That wait-and-see attitude was even reflected by Basaran, the enthusiastically pro-American student who helped found a Turkish-American friendship club at her university.

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Mr. Hudec was particularly fond of his work on a building commissioned by the American Club in China that housed offices for the American Chamber of Commerce and space for the LaSalle Extension University.

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He currently serves as a Director of the Washington, DC Estate Planning Council, as Vice-Chair of the Fiduciary Income Tax Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation, and as Co-Chair of the Personal Financial Planning Club of the University Club of Washington DC.

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