J. David Edwards, Executive Director of
JNCL-NCLIS,
Steve Brocke from CSCTFL stands with Sen. Ben Nelson
with Steve Brocke (seated) from CSCTFL.
(D-NE).

Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Marlene Knobbe,
Vice
President of the Nebraska International Language
Association (NILA).
JNCL-NCLIS RECEPTION ON CAPITOL HILL
AUGUST 2005 IN THE RUSSELL SENATE CAUCUS ROOM


Dave Edwards stands with Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) during the
Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA) engages in conversation with
reception on Capitol Hill. Ann Fountain,
President of SWCOLT from 1996 to
1999.

Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA), J. David Edwards,
Executive Director
Rep. Farr chats with Dr. Michael Conniff, Director of
of JNCL-NCLIS, and Rebecca Kline, Past President of JNCL-
Global Studies at San José
University.
NCLIS, chat during the reception on Capitol Hill.

Participants await coming activities at the reception.
From left to right: Dr. Conniff, Rep. Farr, and
Dave Edwards at the Reception on Capitol Hill in the
Russell Senate Caucus Room.

Ann Copland,
Senior Executive
and Legislative Assistant
Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) delivers a speech.
for Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS), speaks at the JNCL-
NCLIS reception.
LEGISLATIVE DAY AND
DELEGATE ASSEMBLY 2002


Dave Edwards and Kristen Poore, Dave Edwards and Becky Kline Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA) gives a talk
former JNCL-NCLIS Office Manager, share a laugh at the reception.
at the 2002 event.
at the 2002 Delegate Assembly.

Dave Edwards and his staff at Delegate Assembly.
Becky Kline delivers a speech during Delegate
Assembly.

Christy Brown of Glastonbury Public
Ann Copland, a member of Sen. Thad Cochran's staff,
Schools gives a presentation during
speaks to participants of the day's events.
Delegate Assembly activities.
DELEGATE ASSEMBLY
MARCH 2001


From left to right: Helene Zimmer-Loew, Executive From left to right: Jane Abrate,
Executive Director
Director of AATG; Lynn Sandstedt, former Executive of AATF;
Jean-Pierre Piriou, Past President of AATF;
former Director of AATSP and President of
JNCL-NCLIS;
and
Helene Zimmer-Loew, Executive Director of AATG.
Krista Wark, JNCL staff
member;
and Lauren Rudd, former
President of the Association of
Teachers of Japanese (ATJ).

From left to right: Phyllis Van Buren
from the
Minnesota
From left to right: Lynn Sandstedt, Lauren Rudd,
Council on the Teaching of Languages and Cultures
former president of ATJ and Scott McGinnis, past
(MCTLC); Diane Ging from the Central States
Conference
president of the Chinese Language Teachers
on the Teaching of Foreign Language (CSCTFL); and
Association (CLTA).
Jody Thrush, executive director of CSCTFL.
JNCL Board of Directors at the 2001 Delegate Lynn Sandstedt, former JNCL-NCLIS
President and
Assembly.
Laura Rudd, former President of ATJ, enjoy their
meal
at Delegate Assembly.
LEGISLATIVE DAY AND
DELEGATE ASSEMBLY 2000

From left to right: Dave Edwards; Ed Scebold,
Executive JNCL staff members Krista Wark and Kristin Poore
Director of the American Council on the Teaching of
pose together at Delegate Assembly.
Foreign Languages (ACTFL); Lynn Sandstedt, JNCL
president at the time; and Ray Clifford, Provost of
the Defense Language Institute (DLI).

Delegates from the Central States Conference
In front, Helene Zimmer-Loew sits with the
then-president
on the Teaching of Foreign Language (CSCTFL).
of AATG. Bob Ludwig, Executive Director of the New
York Association of Foreign Language Teachers
(NYSAFLT), sits behind them.

Lynn Sandstedt, then-president of JNCL, holds up
From left to right: Phyllis Van Buren (MCTLC); Martin
a JNCL-NCLIS brochure during one of his
presentations.
Smith (FLENJ); and Marty Abbott (FLAVA).

Ralph Hines, Director of International Programs Dan Davidson of ACTR delivers a talk.
at the Department of Education, speaks while
Candace Katz from the National Endowment from
the Humanities and Ed Collier, look on.
LEGISLATIVE DAY AND
DELEGATE ASSEMBLY 1999


Ann Fountain, then-president of SWCOLT
and
Marsha Spielberg, Foreign Language Coordinator
Cathie Hodges, Executive Director of the
from Georgia, delivers a talk.
Alliance for Language Learning, pose with
Sen. John Edwards (D-NC).

Ann Fountain poses with Congressman Bob
Audrey Cornia, former Executive Director of
Ethelridge (D-NC). SWCOLT, stands with a congressional staff
member for Sen. Pete Domenici.

From left to right: Sharon Rapp (Arkansas), Sen.
From left to right: Cindy Cisneros, congressional
Thad Cochran, and Ann Fountain, then-president
staff member to Leon Panetta; Becky Kline from
of SWCOLT.
NECTFL; and Phyllis Thomson from the Texas
Foreign Language Association.

JNCL-NCLIS Executive Committee 1996-2000: Ray Verzasconi (PNCFL),
Valorie Babb (CSCTFL), J. David Edwards (JNCL-NCLIS), Lynn
Sandstedt
(JNCL-NCLIS President, AATSP), and Nancy Rhodes (JNCL-NCLIS
Secretary,
NNELL).
RECEPTION FOR
SEN. PAUL SIMON'S (R-VT)
RETIREMENT, 1996


Senator Paul Simon with JNCL-NCLIS members and staff.
CAPITOL HILL RECEPTION FOR
SEN. ROBERT
STAFFORD'S (R-VT)
RETIREMENT, 1994


Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) chats with
Sen. Robert Stafford (D-CT) at his retirement
some guests at the reception.
reception on Capitol Hill.

Ted Crump, Chief Interpreter at the National
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) speaks with some
Institutes of Health.
of the guests at the Reception.

Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC) converses with one of Sen. Robert Stafford (D-CT) talks with his wife
his staff members as Sen. Charles Percy (R-IL)
and Rep. James Jeffers (R-VT).
looks on.

Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC) chats with JNCL-NCLIS
Sens. Stafford and Helms, along with Mrs. Stafford,
Executive Director J. David Edwards.
chat with Dave Edwards during the reception.

Leon Panetta, left, White House Chief of Staff
Right to left: Leon Panetta and Sen. Chris Dodd have
to President Bill Clinton, chats with Sen. Chris
Dodd
a laugh as the reception's guest of honor, Sen.
(D-CT) and Sen. Charles Percy (R-IL).
Robert Stafford, takes the microphone.

Senator Charles Percy (R-IL), Representative Leon
Panetta (D-CA),
Representative James Jeffords (R-VT), Senator
Claiborne Pell (D-NY),
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-NC), Clifford Edelman (USED),
and Senator
(D-CT) and Mrs. Robert Stafford.
LEGISLATIVE DAY AT THE
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB (LATE
1990s)


Participants of Legislative Day converse.
Jody Thrust (left) talks with Becky Kline.

From left to right: Yu-Lan Lin, President of MaFLA;
Liz Hoffman, then-president of AATG, sits with Helene
Ray Verzasconi from Pacific Northwest Council on
Zimmer-Loew.
Foreign Languages, Lynn Sandstedt, then-president
and Phyllis
Dragonis, from Massachusetts.

Marty Abbott and Becky Kline.
LEGISLATIVE DAY AND
DELEGATE
ASSEMBLY, EARLY 1990s


Sen. Paul Simon (D-IL), poses with Fred Jenkins,
Executive Sen. Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND) poses with Valorie
Director of the American Association of Teachers of
French Babb, former JNCL
Vice President.
(AATF).

From left to right: Richard Brod, former JNCL
president,
Sen. Paul Simon (D-IL) poses with Christine Brown
Rep. Norman Dicks (D-WA), and Elizabeth Wells from
the from Glastonbury, CT
Schools at the Capitol Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (ADFL). Hill
Reception.
Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), left,
watches fellow Sen. From left to right: Lisa Holekamp, former
Executive
Claiborne Pell (D-RI) deliver a talk. Pell was also
Director of NECTFL; Georg Steinmayer, former
Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health,
President of both AATG and MaFLA; and Rep.
Education, Labor, and Human Services. James Jeffords (R-VT).

Sen. Paul Simon (D-IL) delivers
a
Rep. James Jeffords (R-VT)
delivers
Dave Edwards and Rep. Norm Dicks
speech on Legislative Day. a speech. chat in the Mansfield Room of the
US Capitol.
Madeline Kunin, former Deputy From left to right: Helene Zimmer-Loew,
Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) at
Secretary of Education, delivers director of the American Association of
Legislative Day.
a speech at Delegate Assembly. Teachers of German (AATG); Rep. Norm
Dicks (D-WA), chairman of the House
Interior and Environment Appropriations
Subcommittee; and Jon Strolle, professor
at the Monterey Institute for International
Studies.

Senator Patty Murray, her daughter, and C. Edward
J. David Edwards and Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Scebold.
Education Madeline Kumin.

J. David Edwards and Julia Inman (JNCL) with
Congressional
staff.
MEETINGS DURING
THE 1980s


Chairman of House Budget Committee Leon Panetta
Rep. Leon Panetta and Sen. Chris Dodd.
(seated) and House Majority Leader Tom Foley (D-WA).

Clockwise: Sen. Alan Cranston (D-CA), Sen. Paul
Tsongas
G. Richard Tucker (CAL) and Richard I. Brod
(President,
(D-MA), C. Edwards Scebold (Executive Director, AATF),
JNCL-NCLIS).
Rep. Leon Panetta, Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI).

Clockwise: Richard Thompson (USED), John Clark
(CAL), G.
G. Richard Tucker (President, CAL) and James E.
Alatis
Richard Tucker CAL), James E. Alatis (President,
JNCL/NCLIS). (President,
JNCL-NCLIS).

Clockwise: Dr. Rose Lee Hayden (President, NCFLIS),
Senator J. William Fulbright and Rep. Leon Panetta.
Sen. J. William Fulbright, Richard I. Brod (MLA/ADFL),
C.
Edward Scebold (ACTFL).

Rep. Leon Panetta and Rep. Tom Coleman (R-MS)
Sen. J. William Fulbright and Rep. Leon Panetta

Assistant Secretary of Education for Postsecondary
Ken
Sen. J. William Fulbright, Rep. Leon Panetta, and
Rep. James
Whitehead and JNCL-NCLIS President James E. Alatis
Oberstar (D-MN) at the JNCL-NCLIS Foreign Language
Education
Week Luncheon
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