Lane Kirkland

Lane Kirkland       (Labor leader)
Born	Joseph Lane Kirkland 1922-03-12 Camden, South Carolina
Died	1999-08-14 (Age 77) Washington DC
Member of	Action Council for Peace in the Balkans, Balkan Action Committee, Committee on the Present Danger/Members, Council on Foreign Relations/Historical Members, Le Cercle, Rockefeller Commission, Trilateral Commission
Interests	“terrorism”
Party	Democratic
AFL-CIO/President In office 1979 - 1995 Preceded by George Meany Succeeded by Thomas Donahue Bilderberg, Cercle, CFR, JCIT

Lane Kirkland was a spookily connected labor leader.

Activities

In 1979 he attended the Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism, where he spoke on "Terrorism and the Gulag".

Deep political connections

He attended the Bilderberg Conference in 1977, 1988 and 1993. He was co-chair of the executive committee of the Committee on the Present Danger. He also attended Le Cercle.

Awards

On November 13, 1989, Kirkland was presented with the Presidential Citizens Medal by George H. W. Bush. In 1994, Kirkland was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Bill Clinton. In 1999, Lane Kirkland was awarded the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1977	22 April 1977	24 April 1977	United Kingdom Imperial Hotel Torquay	The 25th Bilderberg, held in Torquay, England.
Bilderberg/1988	3 June 1988	5 June 1988	Austria Interalpen-Hotel Telfs-Buchen	The 36th meeting, 114 participants
Bilderberg/1993	22 April 1993	25 April 1993	Greece Nafsika Astir Palace Hotel Vouliagmeni	The 41st Bilderberg, held in Greece

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