Ambassador James I. Gadsden, along with the new Icelandic grantees, Executive Director Lara Jonsdottir and board members

The new Fulbrighters are: Ms. Asdis Helgadottir, Ms. Ellen Drofn Gunnarsdottir, Ms. Hildur Einarsdottir, Mr. Kolbeinn Tumi Dadason, Mr. Ulfar Freyr Stefansson and Mr. Ymir Vigfusson, all graduate students, and Dr. Gunnar Gudmundsson who received a Fulbright research grant. The Commission's board of directors also administers two other awards. One is the Cobb Family Fellowship Award for graduate study at the University of Miami, FL, which was founded by former U.S. Ambassador to Iceland Mr. Charles E. Cobb Jr. The recipient of this grant in 2005 is Ms. Erna Hjaltested. Ther other is the Frank Boas Scholarship for International Legal Studies at the Harvard Law School, which this year goes to Mr. Eirikur Jonsson. It may be added, that the nominees of 8 European Fulbright Commissions compete for this scholarship yearly.

Some of the grantees were absent.

American Fulbrighters in Iceland with the Ambassador: Stephanie Olsen, Mr. James I. Gadsden, Kristín Jónína Taylor, Matthew Miller, Nicole Pollentier, Jeffrey Nebolini, Harry Charalambides and Dr. Joel Adams

Most of the American grantees in Iceland for the 2004 - 05 academic year came to the reception, as well as the Fulbright Commission's board of directors and other guests.

Members of the Board of Directors of the Icelandic Fulbright Commission pose with Ambassador Gadsden

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