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Segal program initiated
by Lital Shair
News | 12/4/07
Posted online at 10:53 PM EST on 12/3/07
/ Last updated at 11:13 PM EST on 12/3/07
Former President Clinton's speech last Monday marked the first initiative of the Eli J. Segal Citizen Leadership Program, which will be composed of a lecture series and summer internships related to civic engagement for Brandeis undergraduate and Heller School students.
The program is the initiative of Segal's widow, Phyllis Segal '66, whose goal is to raise a $4 million endowment. The program will build up a network of Segal Fellows who have received awards in the name of Eli J. Segal '64, Clinton's former adviser who also was a Heller School overseer.
According to Program Director Thomas Broussard, Heller's assistant dean of the office of career services, money raised for the program will go toward internships for Brandeis students. This summer, Broussard said, two internships will be awarded to Heller School students and three to Brandeis undergraduates who have just completed their sophomore or junior years.
According to Broussard, this program "further enables people who know they want to make a difference in the world."
Phyllis Segal said the founders of the program "arrived at the idea of investing in citizen leaders because of the idea that citizens should take responsibility for making this a better world … [which] was central to how Eli lived, and the investment in helping others, especially young people, develop and become leaders, was as natural to Eli as breathing air."
Eli Segal worked on a series of unsuccessful Democratic political campaigns throughout his life, including Sen. George McGovern's Presidential campaign in 1972, for which he was elected by Clinton. His first success came as Chief of Staff on Clinton's Presidential campaign in 1992. After Clinton was elected President, Segal served as assistant to the president. Segal also created and served as chief executive of the Corporation for National and Community Service, also known as Americorps, and also headed the Welfare to Work Partnership.
Segal died in February 2006 of mesothelioma, a form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.
The program is the initiative of Segal's widow, Phyllis Segal '66, whose goal is to raise a $4 million endowment. The program will build up a network of Segal Fellows who have received awards in the name of Eli J. Segal '64, Clinton's former adviser who also was a Heller School overseer.
According to Program Director Thomas Broussard, Heller's assistant dean of the office of career services, money raised for the program will go toward internships for Brandeis students. This summer, Broussard said, two internships will be awarded to Heller School students and three to Brandeis undergraduates who have just completed their sophomore or junior years.
According to Broussard, this program "further enables people who know they want to make a difference in the world."
Phyllis Segal said the founders of the program "arrived at the idea of investing in citizen leaders because of the idea that citizens should take responsibility for making this a better world … [which] was central to how Eli lived, and the investment in helping others, especially young people, develop and become leaders, was as natural to Eli as breathing air."
Eli Segal worked on a series of unsuccessful Democratic political campaigns throughout his life, including Sen. George McGovern's Presidential campaign in 1972, for which he was elected by Clinton. His first success came as Chief of Staff on Clinton's Presidential campaign in 1992. After Clinton was elected President, Segal served as assistant to the president. Segal also created and served as chief executive of the Corporation for National and Community Service, also known as Americorps, and also headed the Welfare to Work Partnership.
Segal died in February 2006 of mesothelioma, a form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.
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