May Lecture: Stuart Eizenstat, The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements That Changed the World
Stuart Eizenstat, The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements That Changed the World
Friday, May 31
10:30 AM
IN-PERSON at OLLI
Ambassador Eizenstat is a senior member of Covington & Burling LLP’s international practice. His work at Covington focuses on resolving international trade problems and business disputes with the US and foreign governments, and international business transactions and regulations on behalf of US companies and others around the world.
During decades of public service in five US administrations, Ambassador Eizenstat has held a number of key senior positions, including chief White House domestic policy adviser to President Jimmy Carter (1977-1981); U.S. Ambassador to the European Union; Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade; Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs; and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration (1993-2001). He also served as a member of the White House staff for President Johnson (1967-1968).
Ambassador Eizenstat has received nine honorary doctorate degrees from universities and academic institutions. He has been awarded high civilian awards from the governments of France (Legion of Honor), Germany, Austria, Israel, and Belgium, as well as from Secretary of State Warren Christopher, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, and Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence Summers. In 2007, he was named "The Leading Lawyer in International Trade" in Washington, DC by Legal Times. His articles appear in The New York Times, The Financial Times, International Herald Tribune, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Foreign Policy magazine, Foreign Affairs magazine, The Hill and Politico on a variety of international and domestic topics. Ambassador Eizenstat grew up and was educated in the public schools of Atlanta. He is a Phi Beta Kappa, cum laude graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (where he now has a chair in his name, The Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat Chair of Modern Jewish History) and of Harvard Law School. He was an Adjunct Lecturer at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government from 1982-1991. He and his late wife, Frances Eizenstat, have two sons and eight grandchildren.
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