An independent body established to
recognize those individuals and organizations that exhibit extraordinary
business ethics and leadership qualities, The Global Center manages and
administers the nomination process for The Laureate Award + Medal Series.S.

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Under his leadership, Goldman
became one of the world's pre-eminent banking and brokerage firms. The author favors a weight control program which has
long recommended the consumption of meal replacement shakes and bars that
contain added sugars such as corn syrup, sugar, high fructose corn syrup and
dextrose.

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In addition to presenting The Laureate Award to Whitehead at tonight's
event, The Global Center will give Laureate medals to Adrian Cadbury of the
United Kingdom for his overall efforts in promoting good corporate governance
and to Dr . Besides serving as chairman of The Goldman Sachs
Foundation, he has served as chairman of the Greater New York Councils of the
Boy Scouts, the Mellon Foundation, the International Rescue Committee, the
Chairman's Council of the National Gallery of Art, the Brookings Institution,
and the Board of Overseers of Harvard University.

Nobel Peace Center
KPMG International is also The Global Founding Partner and a corporate
member on the board of the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, which is scheduled to
open on June 11, 2005. However, the
only phase of Atkins they even accurately analyzed was the Induction
weight-loss phase of the ANA.

The favored choice.

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Whitehead , who began his professional career in 1947 at Goldman Sachs +
Co., has chaired the prestigious Lower Manhattan Development Corp. In 2002, the Haas School of Business at
the University of California -Berkeley created the Whitehead Distinguished
Fellowship in Corporate Responsibility Fund in his honor .

Consumers Need a Report on the Facts About Atkins Not the Myths

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Whitehead Receives the Laureate Award From the Global Center for Leadership + Business Ethics

The Global Center board member Arthur Levitt Jr."
"We are delighted to present The Global Center's inaugural Laureate Award
to John Whitehead," said William W. and was former chairman of Goldman, credits his leadership success to his
experiences as a child during the Depression and his service in the U. Ignoring the
published research, the author of the article speculates that the ANA has
"nutritional deficiencies" that "might have a negative effect on some dieters'
health.

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Whitehead, 83, chairman of the
Goldman Sachs Foundation, tonight will receive The Laureate Award from The
Global Center for Leadership + Business Ethics as "the corporate leader who
best embodies the qualities of insight, ethics, and courage that are key
attributes of visionary leadership. "There are
many in business today who are more deserving than I am, but I'm glad to
represent all of us in business who are active in leading responsibly .

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"I've received many honors in my lifetime, but nothing has been more
important than the honor I'm receiving tonight," said Whitehead. Navy
during World War II.

About The Global Center for Leadership + Business Ethics
Headquartered in New York, The Global Center for Leadership and Business
Ethics was established by KPMG International, the global network of
professional services firms, in 2004. NEW YORK, The evaluation of diets in the June 2005
issue of Consumer Reports mixes opinion and speculation with incomplete facts,
leading to a portrayal of the Atkins Nutritional Approach(TM) (ANA(TM)) that
does a disservice to consumers.

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"Secondary education and health care are our two worst problems in the
United States, and I would like to see businesses apply their talents to
improve the quality of education or health care in the geographical areas in
which they operate," he said.
The call for nominations for the 2006 Laureate Award + Medal Series will
be issued by The Global Center for Leadership + Business Ethics in July 2005
to senior corporate executives and audit committee chairs, business school
deans and academic leaders, professional associations, legislators, regulatory
agencies, and economists.

About KPMG International
KPMG International is the coordinating entity for a global network of
professional services firms, providing audit, tax, and advisory services, with
an industry focus. The aim of KPMG International member firms, including
sublicensees and subsidiaries, is to turn knowledge into value for the benefit
of their clients, people, and the capital markets.

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They must be conscious of their
employees and treat their employees well, providing opportunities that meet
the employees' needs as well as the company's needs.A.

Nutritional evaluation is incomplete. Sadly, the author's opinion reflects outdated misconceptions
about Atkins which have now been thoroughly debunked by the extensive
published research.

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Presentation Tonight at United Nations Gala Dinner

NEW YORK, John C. "His career-long
efforts to promote business ethics and responsibility, as well as his service
and distinguished leadership to government, the military and education, is an
example from which we can all learn.
In 1993, Whitehead created the John C.

Covers home pages by researchers on game theory that include usually cv, link to working papers and publications etc.

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Whitehead joined Goldman in 1947, was named partner nine years later, and
became co-chairman and senior partner in 1976.B.

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Subsequent to a call for nominations, The Global Center and its
distinguished five -member board of directors -- including chairman William W.
George, board members Dr. As part of the call, 9,000 nominations for the Laureate Medal + Award
Series were issued globally, and responses were received from more than 15
countries.

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"
"The era when a business is there only to make profits for its
stockholders has passed," said Whitehead."
Whitehead also believes that business must have a role in the communities
in which it operates, including cultural and civic organizations , and must
help solve social problems.

John Whitehead Background
Since 2001, John C.

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"
Whitehead, who has served on the boards of numerous corporations and as a
director of the New York Stock Exchange and chairman of the Securities
Industry Association, will receive The Laureate Award at a gala event at the
United Nations. Whitehead Fund for Not-for-Profit
Management at Harvard Business School.

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Helmut Sohmen -- concluded the selection process in January
2005. Though the ANA was rated well for
weight loss, it was criticized for not having balanced nutrition.

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He retired
as chairman in 1984. Furthermore, this
program has not been the subject of the extensive independent randomized
control trials published in peer-reviewed journals, as Atkins has been.

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"To be successful, business leaders
must now assume social responsibilities. Shultz and served in that capacity until January 1989.
Whitehead is a graduate of Haverford College and received an M. The Nobel Peace Center is a worldwide resource for
public information and discussion about the topics of war and peace and
conflict resolution, as well as a global forum in which to present the work of
Alfred Nobel and the Nobel system, the Peace Prize Laureates, and the Nobel
Committee .

A large body of positive research on Atkins is ignored.

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"In the Navy, I learned a lot about leadership during the
Normandy Invasion being in charge of 54 men all of whom were older and had
more years of service. Whitehead, 83, former chairman of Goldman, Sachs +
Co. This incomplete comparison does not consider the majority of time
dedicated to the lifestyle and weight maintenance phases of the ANA, which
even former U.

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, charged
with restoring lower Manhattan after September 11.

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"
Inspired by the principles and guidelines of the Norwegian Nobel Committee
and the Nobel Prizes, KPMG International established The Global Center for
Leadership + Business Ethics in 2004 as an independent entity to recognize
individuals who exhibit extraordinary business ethics and leadership
qualities.S. With nearly 94,000 people
worldwide, member firms provide audit, tax, and advisory services from 717
cities in 148 countries." This statement is directly refuted by recently published research; 49
research papers, reviews and abstracts have consistently shown health benefits
and reduction of disease risk factors after following Atkins with NO ill
health effects.
We encourage the evaluation of weight control approaches based on facts
and data because we are confident that Atkins does best when the data is
reviewed objectively, without any "pre-conceived notions".

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Reatha Clark King, Arthur Levitt Jr. Such a partial view of the ANA only
perpetuates the inaccurate perception that the Induction phase is all there is
to Atkins and that the program is a "diet" rather than a lifetime approach to
weight control and better health.

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Karl-Henrik Robert of Sweden for his work on sustainability. In 1985, Whitehead was asked to be deputy secretary of state under
George P.

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, Lord David
Simon, and Dr. degree
from Harvard Business School. Furthermore, they compared Induction to the
USDA Food Guide Pyramid recommendations, which are for maintaining weight, not
losing it . With the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reporting
that Americans are already consuming 150 plus pounds of added sugars a year,
we believe this program requires more serious analysis. We invite Consumer
Reports to retract their article and publish a story based on objective and
verifiable facts.

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George, chairman of The Global Center and
former chairman and chief executive of Medtronic , Inc. I needed to learn and learn fast but gained a good
sense in the lessons of leadership."
Regarding the state of contemporary business leadership, Whitehead
believes that American businessmen are "honest and have high standards. Over the past six decades,
he has enjoyed an illustrious career in both public service and private
industry and is widely recognized as a pioneer in the advancement of corporate
social responsibility issues.
In addition to his leadership role at Goldman, Whitehead served as a
director of the New York Stock Exchange, chairman of the Securities Industry
Association, and later as chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York. There are plans for a Nobel-KPMG symposium on Leadership and
Business Ethics during Nobel Week in Oslo , Norway, in December 2005. Its
policies and processes are modeled on those of Nobel. Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman stated are in alignment
with USDA recommendations during the January 2005 press conference announcing
the release of these guidelines.

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will present
Whitehead with the award , a solid gold medal in a monogrammed blue leather box
and a reproduction of an original piece of art, inspired by the awards
bestowed to Nobel Peace Prize Laureates.
"Growing up during the Depression made me cautious and conservative and
understanding that good times were not always going to be present, and this
helped me in my business career by not being too buoyant and too optimistic ,"
said Whitehead.