PURE Welcomes Hon. Consul General of Uzbekistan Gary Furlong to Organizing Committee

In 1988 he ventured behind the Iron Curtain to lead a 55-member medical disaster relief team with tons of earthquake relief supplies, on board the first 747 ever to land in Soviet Armenia, with no visas. Getting the team home was the stuff of legend, and subject of books.  A Seattle attorney with a passion for international problem solving, Consul General Gary Furlong has joined the Organizing Committee of PURE.

Elected President of the Seattle-Tashkent Sister City Association in 1993, Furlong for ten years led delegation after delegation to Uzbekistan, creating dialog on the rule of law, medicine, democracy, education, performing arts, banking, airline production, investment, tourism and mass media.  The US State Department confirmed him as Honorary Consul General of Uzbekistan in 2002.

Consul General Furlong recently led a Seattle team to three central Asian countries on a US State Department-funded global warming study, and still had time to become a founding member of the Consular Chamber of Commerce.  In 2011, he will introduce you to friends and collegues at the PURE.  Don't miss it.