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He graduated magna cum laude from Syracuse University in 1974, with degrees in Political Science and Psychology.
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Cunningham has served in various diplomat positions since graduating from Syracuse University in 1974. Cunningham was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He has served as the Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the United States in Rome before becoming an ambassador to the United Nations.
He has spent most of his career working on European political and security issues, and in multilateral diplomacy.
His responsibilities included advising the Secretary General on the entire range of North Atlantic Treaty Organization issues in the context of the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union. Cunningham became Deputy Advisor for Political Affairs at the United States Mission to the United Nations in August 1990, just after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
He returned to Washington, District of Columbia, as Deputy Director of the State Department" General’ s Office of European Security and Political Affairs in 1992, becoming Director in 1993. As Director, he was involved in many aspects of policy toward Europe, including North Atlantic Treaty Organization, arms control and disarmament, and Bosnia.
After a year of senior officer development training, he took up his duties in Rome in August 1996.
As Consul General, (from 2005–2008) Cunningham was responsible for Hong Kong and Macau, both special administrative regions of the People"s Republic of China. He is known in Chinese as 郭明瀚 Guō Mínghàn. The couple has two daughters, Emma and Abigail.
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Afghanistan
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Superior Honor Award; Chief of Staff; Meritorious Honor Award
The Meritorious Honor Award is an award of the United States Department of State.; The Superior Honor Award is an award of the United States Department of State.The Meritorious Honor Award is an award of the United States Department of State.; The Superior Honor Award is an award of the United States Department of State.