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November 16, 2006. Jakob Köllhofer, Director of the German-American Institute (GAI), welcomed Ambassador Timken and his wife, Baden-Württemberg Minister President Öttinger, Heidelberg Lord Mayor Weber, and Dr. Manfred Osten, former secretary-general of the Humboldt Foundation, among the guests of honor in a celebration of the GAI's 60th anniversary. In his speech the Ambassador congratulated Mr. Köllhofer on the institute's impressive success story in promoting the transatlantic partnership in the Rhine-Neckar region. He also expressed his admiration for the effectiveness of the public-private partnership sustaining the GAI. The guests of honor and a large audience of friends of the GAI from politics, business, science and culture greatly enjoined musical entertainment presented by a "rainbow" group of children of different cultural and ethnic backgrounds for whom the GAI offers a regular meeting point.
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