SHARIA GHALAM
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Scheduled Speaker, 2003

A combat vet of the Iran/Iraq war (as both an F-5 fighter pilot and as an infantryman), Shariar finally escaped from Khomeini's Iran via Turkey and France in order to fulfill his lifelong dream of immigrating to the USA. Today he is a proudly naturalized American, and is well-known in the Denver/Boulder area as a gun-rights activists. Shariar Ghalam (B.S.,Aeronautical Eng., CU Boulder) is one of four members of a team competing for a $10M "X Prize" for private rocketry.