Fletcher Jones Motorcars in Newport Beach...
Fletcher Jones Motorcars in Newport Beach announced in November
the appointment of John Song to senior sales consultant. Song, who is
fluent in four languages, will oversee the Asian/Pacific Rim division
of the Fletcher Jones’ Foreign Language Service Bureau, which was
established to serve the dealership’s growing clientele who prefer to
conduct negotiations in their native languages. The company
anticipates that Song’s strong linguistic and business management
background will serve as an asset to the company and that particular
division ... Jessica Edwards and Jonathan Marble of Newport Beach are
completing their fall 2002 semester studying in Florence, Italy,
through Syracuse University’s Division of International Programs
Abroad. The two sophomores, along with more than 600 other students,
visited historic sites in Rome, Venice, Assisi and other places. They
studied art history, studio art, architecture and Italian language
and culture while taking a wide range of courses in the liberal arts
... Former Orange Coast College President Bernard J. Luskin was named
executive vice president for institutional partnerships and director
of the new Community College Leadership Program at the Fielding
Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. Luskin, who began his teaching
career at Costa Mesa High School, has acted as chief executive of
major media and telecommunications companies, president of Mind
Extension University and founding chancellor of Jones International
University, the first fully accredited and fully Web-based
university. The Fielding Graduate Institute serves returning adult
students and mid-career professionals ... Orange Coast College honor
student Katherine Sharif will leave in January to study at the
Sorbonne. Sharif, a history and political science major at OCC, plans
on studying in Paris for up to a year before returning to the United
States to continue her education at Stanford University, UC Berkley
or UCLA The Sorbonne was founded in the 13th century and now houses
the arts and human science faculties of the University of Paris ...
Glenn Allen Zagoren was appointed president and chief executive of
the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum on Dec. 1. Zagoren, who has moved
to Newport Beach with his wife and daughter, will now be responsible
for managing and directing all activities of the museum. Zagoren has
produced special events for the South Street Seaport Museum in New
York City, as well as the Monaco to New York Maxi Cat Yacht Race.
Museum officials say his broad experience in sailing, which includes
his award-winning racing on J-30, J-36 and J-41 class sailboats, will
be an added benefit.
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