Professor Kreidl's Contributions to Humanity and Rural and Scientific Communities in Egypt

Abstract

Although the perspectives of the world's people vary in space and in time, every human concern falls somewhere on the space - time graph. The majority of the world's people are concemed with matters that affect only family, relatives, or friends over a short period of time. Others look farther ahead in time or over a larger area - a community, a city, a nation, or across borders. Only very few people have a global perspective that extends far into the future, far from their own circumstances and communities, and deep into humanity. Professor Norbert Kreidl was a special one of the very few. The profound concem of Professor Kreidl for humanity has inspired us and others in Egypt to think about the world s long-term problems and be prepared to face its challenges. One of the most critical challenges before us is leaming, teaching, and searching how to become responsible and effective global citizens; how to be contributing members in a global community; how to think globally and act locally. Dr. Kreidl was not only a global citizen but also a global Professor. The presentation highlights Dr. Kreidl's contributions to humanity and to the scientific communities in Egypt. His long-term support and contribution to the young researchers at the American University in Cairo (AUC) and at The National Research Center (NRC) and to the well known AUC-NSF-Basaisa Integrated Village project in Egypt will be presented with slides and short video document film.