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@Sid

No, something that was the predecessor of the IB. International Schools Examinations Syndicate (ISES) was first run by John Goormaghtigh in 1965 (who was chair of the board at IS Genevia), along with Alex Peterson who then became the president of ISES in 1966, 2 years later the IBO was formed and Alex appointed as its first director general. Alex was a founding member of ISES.

Alec, not Alex, was not Swiss, regardless of what projects he worked on at any point in his life.

Perhaps you would like to declare that the developers of AERO are German, or Irish, or whatever, because AERO evolved from curricula which evolved from curricula which at some point were German?

Perhaps all educators are Italian since the very word curriculum is Latin?

Oh Dave, you're such a twit. You wrote quite clearly that the IB was the product of Swiss educators. Rather than admit that you got it wrong, you will argue until the cows come home, twisting words and quoting selectively. Read Ian Hill's history of the organization - he was the former Deputy DG and his is the official account - and then try to defend your thesis. Or take a look at this:
"Alexander Duncan Campbell Peterson OBE was a British teacher and headmaster, greatly responsible for the birth of the International Baccalaureate educational system."
or this:
"Alec Peterson was the first Director General of the International Baccalaureate® (IB). He shaped the educational philosophy of the IB based on his own deeply humanist and liberal beliefs; from the IB's commitment to stimulating courses, and its focus on independent research, to its balance between academic work and community service."
or this:
http://www.ibo.org/ib-world-archive/sep ... bs-father/

And stop being so boring!

@Sid

No Alex, as in short for Alexander, as in the guys name is Alexander Duncan Campbell Peterson, the guys name. I didnt claim his nationality was Swiss, I wrote he was one of several Swiss educators. What you do not how you are born determines what educator you are.

@walter

Still dont know what you think you know. I wrote the IB was a product of Swiss educators because it was a product of Swiss educators.
"In 1966, he was named head of the International Schools Examination Syndicate, which was reorganised in 1968 as the International Baccalaureate Organization."
Try following your own advise.

Now you're denying him his own name? The full name is Alexander, and he goes by Alec. Check any source other than your own brain.
And no, what you do workwise does not determine your nationality. Foolish notion.

@Sid

No Im using his actual legal name, the same i would do in citing anyone in a professional of academic context. His name is Alexander, Alex for short.
You are developing the same reading comprehension and fluency issues @walter has. I wrote "What you do not how you are born determines what educator you are."

Dave, you are such a buffoon. I knew Alec Peterson. He was never known as Alex. And in a professional context, when you are citing, you wouldn't customarily shorten a name. If you did, then it certainly wouldn't be to a diminutive that NO ONE ever used. Alec Peterson's part-time work at ISG was a tiny part of his career. He would have scoffed at the description "Swiss educator". And to lard ISG with all the credit for the IB takes no account of the work of Atlantic College - where students sat the first trial IB examinations. You are the ultimate knowledge paradox: a know-all know-nothing.

@walter

Your ad hominem attacks indicate your position is too weak to withstand debate. It consists of a position that someone nick name is more valid than their actual name. You have no idea what he would have thought, as he passed in 1988, its easy to make claims that are unverifiable. Everyone part in ISES was minor, the organization evolved into the IBO after only 4 years.
You dont know anything, you are guessing, and believe youre right because it supports your position. Like all leadership you think youre right because you sit in the big chair that spins around.