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Dr. Surin Pitsuwan
Dr. Surin Pitsuwan
ASEAN Secretary General
“Dr.Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary General of the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), is a native of
Nakorn Sri Thammarat, Southern Thailand. He attended
Thammasat University for 2 years before receiving his
B.A. in Political Science (cumlaude) from Claremont
Men’s College, Claremont, California in 1972. He
received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., in 1974 and 1982
respectively, in the fields of Political Science and
Middle Eastern Studies.
He studied Arabic and conducted research at the American
University in Cairo, 1975-1977, concurrently serving as
a fellow at the Higher Institute of Islamic Research,
Cairo, Egypt. He worked as a columnist for the Nation
and the Bangkok Post, the two leading English daily
newspapers in Bangkok, from 1975-1992.
Dr.Surin taught at Thammasat University from 1978-1983
and 1984-1986. He also served as an assistant to the
Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs during the same period.
In 1983-1984, he interned in the Congressional Office of
US Representative Geraldine A. Ferraro (D-New York), who
later became the Vice Presidential Candidate for the
Democrat Party in 1984, and worked for the Senate
Republican Conference in the later half of 1984. He
taught Southeast Asian Affairs at the American
University in Washington, D.C. during that same year.
Back in Thailand, he was elected to Parliament 8 times
since 1986. As an MP, he was appointed Secretary to the
Speaker of the House of Representatives (Chuan Leekpai),
Secretary to Deputy Minister of Interior, Deputy
Minister for Foreign Affairs during 1992-1995, and
Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1997 to 2001. He served
as Chair of the Asean Ministerial Meeting and the Chair
of the Asean Regional Forum (ARF) in 1999-2000. In
September 1999, while the Asean Chair, he led the
efforts to restore peace and security in East Timor.
Upon leaving the foreign affairs portfolio in mid-2001,
Dr.Surin served in numerous positions with the United
Nations and other international organisations. Dr.Surin
is now a Deputy Leader of the Democrat Party, Thailand.
He also served on the National Reconciliation Commission
(NRC), charged with bringing peace and security back to
Thailand’s deep South. He was appointed a member of the
National Legislative Assembly (NLA) before assuming his
current post as the Secretary General of the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from 1 January 2008
until 31 December 2012”.
Professor Charles Shuler
Professor Charles Shuler is the Dean of Faculty of
Dentistry, the University of British Columbia, Canada.
His BS is from the University of Wisconsin, DMD from
Harvard School of Dental Medicine, PhD from the
University of Chicago and Oral Pathology from the
University of Minnesota and Royal Dental College
Copenhagen. His current research interests include
craniofacial development, oral carcinogenesis, oral
medicine and gene therapy
Professor Dr. Stitaya Sirisinha
Professor Dr. Stitaya Sirisinha
B.A., B.S., M.S., D.M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Dr. Stitaya Sirisinha is currently a Professor
Emeritus in Microbiology at the Faculty of Science at
Mahidol University and Faculty of Dentistry at Thammasat
University. He received his D.M.D. from the University
of Alabama School of Dentistry and Ph.D. in Microbiology
from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and
Dentistry. His research interest is mainly in the
immunology of tropical diseases and mucosal immunology
and has published almost 200 research and review papers
in immunology.
Professor Lakshman Samaranayake
Professor Lakshman Samaranayake
Hon DSc, DDS, BDS, FRCPath, FDSRCS(Edin, Hon), FCDSHK,
HKAM(Path),FHKAM(DSurg),MIBiol,FHKCPath
Professor Lakshman Samaranayake is the Dean and Chair of
Professor of Oral Microbiology at the Faculty of
Dentistry, the University of Hong Kong and also the
Director of the Prince Philip Dental Hospital in Hong
Kong. His research is mainly focused on infectious
diseases. He writes prolifically, being the author of
over 400 research/review articles and 28 book chapters.
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