1992_11 The Daily Collegian November 1992

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The Daily Collegian
November 11,1992
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vided the money and support lo
the Islamic Jihad, were angry about
Israel's invasion of Southern
Lebanon. Israel was perceived as a
puppet of the United States and
had angered Shiite families by its
inhumane actions daring the oc¬
cupation.
On a more personal level, the
brother-in-law of one of his cap¬
tors was among 17 terrorists cap¬
tured in a raid on tbe American
Embassy in Kuwait The release
of those 17 was one of the condi¬
tions for release of tlie Western
hostages. Interestingly, these 17
were released when Saddam
Hussein invaded Kuwait So, indi¬
rectly the leader of Iran played a
part in the release of Sutherland
and the other captives, Sutherland
said.
For much of his captivity Suth¬
erland was with American jour¬
nalist Terry Anderson. At first
Sutherland said was upset about
being chained together with a mere
journalist who was obviously not
in the same class as the dean of a
university. But, he said, *T finally
reconciled to the fact that Ander¬
son was brighter.'' They became
fast friends, with Anderson teach¬
ing Sutherland about politics,
journalism, European history and
literature, and Sutherland teach¬
ing Anderson about agriculture,
how to speak fluent French and
how to play bridge.
While imprisoned with Pres¬
byterian Minister Benjamin Weir
and Father Martin; a Catholic
priest, Sutherland decided that God
was trying to tell him something
about his not attending church for
the past 15 years.
Sutherland said he learned
several lessons from hi| captivity.
He said that he appreciates the
simple things in life like green
grass, fresh air and the fall colors
in the Rockies, where he currently
resides, j
He also learned patience and
the importance of an active mind.
He credits Anderson for part of the
latter. He and .Anderson had con¬
stant debates'and discussions.
Sutherland said that Anderson had
a basic distrust of statistics and
argued with much of what Suther¬
land told him.
Sutherland's wife, Jean, never
appealed to the American govern¬
ment for belp, he said.
They were warned by the
American Embassy to get out of
Lebanon, but thought they were
safe because the Lebanese were so
proud of the American University
in Beirut
Sutherland said he and his wife
didn't realize the depth of the ba¬
nian movement but they freely
accepted the risk and the responsi¬
bility.
Suther' and was asked about ret¬
ribution towards his captors. He
said that the CIA could easily
identify all of his guards and their
respective bosses.
They could all be arrested and
broughtto trial in the United States,
but their families would only re¬
taliate against other Americans
somewhere. The audience ap¬
plauded when he said, "violence
only begets violence, let'ste done
with the cycle of violence."
He closed with the words of
Walt Whitman's poem "Leaves of
Grass" which says we don't just
learn lessons from those we ad¬
mire, but also from those who reject
us. ,w    / * '   '
Sutherland, 61, was bom May
31,1931 near Falkirk, -Scotland, and
received his Bachelor of Science
degree in agriculture from
Glasgow University in 1953, ac¬
cording to a press release.
He received his master's and
doctorate degrees from Iowa State
University in 1956 .and 1958, re¬
spectively. ;
He and his wife Jean have three
daughters, Ann, Kit and Joan.
He was a professor of animal
science at Colorado State Univer¬
sity for 25 years beginning in 1958.
In 1964 he was voted "top prof by
the student body and received
numerous other teaching honors.
In 1982 Sutherland was a con¬
sultant to the U.S. Agency for
International Developmentand the
Government of Lesotho concern¬
ing the establishment of a Bache¬
lor of Science program prior to
becoming dean of the American
University of Beirut Lebanon.
It was there that he was kidnap¬
ped at gun-point by the Islamic
Jihad, and held for the next 77
months—or 2,354 days at various
locations in Lebanon. His was the
second-longest captivity of a
Western hostage.
His wife remained in Lebanon
throughout his captivity and
worked at the .American Univer¬
sity. Sutherland was released with
anotherhostage, Terry Waite, who
was an envoy from the .Archbishop
of CanterbuiT, on Nov. 18,1991.
Currently residing in Colorado,
Sutherland hopes to someday re¬
turn to the .American University.
Sutherland has recently appeared
on the "MacNeil-Lehrer News
Hour," the "Today Show," "NBC
Nightly News" and "Good Morn¬
ing .America^
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