Conference on Science and Technology for Development. Father Ted. as he is known around South Bend and Notre Dame. has traveled across the globe working to find peaceful resolutions to international conflicts. As recently as 1999. when Father Hesburgh was 82 years old. he conducted a factfinding tour of refugee camps in Kosovo for the United Nations. Father Hesburgh has also led efforts to assist the poorest of the poor in the developing world. serving as the chairman of the Overseas Development Council where he led fundraising efforts that helped prevent mass starvation in Cambodia as a result of the brutal policies of the Khmer Rouge. In 2000.