IN HEALTH: Deepak Chopra, Wellness Guru

Dr. Deepak Chopra is recognized in the world as one of the greatest leaders in the field of alternative medicine through his healing technique blending the best of westernmedicine with natural healing traditions of the east.

Dr. Chopra was chief of staff at Boston Regional Medical Center, where he built a successful endocrinology practice in the 1980s. In this practice,

he realized that there was potential in western medicine for the establishment of a new life-giving program which encompassed the principle thatperfect health is more than just the absence of disease. He began to envision a medical system based on the premise that health is a state of balance and integration of body, mind and spirit.

He established The Chopra Center for Well Being in La Jolla, California in 1995. Through partnership with numerous health care professionals in both conventional and complementary healing arts, his work has changed the way the world views physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social wellness.

Dr. Chopra’s mission of well-being could be gleaned from his many published works including 25 books and over 100 audio, video and CD-ROM tapes, seminars, and world-wide speeches on wellness.

World leaders have recognized Dr. Chopra’s outstanding work. Former President Clinton, when he visited India last year stated that United States has been enriched by the contributions of more than a million Indian Americans which includes Dr. Deepak Chopra, the pioneer of alternative medicine.”

Dr. Chopra was also the recipient of the “Medal of the Presidency of the Italian Republic” awarded by the Pio Manzu International Scientific Committee. During the presentation of the medal, Mikhail Gorbachev called Dr. Chopra as one of the most lucid and inspired philosophers of our time.

Through his Chopra Center, Dr. Chopra is revolutionizing common wisdom about the crucial connection between body, mind, spirit and healing.

IN GOVERNMENT: Eric Shinseki, U.S. Army Chief of Staff

Born of Japanese American parentage in Lihue, Hawaii during
World War II, Eric Shinseki at present is the highest ranking
Asian American officer in the military establishment of the country which once considered him an “enemy alien.” General Shinsheki, who graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1965 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, was

unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as the Department of the Army’s 34th Chief of Staff in July 1999.At the time of his appointment, Shinseki had 34 years of service in the U.S. Army. He has served in command and staff assignments both in the United States and overseas, including combat tours. After graduating from West Point, he saw action in the Vietnam War and was awarded the Purple Heart. He commanded the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas from March 1994 to July 1995. He was Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans Headquarters,
Department of the Army, from August 1996 to June 1997.

Shinseki was Commanding General of U.S. Army-Europe & Seventh Army from August 1997 to November 1998, and concurrently commanded NATO forces as the Commander of Allied Land Forces Central Europe in Heidelberg, Germany, from August 1997 to April 1998. He also served as Commander of the Stabilization Force in Bosnia- Herzegovina from July 1997 to October 1998.In announcing General Shinseki’s confirmation as U.S. Army Chief of Staff, Senator Daniel Inouye said, “this can happen only in the United States that a former enemy alien can be named to command the U.S. Army.”

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