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A TRIBUTE TO BILL EPSTEIN The Canadian Pugwash Group gave a Lifetime Achievement Award to Bill Epstein for his tireless work for nuclear disarmament for more than five decades. The event took place at a dinner in Toronto October 21, 2000, attended by Bill’s Canadian friends. Unfortunately, Bill, recovering from a bout of pneumonia, was confined to his home in New York. But that did not deter the enthusiasm of the attendees, who saluted Bill via a video camera recording later sent to him to view. Letters of tribute and affection were read from Pugwash leaders Jo Rotblat, Sir Michael Atiyah, George Rathjens, U.N. Under-Secretary General Jayantha Dhanapala and several other prominent world figures. One of the early figures in the Pugwash movement, Bill was honoured for his indefatigable work in pressing the nuclear disarmament agenda on every one of the seven U.N. Secretaries-General. "Bill Epstein is one of the heroic figures in nuclear disarmament and he is a role model for us all," said Senator Douglas Roche, O.C., Chairman of the Canadian Pugwash Group, who chaired the dinner. [Editor’s Note: In addition to attending more than 35 Pugwash meetings, the first being the 14th Pugwash Conference in Venice, Italy in April 1965, Bill has served as a liaison from Pugwash to the United Nations in New York for many years.] |