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School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC. He is also a Visiting Lecturer on International Law and Diplomacy at Yale Law School.

He received a BA with great distinction from Stanford (History) and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Harvard. He also attended the Hochschule für Politische Wissenschaft in Münich, Germany, and is a graduate of the US Naval War College.

From 1955 to 1991 he served in the United States Diplomatic Service: he was Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, Political Advisor to NATO, and Vice Chairman of the US SALT II delegation and of the delegation to the Soviet Union and Great Britain on a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. He was also Deputy Chief of the US delegation to the talks with the USSR on the Agreement on Prevention of Incidents On and Over the High Seas.

From 1980 to 1983, he was US Ambassador to the German Democratic Republic, and from 1985 to 1990 Deputy Permanent Representative and Ambassador to the United Nations.

From 1991 to 1993 he was Deputy Personal Envoy and Deputy Co-Chairman of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia.

He was instrumental in assisting The Republic of Macedonia's admitance in the United Nations and worked closely with President Kiro Gligorov to ensure that Macedonia is accepted in the comunity of world nations. From 1993 to 1997 he was the Founding Executive Director of the Financial Services Volunteer Corps, a non-profit organization providing assistance to help establish free-market financial systems in former communist countries. He was the US Member of the UN International Narcotics Control Board from 1992 to 2002.

He joined the board of directors of the Arts Council in February 2004.