CONGRESSIONAL RECEPTION
Capitol Building, Mike Mansfield Room
October 13, 1999

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
WHO ATTENDED:

SENATE
The Honorable Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.)
The Honorable Max Baucus (D-Mont.)
The Honorable Bob Graham (D-Fla.)
The Honorable Paul Sarbanes (D-Md.)

HOUSE
The Honorable Gene Taylor (D-Miss.-5)
The Honorable Rob Portman (R-Ohio-2)
The Honorable & Mrs. Cass Ballanger (R.N.C.-10)
The Honorable Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.-4)
The Honorable Bob Barr (R-Ga.-7)
The Honorable Herb Bateman (R-Va.-1)
The Honorable Illeana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.-18)

Co-sponsors:
BancoDisa
Prudential Securities
Brown & Williamson

 
Hon. Michael Barnes, Chairman, USPA (USA)
H.E. Arturo Vallarino, First Vice President, Panama


Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
(past recipient of USPA's Friendship Award)
& Hon. Michael Barnes
(Chairman of USPA (USA) and former member of Congress)


(Left) Senator Strom Thurmond (R-SC)


Congressman Cass Ballanger (R-N.C.)


Congressman Herb Bateman (R-VA.)


Robert McMillan, Chairman Organizing Committee (USA)
& Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.)


Hon. Michael Barnes, Chairman, USPA (USA)
& Felix Carles, President, USPA (Panama)


Ricardo Gonzalez de Mena, Executive Director, USPA (Panama)
& Hanna Ayala, Advisor, IPAT


Sarita Dominguez, Roberto Dominguez, Acobir, Graciela Batalla, ARI, 
Ambassador Juan B. Sosa, President, USPA (USA)


Guest, Eugene Renzi, Mantech, Fred Petersen, Mantech
& Alberto Aleman Zubierta, Administrator, Panama Canal Authority


Carlos Ernesto Lopez Guevara, former Panamanian Ambassador
to the U.S., Ulysses (Blackie) Auger, Auger Enterprises,
(Right) Nick Antonelli, PMI (both Board Members of USPA (USA)


Guests, Mr. & Mrs. Herman Bern, Bern Enterprises,
Liriola Pitti de Cordoba, IPAT

PANAMA WEEK 1999 "Panama Canal" Transiting into the New Millennium

CONGRESSIONAL RECEPTION / BI-NATIONAL BOARD MEETING
EXHIBIT & INAUGURAL LUNCH / BREAKOUT SESSIONS
EMBASSY RECEPTION / PANAMA CANAL "TRANSIT 2000" & EXEMPLARY CONTRIBUTION" AWARDS BREAKFAST / FORUMS: PANAMA CANAL & PRIVATE SECTOR / "AMBASSADORIAL" & "GOODWILL AMBASSADOR" AWARDS LUNCH / FIFTH ANNUAL "FRIENDSHIP AWARD" GALA DINNER