IIE Europe Award for Excellence Goes to Anthony C. Gooch, Benefactor of the Klein Family Scholarships

The Institute of International Education (IIE) European Office is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2012 IIE Europe Award for Excellence. This year the award will be presented to Anthony C. Gooch on December 7th in recognition of his establishment and continued support of the Klein Family Scholarships, which provide full financial support to talented Hungarian students to study at Sewanee: The University of the South.

Mr. Gooch, a retired partner with over forty years of experience at the international law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, based in New York, has written and co-authored numerous books and articles on documentation for financial derivative products and loan documentation.

The Klein Family Scholarships were conceived of in 2003 by Mr. Gooch’s late wife, Linda B. Klein, who was of Hungarian descent on her father’s side. The scholarships are permanently endowed by gifts to the University of the South made by Ms. Klein herself and by Mr. Gooch and others to honor her memory. The University generously provides partial matching of ongoing gifts and the endowment income, which makes the program possible.

One four-year full scholarship is offered each year to a high school student from Hungary or from another Central or Eastern European country, to pursue a Bachelor’s Degree at Sewanee: The University of the South. The Institute of International Education’s European Office conducts the program outreach and manages the prescreening process for the Klein Family Scholarships.

For more information, visit: www.iie.org/Who-We-Are/News-and-Events/Press-Center/Press-Releases/2012/11-19-2012-IIE-Europe-Award-For-Excellence.