American Academy of Diplomacy

The American Academy of Diplomacy is a private, non-profit, non-partisan, elected organization whose active membership is limited to men and women who have held positions of high responsibility in crafting and implementing American foreign policy. They have served the United States as chiefs of mission in major embassies abroad, and/or equivalent high-level foreign policy positions in Washington.

Founded in 1983, the Academy focuses the expertise of its members on the pursuit of excellence in the practice of American diplomacy, and essential tool in the promotion of U.S. values, security and prosperity.

In its early years, the Academy provided the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee with commentary on the qualifications of those nominated by the President as ambassadors, but today it only does so in exceptional circumstances, such as if the Board of Directors feels strongly about a nominee's lack of qualifications to be ambassador. [ [http://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/about_us/history.html Academy website, "About Us" Section.] ]

The academy is financially supported by its members, and by grants from foundations and corporate contributors.

Leadership

Thomas R. Pickering, Chairman

Marc Grossman, Vice-Chairman
Amb. Ronald E. Neumann, President

Nicholas A. Veliotes, Treasurer

Roscoe S. Suddarth, Secretary

Board of Directors

Julia Chang Bloch, Avis Bohlen, James F. Collins, Patricia Lynch Ewell, Charles W. Freeman Jr., Robert L. Gallucci, Charles A. Gillespie Jr., H. Allen Holmes, Robert E. Hunter, L. Craig Johnstone, James R. Jones, Princeton N. Lyman, George Moose, Phyllis E. Oakley, R. Marcus Palmer, Edward M. Rowell, J. Stapleton Roy, Daniel Simpson, Edward S. Walker Jr., Anthony Zinni

Program Director

Yvonne Siu (2007-)

Former Chairmen

Joseph J. Sisco, Max M. Kampelman, Lawrence S. Eagleburger, Frank C. Carlucci, Sol M. Linowitz, Elliot Richardson

Former Presidents

Bruce Laingen, David H. Popper, David D. Newsom

Membership

A
*O. Rudolph Aggrey
*Madeleine Albright
*Michael Armacost
*Richard Armitage
*Anne Armstrong
*Diego C. Asencio
*J. Brian AtwoodB
*James A. Baker, III
*Harry G. Barnes, Jr.
*Charlene Barshefsky
*Reginald Bartholomew
*Lucius D. Battle
*Richard E. Benedick
*Samuel R. Berger
*Shirley Temple Black
*Julia Chang Bloch
*Avis Bohlen
*Stephen W. Bosworth
*Robert R. Bowie
*Thomas D. Boyatt
*Everett Briggs
*Keith L. Brown
*Kenneth L. Brown
*Peter Burleigh
*Prudence Bushnell
*Patricia M. ByrneC
*Frank C. Carlucci
*Wendy Chamberlin
*Warren Christopher
*Joan M. Clark
*William Clark, Jr.
*Herman Cohen
*James F. Collins
*Elinor G. Constable
*Edwin G. Corr
*John Hugh Crimmins
*Chester A. Crocker
*William J. Crowe
*Walter L. CutlerD
*Kenneth W. Dam
*Jeffrey Davidow
*Nathaniel Davis
*John Gunther Dean
*Edward P. Djerejian
*James F. DobbinsE
*Lawrence S. Eagleburger
*Donald Easum
*Luigi Einaudi
*Stuart Eizenstat
*Theodore L. Eliot, Jr.
*Patricia Lynch EwellF
*Richard K. Fox
*Charles W. Freeman, Jr.G
*Robert Gallucci
*Richard N. Gardner
*Robert S. Gelbard
*Charles A. Gillespie, Jr.
*Edward W. Gnehm, Jr.
*Robert F. Goheen
*James E. Goodby
*Lincoln Gordon
*Marc Grossman
*Brandon Grove

H
*Richard N. Haass
*Alexander Haig
*Lee Hamilton
*William C. Harrop
*Arthur A. Hartman
*Ulric Haynes
*Carla A. Hills
*Deane R. Hinton
*Richard Holbrooke
*Genta H. Holmes
*H. Allen Holmes
*Donna Hrinak
*Thomas C. Hubbard
*Thomas L. Hughes
*Robert E. HunterI
*Martin Indyk
*Robert S. IngersollJ
*L. Craig Johnstone
*A. Elizabeth Jones
*James JonesK
*Philip M. Kaiser
*Curtis Kamman
*Max M. Kampelman
*Robert V. Keeley
*Kenton Keith
*Roger Kirk
*Henry A. Kissinger
*John C. Kornblum
*Daniel C. Kurtzer
*Dennis KuxL
*Bruce Laingen
*Melvin R. Laird
*Anthony Lake
*Alan Larson
*George W. Landau
*James F. Leonard
*Melvyn Levitsky
*Samuel W. Lewis
*Winston Lord
*Stephen Low
*William H. Luers
*Princeton N. LymanM
*Charles McC. Mathias
*Jack F. Matlock, Jr.
*Donald F. McHenry
*John McLaughlin
*Robert McNamara
*William Milam
*Robert H. Miller
*Walter Mondale
*George Moose
*Langhorne A. MotleyN
*David D. Newsom
*Thomas Niles
*Sam Nunn
*Joseph S. Nye, Jr.O
*Phyllis E. Oakley
*Robert B. Oakley
*Herbert S. Okun
*Henry D. Owen

P
*R. Marcus Palmer
*Ronald D. Palmer
*Richard Parker
*Robert Pearson
*Robert Pelletreau
*Charles H. Percy
*Edward J. Perkins
*Douglas Peterson
*Thomas R. Pickering
*Nicholas Platt
*David H. Popper
*Colin L. Powell
*Joseph W. PrueherQ
*Anthony C.E. QuaintonR
*Charles E. Redman
*John E. Reinhardt
*Rozanne L. Ridgway
*William D. Rogers
*Felix Rohatyn
*Dennis Ross
*Edward M. Rowell
*J. Stapleton Roy
*Donald RumsfeldS
*Harold Saunders
*Robert M. Sayre
*Howard B. Schaffer
*James R. Schlesinger
*Brent Scowcroft
*William W. Scranton
*Raymond G. H. Seitz
*Sally Shelton-Colby
*Harry W. Shlaudeman
*George P. Shultz
*Daniel Simpson
*Richard H. Solomon
*Helmut Sonnenfeldt
*Joan E. Spero
*Ronald Spiers
*Monteagle Stearns
*Roscoe S. Suddarth
*William H. Sullivan
*William L. SwingT
*Phillips Talbot
*Strobe Talbott
*Clyde D. Taylor
*Terence A. Todman
*Malcolm ToonU
*Leonard S. UngerV
*Viron P. Vaky
*William J. vanden Heuvel
*Nicholas A. Veliotes
*Richard N. VietsW
*Edward S. Walker
*Alexander F. Watson
*William Webster
*Melissa F. Wells
*John C. Whitehead
*Frank G. Wisner
*John Wolf
*Paul WolfowitzY
*Johnny YoungZ
*Anthony Zinni

cholarships

*"The Philip Merrill Scholarship":The Academy, in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), awards the Philip Merrill Fellowship for a winning essay on the practice of American diplomacy. The fellowship provides one half of SAIS tuition for each of two years of study.

*"The Leonard Marks Foundation Award for Creative Writing on American Foreign Policy":Participants in this contest submit essays on specific challenges to American diplomacy, and propose policy recommendations to address them. The Academy selects three winners at differing award levels.

Awards

*"The Walter and Leonore Annenberg Award for Excellence in Diplomacy":The Academy hosts an annual awards luncheon at the Department of State to recognize and individual or group who has made exemplary contributions to the field of American diplomacy.

*"The Arthur Ross Award for Distinguished Reporting and Analysis of Foreign Affairs":Since 2004, the Academy has presented the Arthur Ross Award to journalists who have produced the most compelling and insightful pieces concerning American diplomatic efforts.

*"The Douglas Dillon Award for Distinguished Writing on American Diplomacy":Since 1995, the Academy has awarded an annual prize for a book of distinction on the practice of American diplomacy. This award honors those who broaden public understanding of the need for excellence in American diplomacy.

External links

* [http://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/ Academy of Diplomacy]

References