RGI - GUSI Peace Prize

GUSI PEACE PRIZE INTERNATIONAL

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The Gusi Peace Prize represents one of the highest honors for distinguished individuals from the four corners of the globe. In recognizing the most brilliant examples of those working toward the attainment of peace and respect for human life and dignity, the Gusi Peace Prize brings out the best of human achievements, ideals and values. It is the Asian equivalent of the Nobel Peace Prize.

The mission of the Gusi Peace Prize, in its founder’s own words, is to champion human rights and maintain governance, democracy, equality, international peace and goodwill. It is also committed to working for people’s amelioration through medical missions, outreach programs and counseling to the deprived, the abused, the humiliated and the sick.

The awards are given out every year to individuals and groups worldwide who have proven themselves to be brilliant exemplars of society, as well as contributors to peace and human rights. The foundation receives more than 1,000 proposals each year but the 13 members of the committee strictly select only 15. All prospective awardees must be unanimously endorsed by their organizations who know and attest that the awardees are worthy of such. Nominations related to any particular member of the organization shall not be entertained unless it can be proven beyond reasonable doubt that such distinction is beyond question.

HONOURABLE OLIVER "BUCK" REVELL

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

International Law Enforcement & Peace Keeping

Former Associate Deputy Director of the FBI, Revell is known for his efforts in the fight against International Terrorism & Drug Trafficking,..

Mr. Revell is President of Revell Group International. Inc., Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas. he serves as the Exec. Vice President of Rogue DNA. Inc. of Vancouver, Canada, as a Trustee of the Center for American & International Law. Plano, Texas; as a director of Vance Security USA. Inc.. Oakton, Virginia; the Chairman, Board of Directors. Middle East Media Research Institute, Washington, DC; and Senior Advisor to Synfuels International, Inc. of Dallas, Texas.

He served for five years as an Officer and Aviator in the U.S. Marine Corps, leaving active duty in 1964 as a Captain. He then served 30 years as a Special Agent and Senior Executive of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1964-1994). From 1980 until he served in FBI Headquarters first as Assistant Director in charge of Criminal Investigations (including terrorism); as Associate Deputy Director he was in charge of the Investigative. Intelligence. Counter-Terrorism. Training. Laboratory and International programs of the Bureau (1985-91). He served as a member of the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency (1980-91), the National Foreign Intelligence Board (1987-91). and the Senior Review Group. Vice President's Task Force on Terrorism (1985-1986). Mr. Revell also served as Vice Chairman of the Interagency Group for Counter-Intelligence (1985-91), and on the Terrorist Crisis Management Committee of the National Security Council. In September 1987. Mr. Revell was placed in charge of a joint FBI/CIA/U.S. military operation (Operation Goldenrod) which led to the first apprehension overseas of an international terrorist. President Reagan commended him for his leadership of this endeavor. On May 1. 1992 the Attorney General ordered Mr. Revell to Los Angeles placing him in command of joint Federal law enforcement efforts to suppress the riots and civil disorder; he also coordinated the law enforcement activities of the assigned Military Forces. He received the Attorney General's Special Commendation Award for this endeavor. He was Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Dallas Division of the FBI at the time of his retirement in September 1994. He retired with the rank of Associate Deputy Director.

In 1983 Revell brought the FBI back into active participation in Interpol and then lead the successful effort to have Interpol recognize Terrorism as a crime that could be pursued under the Interpol Charter. He led the investigations into the attack on PanAm flight 103 and all other major terrorism investigations from June of 1982 until May of 1991. He also recommended that the FBI seek concurrent Drug Enforcement jurisdiction with DEA, and implemented a unified strategy with DEA where the FBI focused on Drug trafficking by International Organized Crime Groups and Terrorist Organizations. Revell participated in the revision of the FBI's Organized Strategy and thereafter directed nationwide investigations which effectively destroyed the American Mafia (La Cosa Nostra) as viable organizations.

In 1989, President George H. W. Bush awarded Mr. Revell the Presidential Distinguished Senior Executive Award and in 1990 the Presidential Meritorious Senior Executive Award. In 1991 he was awarded The FBI Medal for Meritorious Achievement and the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal; he also received a Commendation from the Secretary of Defense for his efforts to protect the Homeland during the Desert Storm Operation. In October 1994 Mr. Revell was awarded the Albert J Wood Public Affairs Award by the Middle East Forum for his "efforts in the fight against International Terrorism", Mr. Revell attended the University of Georgia, is a graduate of East Tennessee State University and holds a Masters Degree in Government & Public Administration from Temple University; he is a graduate of Senior Executive Programs in National and International Security and Senior Executives in Government of the Kennedy School, Harvard University.

Mr. Revell was President of the Law Enforcement Television Network (LETN) 1999-2003; is past Chairman of the Greater Dallas Crime Commission; a member of the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC). U.S. State Department: the International Policy Roundtable, and the Steering Committee, Trans-National Threat Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Washington. DC; Chairman Emeritus of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Law Enforcement Administration; a member of the Dallas-Fort Worth Council on World Affairs and the Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations. He is a Life member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police; he served on its Board of Directors, and is a member and was the founding Chairman of the IACP's Committee on Terrorism. He is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies; the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI, the FBI National Executive Institute Associates, the American Society for Industrial Security-International, the Marine Corps Association, and a Life member of FBI Post 56 of the American Legion. He is a member and past President of the Rotary Club of Dallas, a member of the National Eagle Scout Association, and has also served on the Advisory Board of the Salvation Army in Dallas.

He has been married to Sharon Ponder-Revell of Mars Hill. North Carolina for fifty one years, and they have three sons, a daughter and four grandsons and one granddaughter. Mr. Revell was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Mr. Revell frequently serves as a commentator for the news media and National & International Television on Terrorism, National & Homeland Security and Criminal Justice Issues. He wrote a book entitled. A G-.MAN’S JOURNAL, published in 1998, and has written numerous articles and Op-ed pieces on these subjects.