Max Kampelman
 Max Kampelman    (spook, deep state functionary, diplomat) | |
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| Born | Max Kampelmacher November 7, 1920 |
| Died | January 25, 2013 (Age 92) |
| Alma mater | New York University, University of Minnesota |
| Member of | Action Council for Peace in the Balkans, American Committee for Peace in Chechnya, Balkan Action Committee, Committee on the Present Danger/Members, Freedom House, Henry Jackson Society/International Patrons, Middle East Media Research Institute |
Very spooky diplomat | |
Dr Max Kampelman (born Max Kampelmacher) was an American diplomat.[1]
Background
Kampelman was born in New York, New York. He received his B.A. from New York University in 1940 and LL.B., also from New York University, in 1947, and an honorary LL.D. from Bates College in 1986. At the University of Minnesota, he earned an M.A. in political science in 1946, an M.A. in public administration in 1947, and a Ph.D. in political science in 1952.
Career
His career started during the Second World War as a conscientious objector. To fulfill his draft obligation, he volunteered for the Minnesota Starvation Experiment at the University of Minnesota undertaken by nutritionist Ancel Keys. Upon completing the one-year experiment, he renounced pacifism and went on to become a lawyer, diplomat and educator.
He was Ambassador to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe from 1980 to 1983; Ambassador and Head of the United States Delegation to the Negotiations with the Soviet Union on Nuclear and Space Arms in Geneva from 1985 to 1989; and as Counselor to the United States Department of State from 1987 to 1989. He then rejoined the law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, & Jacobson LLP, where he was of counsel.
Kampelman was a member of the Board of Advisors for the think-tank Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA). From 1958 to 1985 he served on the Board of Trustees of the Institute for American Universities, a non-profit study abroad organization for U.S. undergraduates in Aix-en-Provence, France. He was vice chairman of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace from 1992 to 2001. At the time of his death, he was co-chair of the American Committee for Peace in Chechnya and a member of the Committee on the Present Danger, a policy institute that favors larger defense budgets and arms build-ups.
Award
In 1984, he received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement presented by Awards Council member Ambasssador Sol Linowitz.[2] On January 18, 1989, President Reagan awarded Kampelman the Presidential Citizens Medal. On August 11, 1999, President Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. On May 22, 2008, at a ceremony held at the US State Department in Washington, D.C., Kampelman was presented by the National Endowment for Democracy with its Democracy Service Medal in recognition of his lifetime achievement in advancing the principles of freedom, human rights, and democracy.
Legacy
Kampelman served as a motivating force behind the op-ed "A World Free of Nuclear Weapons", published on January 4, 2007, in The Wall Street Journal by George P. Shultz, Henry Kissinger, Sam Nunn and William Perry.
Affiliations
- Coalition for a Democratic Majority
- Committee on the Present Danger
- Eurasia Foundation
- Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs
- Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
- Freedom House - where he served as Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees (he was formerly Chairman of the Board)[3]. His biography also describes him as "Of Counsel" with Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, as Chairman Emeritus of Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy and Chairman Emeritus of the American Academy of Diplomacy. He is also described as Counselor of the Department of State and Ambassador and Head of the United States Delegation to the Negotiations with the Soviet Union on Nuclear and Space Arms in Geneva. He has also served as Ambassador and Head of the U.S. Delegation to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, was a founder and moderator of Washington Week in Review and served as Chairman of the Washington Public Broadcasting radio and TV stations.
