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AHI Foundation Board Member Kyriakos Tsakopoulos Elected a Trustee of Columbia UniversityWASHINGTON, DC-Kyriakos Tsakopoulos, AHIF Board Member and AHI Advisory Committee Member was elected as a Trustee of Columbia University on October 22, 2006. "We are very proud of Kyriakos Tsakopoulos. His election as a trustee of Columbia University, one of the leading universities in the U.S. and in the world, is a great honor for him and for our community. This very deserved honor exemplifies Kyriakos' untiring support of, commitment to, and belief in higher education," said AHI President Gene Rossides. Below please find the Columbia University press release on the election of Kyriakos Tsakopoulos as a Trustee and biographical information. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 22, 2006
KYRIAKOS TSAKOPOULOS NEW COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE
Biographical Information: Kyriakos Tsakopoulos is President of KT Communities Corporation, a diversified land development company headquartered in Roseville, California, operating real estate, farming, building, and land development projects. He is also a principal of AKT Development Corporation, headquartered in Sacramento, California. A California native, Kyriakos Tsakopoulos is active in regional, state and national civic affairs and educational policy. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of his beloved Columbia University, where he is also a Member of the Board of Visitors of Columbia College, and he is a Trustee of the California State University system - the largest university system in the world. He also sits on the board of the University of California at Davis MIND Research Institute, the board of the American Hellenic Institute Foundation, the American Hellenic Institute Advisory Committee, the Crocker Museum of Art and Anatolia College among several other boards and commissions. Mr. Tsakopoulos is proud to follow in his family's philanthropic tradition which, led by his father's vision, has in the past several years brought donations of more than $31 million to worthy causes, including the establishment of Hellenic Studies Chairs at several universities including Sacramento State University, Georgetown, Stanford, and Columbia. He is currently involved in the negotiations for the founding of Hellenic Chairs at several other universities. He holds a B.A. from Columbia University, studied and trained as an attorney in California, and is a member of the California and United States Supreme Court Bars. He is also a Knight of St. Andrew and Archon of the Holy Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, and active in several professional and public service organizations.
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