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Selected Events 2007

Ambassador and Mrs. Timken Visit Muenster, Guetersloh and Bielefeld

July 19 & 20, 2007.
Ambassador and Mrs. Sue Timken visited Westphalia July 19 and 20. As part of their visit, the Ambassador was greeted by Münster Lord Mayor Berthold Tillmann in the historic "Hall of Peace" as a "friend among friends." In addition, the Timkens participated in programs at the German Police University in Münster and Bertelsmann AG in Gütersloh, which included meetings with Bertelsmann Foundation heads and lunch with current CEO Gunter Thielen and his successor Harmut Ostrowski (as of Jan 1, 2008). Ambassador Timken also participated in an interview with the regional daily "Neue Westfälische" in Bielefeld and he and Mrs. Timken enjoyed a tour of the "Sculpure Projects Münster 07" exhibit given by co-curator and co-founder Kasper Koenig.
Interview published in Neue Westfaelische Zeitung, July 21, 2007
Article in Westfaelische Nachrichten
Article in Muenstersche Zeitung, July 20, 2007
Photo Gallery, Muenstersche Zeitung

A man presenting a gift
Ambassador Timken (right) and Lord Mayor Tillmann (left) at Muenster historic "Hall of Peace" (photo courtesy of Westfaelische Nachrichten)

People posing in front of a sculpture
Sculpture Project Muenster 2007 (from right: Lord Mayor Tillmann, U.S. Consul General Matt Boyse, Ambassador Timken, Co-Curator Sculpture Project Kasper Koenig, Mrs. Sue Timken, President of German Police University Klaus Neidhardt, Mrs. Bergmann)

A group of people standing together
In front of the German Policy University in Muenster (from right: U.S. Consul General Matt Boyse, President of German Police University Klaus Neidhardt, Ambassador Timken, Mrs. Sue Timken, Mrs. Eleanore Boyse)

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