75^th MEETING OF THE DIRECTING COUNCIL OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE

June, 7-9,  2000
Ottawa, Canada

AGREEMENT WITH THE BEACH CENTER
IN REMEMBRANCE OF ELOISA DE LORENZO

Whereas, the Directing Council adopted a resolution, CD/RES.0'3 67-R/87, also called Act. Nº. 229, at its 67th Annual Meeting, June 8-11, 1987, creating an award to honor Eloisa Garcia Etchegoyhen de Lorenzo, and

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Whereas, that Resolution characterized the award as being for investigative work related to the field of special education; and

Whereas, the Directing Council adopted a resolution, CD/RES.03 69-R/89, at its 69^th Annual Meeting, by which it acknowledged and accepted a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Beach to the Beach Center on Families and Disability, the University of Kansas, whereby the aforesaid award in honor of Dr. de Lorenzo; and

Whereas, the Directing Council has authorized the Institute, pursuant to the foregoing Resolutions, to enter into an Agreement with the Beach Center related to the sponsorship of the award in honor of Dr. de Lorenzo; and

Whereas, that Agreement was executed by the Institute and the Beach Center as of March, 1991; and

Whereas, the Agreement called for the award in honor of Dr. de Lorenzo to be presented in 1991, 1993, and 1995; and

Whereas, the Institute and the Beach Center jointly presented the award during 1991, 1993 and 1995, thereby honoring excellence in the fields of service, training and research on behalf of families who have children with disabilities (not just in the field of special education); and

Whereas, the Agreement was effective for the six-year period beginning in 1990 and ending in 1996; and

Whereas, Dr. de Lorenzo departed this life on January 29, 1996, to the great sorrow of all who knew her and her work; and

Whereas, the Institute and the Beach Center wish to continue to act jointly pursuant to the two foregoing Resolutions and to honor the memory of Dr. de Lorenzo by engaging jointly in activities that bear a high degree of fidelity to the work that she so magnificently carried out during her lifetime, that benefit families whose members have disabilities and who are citizens of the member states of the Institute, and that benefit both the Institute and the Beach Center in their respective programs;

Now Therefore, be it hereby resolved:

1.        The Directing Council reaffirms the foregoing resolutions;

2.        The Directing Council authorizes the Director General to plan, jointly with the authorities of the Beach Center, such activities as they deem appropriate to be faithful to the work of Dr. de Lorenzo, benefit families whose children have disabilities and are citizens of the member states of the Institute, and benefit the Institute and the Beach Center in their respective programs;

3.        Said activities must be the result of an Agreement that both institutions, after pertinent negotiations, shall sign, authorizing the Director General to sign it, subject to the approval of its later ratification by this Directing Council, as has been the customary practice in these cases.