Lane Kirkland

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Person.png Lane Kirkland   PowerbaseRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(Labor leader)
Lane Kirkland.jpg
BornJoseph Lane Kirkland
1922-03-12
Camden, South Carolina
Died1999-08-14 (Age 77)
Washington DC
Member ofAction 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”
PartyDemocratic

Employment.png AFL-CIO/President

In office
1979 - 1995
Preceded byGeorge Meany
Succeeded byThomas Donahue
Bilderberg, JCIT

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.

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.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/197722 April 197724 April 1977United Kingdom
Imperial Hotel
Torquay
The 25th Bilderberg, held in Torquay, England.
Bilderberg/19883 June 19885 June 1988Austria
Interalpen-Hotel
Telfs-Buchen
The 36th meeting, 114 participants
Bilderberg/199322 April 199325 April 1993Greece
Nafsika Astir Palace Hotel
Vouliagmeni
The 41st Bilderberg, held in Greece
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