June 23. 2008 COBB PARTNERSHIP AWARD  | | Ambassador Charles Cobb, Carol van Voorst the United States Ambassador in Iceland and the recipient K-C Tran with his family. |
On June 10 K-C Tran received the Cobb Partnership Award at a reception at the residence of the U.S. Ambassador Carol van Voorst.
On July 4, 1991 Ambassador Charles Cobb, then the United States Ambassador to Iceland, and Ambassador Sue Cobb presented the city of Reykjavík with the statue Partnership in commemoration of 50 years of diplomatic relations between Iceland and the United States.
The statue was erected down at the Reykjavík harbour and an identical one stands proudly at the home of the Cobbs in Coral Gables, Florida. The Partnership Award was formed in 1991 and Pétur Bjarnason the sculptor of the statue created the miniature Partnership sculptures for the awardees.
In 2003 the Icelandic Fulbright Commission was asked to manage the Cobb Partnership Award, which had been dormant for some years and the board of directors of the Icelandic Fulbright commission was honoured to take on the responsability. The Cobb Partnership Award is awarded biannually. The commission’s board of directors choose an American who has been an outstanding advocate of American values in Iceland and who has strengthened the ties between the two countries. Americans who are eligible for this award are those who have demonstrated a strong committment to fostering U.S. relations with Iceland and to the building of bridges between the two countries.
 | | Ambassador Charles Cobb, his wife Sue Cobb and Dr. Donna Shalala. |
This year’s recipient of the Cobb Partnership Award is the entrepreneur Dr. K-C Tran. Dr. Tran is the CEO of Carbon Recycling International Ehf. which he cofounded in 2006. Carbon Recycling International is a venture backed Icelandic/American company with headquarters in Iceland and operations in the U.S. The main focus is to develop clean technology which enables direct conversion of renewable energy to fuel and thus make Iceland energy independent.
The Fulbright commission also manages a grant Ambassador Cobb donates every year to an Icelandic student going to the University of Miami for graduate studies. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Ambassador Cobb for his ongoing support, not only concerning the Partnership Award but also his support for Icelandic graduate students. The grant is the Cobb Family Fellowship which the Fulbright Commission advertises and promotes each year.
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