Background
Bassett, Elizabeth Ewing was born on July 22, 1937 in Cleveland. Daughter of Ben and Eileen Grace (Ewing) Bassett.
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Elizabeth Ewing Bassett
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Education
Associate of Arts, Bradford Junior College, Massachusetts, 1957.
Career
Girl Friday Time-Life, animated film companies, others, 1957-1963. Assistant producer, stage manager New York State Pavilion at New York World's Fair, 1963-1964. Writer, reporter, editor Associated Press, New York City, 1965-1972.
Free-lance correspondent Associated Press, Newsweek, Voice of America, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, ABC Radio, Africa, 1972-1974. Resident correspondent ABC News, Cairo, 1974-1977. Director publications and communications World Environment Center, New York City, 1978-1985.
Consultant writer, editor, editorial designer Women's Environmental and Development Organization, 1989—1998, United Nations organizations and others, 1985—2000. Co-organizer Project on Religion and Human Rights, 1994-1995. Guest lecturer American University Cairo, Rutgers University, Columbia University, Long Island University, Hunter College, City University of New York.
Press officer Global Survival Conference, Oxford, England, 1988. Press coordinator Global Forum on Environmental and Development, Moscow, 1990, Parliamentary Earth Summit, Rio de Janeiro, 1992. Information officer International Green Cross/Global Forum, Kyoto, Japan, 1993.
Communications coordinator World Women's Congress for a Healthy Planet, Miami, 1991. Press. coordinator WEDO Web, non-governmental organization Forum on Women, China, 1995, consultant writer editor, press officer, Institute Private Investors, 1999-2010, coordinator IPI Wharton Private Wealth Management Program.
Achievements
Membership
Member Society Professional Journalists, Society Environmental Journalists, International Science Writers Association F C.
Connections
Married Robert Richter, February 20, 1994.
