition. In the works since 2001, "Fire of Peace" serves as the modern day icon for new inter-cultural paradigm of inclusive unity and mutual respect, reflecting broader pluralistic culture while remaining viable to traditional communities, thus encouraging a seismic shift in their fundamental perception of each other, presenting an inspiring vision of lasting acceptance and embrace among most vital to World Peace Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities, for VISUAL ARTS.
  • Bob Filner
  • DR. LIU CHI CHUN (TAIWAN) – President of Taiwan Root Medical Peace Corps, one of the world most respected peace corps in the world today, has headed voluntary medical services to India, Mongolia, Tibet, Tazmania, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, China, Latin America; committee of the nongovernmental organizational international affairs , foreign ministry of Taiwan, for INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIANISM
  • Bob Filner
  • AMBASSADOR PRECIOSA S. SOLIVEN (PHILIPPINES) –founder of OB Montessori Incorporated in the Philippines, which started the OB Montessori method of teaching , benefited by many children in the Philippines today, for ACADEME
  • Bob Filner
  • SILVIA SCHERER (SWITZERLAND) – for BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY
  • Bob Filner
  • DR. RUDIGER LOSCH (GERMANY) – for MEDICINE
  • Bob Filner
  • THE MOST REV. FR. JOSEPH A. FALLER (PHILIPPINES) – DIVINE HEALING AND ASSISTANCE TO THE SICK & THE NEEDY
  • Bob Filner
  • ALI NASUH MAHRUKI (TURKEY) – the first Turkish and first Muslim who climbed Mount Everest, renowned for mountaineering, climbing, scuba diving, pragliding, sailing, caving, motorcycling, and biking; President of AKUT (Arama Kurtarma), a voluntary organization in Istanbul which organizes Search and Rescue operations throught Turkey and the world in response to outdoor accidents or natural disasters, for SPORTS & HUMANITARIANISM (SEARCH & RESCUE MISSIONS)
  • Bob Filner
  • MADAM SURAPEE ROJANAVONGSE (THAILAND) – President, World Crafts Council Asia Pacific Region (WCC APR), one of the leading department stores owner in Thailand, for ECONOMICS & CULTURAL HERITAGE
  • Bob Filner
  • LEA SALONGA (PHILIPPINES) – for PERFORMING ARTS
  • Bob Filner
  • CHRISTINE M. WARNKE, Ph.D. (USA) – President’s Advisory Committee during Clinton’s time, recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor Award & co-recipient of Senator Hillary Clinton on the Salute to Women Award for her humanitarian, business & health initiatives, for ECONOMICS & HUMANITATARIANISM
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