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*The announcement of the establishment of The Centre for Strategic (and International) Studies was made by Reverend E.B Bunn, President of Georgetown University on June 4 1962.  It's stated aim was 'to coordinate and conduct studies related to the strategies by which free societies can utilize their total strength to preserve and further develop the values underlying Western civilisation.'
 
*The announcement of the establishment of The Centre for Strategic (and International) Studies was made by Reverend E.B Bunn, President of Georgetown University on June 4 1962.  It's stated aim was 'to coordinate and conduct studies related to the strategies by which free societies can utilize their total strength to preserve and further develop the values underlying Western civilisation.'
*Donal Sheehan of the University of Pennsylvania writes to Reverend Bunn, expressing that he was 'impressed with the need for such an independent objective agency' and that 'a university provides an ideal setting for such an organisation as you have envisioned'.
 
 
[[Image:Georgetown_Archives_028.JPG||150px|thumb|left|Correspondence between Sheehan and Bunn, June 1962 ]]
 
[[Image:Georgetown_Archives_028.JPG||150px|thumb|left|Correspondence between Sheehan and Bunn, June 1962 ]]
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*Donal Sheehan of the University of Pennsylvania writes to Reverend Bunn, expressing that he was 'impressed with the need for such an independent objective agency' and that 'a university provides an ideal setting for such an organisation as you have envisioned'.

Revision as of 10:33, 11 March 2016

This timeline records key events in the history of the CSIS, in particular from the period of its creation until it was removed from campus at Georgetown University in 1986.

1962

Georgetown University News Service, June 1962

June

  • The announcement of the establishment of The Centre for Strategic (and International) Studies was made by Reverend E.B Bunn, President of Georgetown University on June 4 1962. It's stated aim was 'to coordinate and conduct studies related to the strategies by which free societies can utilize their total strength to preserve and further develop the values underlying Western civilisation.'
Correspondence between Sheehan and Bunn, June 1962
  • Donal Sheehan of the University of Pennsylvania writes to Reverend Bunn, expressing that he was 'impressed with the need for such an independent objective agency' and that 'a university provides an ideal setting for such an organisation as you have envisioned'.