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On December 14, 2011 at the South Pole on the 100th anniversary of its discovery by Norwegian Roald Amundsen, I met the Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg after his speech delivered in English. I told him that my grandfather was born in Mosjøen, Norway. I made 100 circumnavigations around the South Pole on its 100th anniversary. Read my report.

On September 29, 2002, I met Rudy Giuliani before his well-received speech to 2500 people in Lisle, Illinois on leadership. I gave him a Map of Manhattan to show him the results of my research to discover the first owner of the land on which the World Trade Center was built. Rudy was eager to learn the name: Jan Jansen Damen. His wife, Ariaentje Cuvilje Vigne my 11 x great grandmother, the Matriarch of New Amsterdam, was the second owner . My research was used by Eric Lipton in his article in the New York Times on June 27, 2004.

On May 11, 2006, I had the honor to meet former Secretary of State, General Colin Powell before his speech at Benedictine University. General Powell, a hero to this audience, was greeted with a standing ovation. Powell told a series of ancedotes explaining the United States unique power in the world. In this patriotic speech, he quoted the Declaration of Independence at length. During Q & A, General Powell got another standing ovation when he patiently and forcefully corrected an anti-war person who accused him of lying about WMD in Iraq.

I met Charles Krauthammer on October 28, 2011 in New Orleans after his speech to the Investment Conference. He is very easy to approach and is the same gentleman in person as you see on TV. I had a chance to talk to him a few minutes the next day as well. Dr. Krauthammer is one of my favorite political commentators because he gets to the fundamentals of issues.

On October 25, 2014, I met briefly Alan Greenspan, the famous former head of the Federal Reserve, at the New Orleans Investment Conference. I mentioned to him that I had met Ayn Rand in 1965 and he responded warmly. Dr. Greenspan is 88 and I was almost 70. He is soft spoken, mentally very sharp, but stooped and a bit unsteady on his feet.

On January 17, 2014, I met Sandra Day OConnor, the first female justice of the Supreme Court, at the Circumnavigator banquet in NYC. She enjoyed learning that one of my scholarship winners had attended a high school in San Antonio named in her honor. In her speech, she decried the lack of Civics education for young people. She founded iCivics to help fix it.

On October 10, 2014 in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia, I met Charles Veley again. He is the founder of MostTraveledPeople.com, an Internet Club for extreme travelers. It is the de facto standard for evaluating competitive travelers. On November 2, 2013, I surpassed Charles becoming #1 on MTP by visiting Conway Reef. See iconic photo.

On October 10, 2014, I toured Grozny for 4 hours. I was amazed!!! The city is completely rebuilt since the War and there is no graffiti. There is a fun Chicago connection. The Minister of Tourism greeted me as the World's Top Traveler at ETIC. I gave him a Chicago Blackhawk's cap, and he put his cap on my head. The next day he gave me the white vest of the Edelweiss Judo club.

On September 23, 2014, Harry Mitsidis was my guest at a Circumnavigators event at the Chicago Yacht Club. It was a delight to finally meet him in person. In 2012, Harry recruited me for a travel club he founded now called nomadmania.com (NM). NM pioneered verifying top travelers. I received both icons after my UN and NM travels were verified.