Background

Shattuck, John was born on September 22, 1943 in Pasadena, California, United States. Son of H. Francis Junior and Ruth (Murphy) Shattuck.

Education

Bachelor magna cum laude, Yale University, 1965. Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1970. Master of Arts with 1st class honorary in international law, Cambridge University, England, 1967.

Doctorate (honorary), City University of New York, 1995. Doctorate (honorary), Kenyon College, 2001. Doctorate (honorary), University Rhode Island, 2002.

Doctorate (honorary), University Western Bohemia, Czech. Republican, 2002.

Career

Law clerk to Honorary Edward Weinfeld United States District Court (southern district) New York, 1970-1971. National counsel American Civil Liberties Union, 1971-1977, director Washington office, 1977-1984. Vice president government, community public affairs Harvard University, 1984-1993, senior associate science technical public policy program John F. Kennedy School Government, 1984-1993.

Assistant secretary for democracy, human rights and labor United States Department State, Washington, 1993-1998, United States ambassador to Czech Republic Prague, 1998-2000. Chief Executive Officer John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. Foundation, 2001—2009.

Lecturer Harvard Law School, 1986—1993. Senior fellow and lecturer Tisch College Public Service, Tufts University, 2007—2009. President & rector Central European University, Budapest, since 2009.

Membership

Board director The Petra Federation, American Friends of Czech Republic, American Bar Association Central & E. Law Institute, Common Cause. Fellow American Academy Arts Sciences.

Connections

Married Petra Tölle, May 17, 1970 (deceased March 1988). Married Ellen Hume, February 14, 1991. Children: Jessica, Rebecca, Peter, Susannah.

father:

H. Francis Shattuck Junior

mother:

Ruth (Murphy) Shattuck

spouse:

Petra Tölle

spouse:

Ellen Hume

child:

Jessica Shattuck

child:

Rebecca Shattuck

child:

Susannah Shattuck

child:

Peter Shattuck