His predecessors were Antonio Cassese of Italy ( 1993 – 1997 ), Gabrielle Kirk McDonald of the United States ( 1997 – 1999 ), Claude Jorda of France ( 1999 – 2002 ), Theodor Meron of the United States ( 2002 – 2005 ), Fausto Pocar of Italy ( 2005 – 2008 ) and Patrick Robinson of Jamaica ( 2008-2011 ).

In 1997, Olmos co-founded the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival with Marlene Dermer, George Hernandez and Kirk Whisler.

In 1997, the reconstituted Fairchild Semiconductor was reborn as an independent company, based in South Portland, Maine with Kirk Pond as CEO.

1997 brought another album, a collaboration with the vocal ensemble God's Property, aptly named God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation.

Dr. Arthur F. Kirk, Jr. has been the president of the University since January 1997.

In 1997, he wrote a weekly in-season column —" Inside The Game With Kirk Herbstreit "— for The Sporting News.

Some of his most well known movies and miniseries he has starred in include The Thin Red Line, Invincible ( 2006 ), Boiler Room ( 2000 ), Dinner Rush ( 2000 ), Arresting Gena ( 1997 ) and Kirk and Kerry ( 1997 ).

* Kirk and Kerry ( 1997 )

Kirk is an American family sitcom which aired for two seasons on The WB from August 23, 1995 to January 12, 1997.

In 1997, she recorded the song " Stomp " with gospel artists Kirk Franklin and God's Property for their album God's Property, one of the best-selling albums in gospel music history.

* Supergirl # 1-9, 13-20 ( inks, with writer Peter David ( 1-9 ) and Darren Vincenzo ( 13-20 ), and pencils by Gary Frank ( 1-9 ) and Leonard Kirk ( 13-20 ), September 1996-May 1997, September 1997-April 1998 )

Kirk retired in 1997 and died in 2001.

From the 1997 – 98 season until his departure from the team, McCarty was part of Detroit's famous Grind Line with center Kris Draper and winger Kirk Maltby, which was often matched up against the opponent's top offensive line.

Grayson Louis Kirk ( October 12, 1903 – November 21, 1997 ) was president of Columbia University during the Columbia University protests of 1968.

Kirk died in his sleep at his home Plashbourne Estate in Bronxville, New York in 1997.

Rudolph has also confessed to the bombings of an abortion clinic in the Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs on January 16, 1997 ; the Otherside Lounge of Atlanta lesbian bar on February 21, 1997, injuring five ; and an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Alabama on January 29, 1998, killing Birmingham police officer and part-time clinic security guard Robert Sanderson, and critically injuring nurse Emily Lyons.

Paul Michael Lyons McStay MBE, nicknamed the Maestro ( born 22 October 1964, Hamilton ), is a former football player who spent his entire career with Scottish team Celtic F. C., making his debut in 1982 and retiring in 1997.

He was nominated for a 1997 Sports Emmy Award as television's top studio analyst, along with Cris Collinsworth ( eventual winner ), Howie Long, Terry Bradshaw and Steve Lyons.

On 8 October 1997, Lyons filed lawsuit in Fort Worth, Texas federal district court against Giannoulas, claiming copyright and trademark infringement and further claiming that such performances would confuse children.

While the first edition of Katie Hafners and Matthew Lyons famous book about the history of the Internet ( Where Wizards stay up late, 1996 ) was solely dedicated to J. C. R. Licklider, the 2003 edition was dedicated to Cary Lu as well, who had died in 1997.

* Jones, Kenneth Lyons, Smith's Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformation, Saunders, © 1997, Philadelphia, LC Control Number: 96016722, ISBN 0-7216-6115-7

* The Pied Piper of the Clinton Conspiracists, Gene Lyons, Salon. com, December 23, 1997

* 1997 — Mr John Lyons

Among Besson's awards are the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film Critics Prize, Fantasporto Audience Jury Award-Special Mention, Best Director, and Best Film, for Le Dernier Combat in 1983 ; The Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbon-Best Director-Foreign Film, for La Femme Nikita, 1990 ; the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film, Nil by Mouth, 1997 ; and the Best Director Cesar Award, for The Fifth Element, 1997.

In 1997, Congress asked the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ( NICHD ) at the National Institutes of Health, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to convene a national panel to assess the effectiveness of different approaches used to teach children to read.

Among TRP prominent members are Emma Bonino, former Italian Member of the European Parliament and former European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, Marco Pannella, former Italian Member of the European Parliament, Wei Jingsheng, President of the Chinese Overseas Coalition for Democracy, Enver Can, President of the Eastern Turkistan National Congress, Oumar Khambiev, Chechen Health Minister-elect ( 1997 ), Vo Van Ai, President of the Vietnam Committee for Human Rights, Quan Nguyen, President of the International Committee for the Nonviolent in Vietnam, Kok Ksor, President of the Montagnard Foundation, Vanida Tephsouvan, Executive Director of the Lao Movement of Human Rights, Arben Xaferi, Chairman of the Albanian Democratic Party of Macedonia, Pandeli Majko, Minister of Defense of Albania, Prof. Arnold S. Trebach, President International Antiprohibitionist League, and David Borden, Executive Director of DRCNet.

In June 1997 British Aerospace Defence Managing Director John Weston commented " Europe ... is supporting three times the number of contractors on less than half the budget of the U. S .".

In 1996, Watson joined the World Bank as Senior Scientific adviser in the Environment Department, became Director of the Environment Department and Head of the Environment Sector Board in 1997 and is currently the Chief Scientist and Senior Adviser for Sustainable Development.

Samuel R. " Sandy " Berger, a longtime foreign policy adviser to Clinton who had been Lake's deputy since 1993, became National Security Adviser in March 1997, after Clinton nominated Lake to be Director of Central Intelligence ( Lake subsequently withdrew from the nomination ).

* Simon Johnson 1997 ( subsequently Assistant Master of the Music St Albans Abbey ; now Organist & Assistant Director of Music )

* Leon Panetta, current United States Secretary of Defense, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency ( 2009 – 2011 ), former Congressman ( 1977 – 1993 ) and White House Chief of Staff ( 1994 – 1997 ).

Thereafter he joined the London School of Economics – Centre for Economic Performance ( CEP ) as Director of Business Policy in 1991 and was appointed Senior Fellow, Institute of Management, in 1997.

Prior to becoming president in 1997, McAleese had also held the following positions: Director of Channel 4 Television, Director, Northern Ireland Electricity, Director, Royal Group of Hospitals Trust and Founding member of the Irish Commission for Prisoners Overseas.

Blix became Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency between 1981 and 1997 after Sigvard Eklund.

In recent years, more non-members of Her Majesty's Government have been permitted by the Prime Minister to attend Cabinet meetings on a regular basis, notably Alastair Campbell in his capacity as Director of Communications and Strategy between 1997 and 2003, and Jonathan Powell the Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister under Tony Blair, with a distinctly separate role from the Cabinet Secretary / Head of the Civil Service.

Mariss Jansons succeeded Maazel as the PSO's Music Director from 1997 – 2004, and maintained the high artistic reputation of the orchestra.

The Regional Railways North East franchise was awarded by the Director of Passenger Rail Franchising to MTL with the franchise commencing on 2 March 1997.

The film received positive reviews from several film festivals, including a win for Best Director at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.

His first major international recognition was at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival where he won the Best Director prize for Happy Together ( 1997 ).

His 1997 film Happy Together was also successful internationally, winning him Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival, and surprising many, it was even popular with mainstream audiences in Hong Kong, despite its then-unusual focus on a gay love story and its having been largely improvised in Argentina, a landscape unfamiliar to Wong.

He is a two time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director — for Good Will Hunting ( 1997 ) and Milk ( 2008 ), both of which were also nominated for Best Picture — and won the Palme d ' Or at the Cannes Film Festival for his film Elephant ( 2003 ).