Frank Owen Gehry is a Canadian-born American architect and designer. A number of his buildings,including his private residence in Santa Monica,California,have become world-renowned attractions.
Donald Louis Evans is an American businessman. He was the 34th U.S. Secretary of Commerce. He was appointed by his longtime friend George W. Bush and sworn into office on January 20,2001. On November 9,2004,the White House announced that Evans intended to resign by the end of January 2005.
Michael Kantor is an American attorney who served as the United States Trade Representative from 1993 to 1996 and United States Secretary of Commerce in 1996 and 1997.
Clayland Boyden Gray was an American lawyer and diplomat who served as White House Counsel from 1981 to 1993 and as U.S. Ambassador to the European Union from 2006 to 2007. He was a founding partner of the Washington,D.C.–based law firm Boyden Gray &Associates LLP.
Nathaniel Davis was a career diplomat who served in the United States Foreign Service for 36 years. His final years were spent teaching at Harvey Mudd College,one of the Claremont Colleges.
William Earl Kennard is an American attorney and former government official. Kennard served as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 1997 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton,and was the first African American to lead the agency. In 2009,Kennard was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as Ambassador to the European Union,serving until 2013.
John Randolph Hubbard was an American educator,academic administrator,and diplomat who served as the eighth president of the University of Southern California from 1970 and 1980.
Eric Steven Edelman is an American diplomat who served as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (2005–2009),U.S. Ambassador to Turkey (2003–2005),U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Finland (1998–2001),and Principal Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs (2001–2003). A career Foreign Service Officer,Edelman entered the Senior Foreign Service in 1992. He is a recipient of the Secretary of Defense's award for Distinguished Civilian Service (1993) and the State Department's Superior Honor Award.
Gary Faye Locke is an American politician,attorney,and former diplomat from the state of Washington. Locke served as the 21st governor of Washington from 1997 to 2005,where he was the first Chinese-American governor as well as the first Asian American governor in the continental U.S. During the Obama administration,Locke served as Secretary of Commerce from 2009 to 2011,and as Ambassador to China from 2011 to 2014,the first Chinese American to serve in the role.
Harry Walter Shlaudeman was an American diplomat,who served successively as Ambassador to Venezuela,Peru,Argentina,Brazil,and Nicaragua.
John Joseph Sullivan is an American attorney and government official who served as the United States Ambassador to Russia from 2020 to 2022,and who previously served as the 19th United States Deputy Secretary of State from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,Sullivan served as Acting United States Secretary of State from April 1,2018,to April 26,2018,following President Donald Trump's dismissal of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on March 13,2018,until Tillerson's official successor,Mike Pompeo,was sworn in. Tillerson did not officially leave office until March 31,2018. Sullivan,however,was delegated all responsibilities of the Secretary of State beginning March 13.
Derek Shearer is an American former diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Finland. He is currently employed by Occidental College,directing the McKinnon Center for Global Affairs and serving as a Chevalier Professor of Diplomacy and World Affairs.
A United Nations Secretary-General selection was held in 1971 to succeed U Thant,who was stepping down after two full terms. Three candidates received enough votes in the Security Council to be selected Secretary-General:Carlos Ortiz de Rozas of Argentina,Kurt Waldheim of Austria,and Max Jakobson of Finland. However,all of the frontrunners were vetoed in the first two rounds of voting. In the third round,Waldheim accidentally escaped a triple-veto when three permanent members failed to coordinate their votes and all abstained. As a result,Kurt Waldheim was selected Secretary-General of the United Nations for a term starting 1 January 1972.
John Giffen Weinmann served as United States Ambassador to Finland and later as the Chief of Protocol of the United States under President George H. W. Bush. He was appointed Ambassador to Finland on October 10,1989,and presented his credentials on November 10 of that year. His tenure in Finland concluded on August 29,1991,after being nominated to be Chief of Protocol on July 11,1991. He succeeded Rockwell A. Schnabel and was succeeded by John Hubert Kelly.
The following is a timeline of the presidency of George H. W. Bush,from January 1,1992 to January 20,1993.
The following is a timeline of the presidency of George H. W. Bush,from January 1,1991 to December 31,1991.
Relations between Czechoslovakia and the United States refer to two periods in Czechoslovakia's history. The first being the establishment of Czechoslovakia after its declaration of independence in 1918 from Austria-Hungary initiated by President Woodrow Wilson as part of his Fourteen Points following World War I. The second period being the communist era from 1948 when relations were strained,until 1992 when Czechoslovakia split forming the independent nations of the Czech Republic and Slovakia as a result of the 1989 Velvet Revolution.
