American Academy of Diplomacy

The American Academy of Diplomacy was founded in 1983 by Ambassadors Ellsworth Bunker and U. Alexis Johnson.

Source
 * Brandon Grove - President
 * Nicholas A. Veliotes - Treasurer
 * Roscoe S. Suddarth - Secretary
 * Hoang Anh Lam - Program Director

About the Academy
According to the Academy's web site:

Ellsworth Bunker and U. Alexis Johnson, "together with John J. McCloy, convened a meeting to explore ways in which persons who had served in positions of major responsibility could cooperate to promote the highest standards in American diplomatic practice. They were encouraged in this effort by several of the then serving members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. With that encouragement, the Academy began a practice, drawing on the experience of its members, of providing the Committee commentary on the qualifications of those nominated by the President as ambassadors, both career and non-career and informing the Committee of issues of particular significance in U.S. relations with the country concerned.

"Today, the Academy continues to maintain close contact with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which informs the Academy of nominations as received. The Academy no longer, however, provides the Committee with commentary on ambassadorial nominees, except in those instances where its Board of Directors concludes that the nominee clearly lacks demonstrable qualifications for the responsibilities he or she will be required to undertake as ambassador."

Affiliations
The Academy is affiliated with the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC, through essay programs.

Funding
See the Academy web pages for a complete listing of supporters.

Charter Members 1983

 * George W. Ball
 * Lucius D. Battle
 * Jacob D. Beam
 * Shirley Temple Black
 * William G. Bowdler
 * Lewis Dean Brown
 * William P. Bundy
 * Ellsworth Bunker
 * Frank Charles Carlucci III
 * Warren Christopher
 * Harlan B. Cleveland
 * John Sherman Cooper
 * C. Douglas Dillon
 * Herman F. Eilts
 * Theodore L. Eliot, Jr.
 * George McMurtrie Godley
 * Andrew J. Goodpaster
 * Lincoln Gordon
 * Marshall Green
 * Philip C. Habib
 * Alexander Haig
 * Raymond A. Hare
 * W. Averell Harriman
 * Parker T. Hart
 * Loy W. Henderson
 * Martin J. Hillenbrand
 * Robert S. Ingersoll
 * John N. Irwin III
 * U. Alexis Johnson
 * Joseph John Jova
 * George Kennan
 * Henry Kissinger
 * Carol Laise
 * Sol M. Linowitz
 * Henry Cabot Lodge
 * Clare Booth Luce
 * Douglas MacArthur II
 * William B. Macomber
 * Edwin M. Martin
 * Robert J. McCloskey
 * John J. McCloy
 * George C. McGhee
 * Donald McHenry
 * Robert Strange McNamara
 * Edmund S. Muskie
 * David D. Newsom
 * David H. Popper
 * William J. Porter
 * John E. Reinhardt
 * Elliot L. Richardson
 * William P. Rogers
 * Donald H. Rumsfeld
 * Kenneth Rush
 * Dean Rusk
 * Harold Saunders
 * William E. Schaufele, Jr.
 * William W. Scranton
 * Joseph J. Sisco
 * Gerald C. Smith
 * Walter J. Stoessel, Jr.
 * William H. Sullivan
 * Malcolm Toon
 * Philip Trezise
 * John Wills Tuthill
 * Leonard Unger
 * Viron P. Vaky
 * Cyrus R. Vance
 * Robert F. Woodward

2006 Directors

 * Thomas R. Pickering (Chairman of the Board)
 * Marc Grossman (Vice Chairman)
 * Julia Chang Bloch
 * L. Craig Johnstone
 * Avis Bohlen
 * James R. Jones
 * James F. Collins
 * Princeton N. Lyman
 * Charles W. Freeman, Jr.
 * Patricia Lynch Ewell
 * Robert L. Gallucci
 * Phyllis E. Oakley
 * Charles A. Gillespie, Jr.
 * R. Marcus Palmer
 * Richard N. Gardner
 * Edward M. Rowell
 * Brandon Grove
 * J. Stapleton Roy
 * H. Allen Holmes
 * Mary A. Ryan
 * Robert E. Hunter
 * Daniel Simpson
 * Edward S. Walker, Jr.

Ex-Officio

 * David D. Newsom
 * David H. Popper
 * L. Bruce Laingen
 * Bruce S. Gelb, President, Council Of American Ambassadors
 * Kenneth Brown, President, Association For Diplomatic Studies And Training

Chairmen Emeriti
Source
 * Sol M. Linowitz
 * Frank C. Carlucci
 * Lawrence S. Eagleberger
 * Max M. Kampelman

Executive Committee

 * Thomas R. Pickering, Chair
 * Marc Grossman, Vice Chair
 * Thomas D. Boyatt
 * Theodore Eliot, Jr.
 * Brandon Grove
 * William C. Harrop
 * Robert E. Hunter
 * Samuel W. Lewis
 * Langhorne A. Motley
 * Phyllis E. Oakley
 * Nicholas Veliotes

Finance Committee

 * Nicholas Veliotes, Chair
 * Thomas D. Boyatt
 * Arthur A. Hartman
 * William C. Harrop

Book Committee

 * Samuel W. Lewis, Chair
 * Avis Bohlen
 * Thomas D. Boyatt
 * Herman Eilts
 * Theodore Eliot, Jr.
 * Brandon Grove
 * William C. Harrop
 * Arthur A. Hartman
 * Roger Kirk
 * Samuel W. Lewis
 * Stephen Low
 * Leonard Marks
 * Robert Miller
 * Longhorne A. Motley
 * Phyllis E. Oakley
 * Edward M. Rowell
 * Nicholas Veliotes
 * Edward S. Walker

Essay Committee

 * Samuel W. Lewis, Chair
 * William C. Harrop
 * Roger Kirk
 * Ronald Palmer
 * Edward M. Rowell
 * Nicholas Veliotes
 * Edward S. Walker

Program Committee

 * William C. Harrop, Chair
 * Robert Bowie
 * Thomas D. Boyatt
 * Julia Chang Bloch
 * Charles A. Gillespie, Jr.
 * [[Robert Keeleyv
 * Robert E. Hunter
 * Samuel W. Lewis
 * Langhorne A. Motley
 * Anthony Quainton
 * Edward M. Rowell
 * Roscoe S. Suddarth
 * Nicholas Veliotes

Membership Committee

 * Brandon Grove, Chair
 * Avis Bohlen
 * Langhorne A. Motley
 * Phyllis E. Oakley
 * Mary Ryan
 * Terrence Todman
 * Alexander F. Watson
 * Nicholas Veliotes

Media Award Committee
Source
 * Robert Hunter, Chair
 * J. Brian Atwood
 * Patricia Lynch Ewell
 * Theodore L. Eliot, Jr.
 * Charles Freeman
 * William Vanden Heuvel
 * A. Elizabeth Jones
 * Kenton Keith
 * Daniel Simpson
 * Bob Berger (Ex Oficio)
 * Helen Thomas (Ex Oficio)

Contact
THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DIPLOMACY 1800 K Street NW Suite 1014 Washington, DC 20006 Phone: 202/331-3721 FAX: 202/833-4555 Email: aadiplmcy@aol.com