AUG. 15 (2007) -- The Mayor's Committee on United Nations Day is pleased to announce the selection of James M. Malouff as this year's recipient of the Kansas City World Citizen award. Mr. Malouff was notified of his selection by Linda Trout, executive director of the International Relations Council, who was chair of the World Citizen Selection Committee. Mr. Malouff will be presented the award during the Mayor's U.N. Day Dinner on Wednesday, October 24, 7:00 p.m., at Pierson Auditorium in the University Center of the University of Missouri - Kansas City.
Mr. Malouff is a long-time Kansas City, MO, resident, businessman and civic leader. He currently is president of the Malouff Companies. He previously was president and director of the Eugene D. Brown Companies and earlier was associated with Hallmark Cards, Inc, and the Kansas City Star. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City and he is a veteran of the United States Navy.
Mr. Malouff is interested all aspects of international affairs. A particular interest is promoting Kansas City as a global city. He conceived the concept of the Kansas City Pan American Initiative, which includes the Grand Boulevard of the Americas Project. He is a member of the United Nations Association-Kansas City Chapter, People to People International, where he serves on the Board of Trustees; the Greater Kansas City People to People Chapter, the International Relations Council, and the International Visitors Council. He is member of Sister Cities International and serves on the Advisory Board of the Sister City Association of Kansas City. He has traveled to multiple countries and territories and has been inducted into the King Christian IV Guild of Denmark. He serves on the Board of Governors of the Liberty Memorial /National WW1 Museum. He recently received a Mayoral appointment to the newly formed KC Global Commission.
His many past international activities include: serving as a delegate to the first People to People International Peace Camp Initiative in Egypt in 2003, chairing the Mayor's Task Force that revitalized the Kansas City Sister City Association in 1984 and serving as a vice-president of the Association; leading efforts to establish Sister City relationships between Kansas City, MO, and Xi'an, China, and recently, with Metz France; serving as a member of the Midwest Regional Board of the Institute of International Education, a worldwide organization; Chairman of the International Student/Business Connection Program; member of the Board of the Lalamba Association, which supports humanitarian projects in Africa; an appointment by the President of the University of Missouri System to the Strategic Planning Committee on the Global Economy; service on Rockhurst University's Committee on Global Studies, an appointment by the U. S. Secretary to Commerce to the District Export Council for the Kansas City area; serving as a member of board of the Kansas City Foreign Trade Zone, and as Chairman of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce International Business Partners Subcommittee on World Trade. He has initiated and chaired humanitarian projects that aided an orphanage in Viet Nam during the Viet Nam War and projects that aided people in Africa and in the Middle East.
In 2006, Mr. Malouff was recognized as a recipient of the Circle of Distinguished Volunteers medal by Sister Cities International during its 50^th Anniversary celebration. In 2005, the Kansas City Sister City Association awarded Mr. Malouff its Community Service Award. Mr. Malouff is a Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow and in 1970 was honored with a prestigious lifetime JCI Senatorship by Junior Chamber International.