Max M. M. Kampelman

Background

KAMPELMAN, Max was born on November 7, 1920 in New York, United States. Son of Joseph Kampelmacher and Eva Gottlieb.

Education

AB, New York University, 1940. Juris Doctor, New York University, 1945. Master of Arts, University Minnesota, 1946.

Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Ben Guiron University of Negev, 1992.

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hebrew Union College, 1984. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Georgetown University, 1984. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Bates College, 1986.

Doctor of Laws (honorary), Bar Ilan University, 1987. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1988. Doctor of Laws (honorary), New York University, 1988.

Doctor of Laws (honorary), Adelphi University, 1992. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Brandeis University, 1993. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Minnesota, 1987.

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Yeshiva University, 1990. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Florida International University, 1993.

Career

Worked at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. Admitted to the bar, 1947, New New York 1950, District of Columbia.

1951, United States.

Supreme Court. 1956, Maryland.

Doctor of Philosophy, Honoris Causa, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1982. Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa: Hebrew Union College, 1984.

Georgetown University, 1984. University of Minnesota, 1987.

Doctor of Law, Honoris Causa: Bates, 1986.

Bar-Ilan University, 1987. Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa, University of Minnesota, 1987. The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1988.

New York University, 1988.

Doctor of Humane Letters, Yeshiva, University, 1990. Doctor of Laws Honorary Degree, Adelphi, 1992.

Doctor of Philosophy, Honoris Causa, 1992. Doctor of Laws, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, 1992.

Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa, Florida International University, 1993.

Doctor of Laws, Brandeis University, 1993. Author: Entering New Worlds: The Memoirs of a Private Manitoba in Public Life, published by Harper Collins in 1991. The Communist Party versus

The C.I.O.: A Study in Power Politics, published by Praeger in 1957.Co-author: with Kirkpatrick, The Strategy of Deception, published by Farrar, Straus, 1963.

Three Years at the East-West Divide, Freedom House, 1983. Negotiating with the Soviets in Madrid, World Affairs, 1982.

"Congress, The Media and The President," Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science, Volume 32, Number. 1, 1975; Chapter in Congress Against the President, edited by Harvey Mansfield, Praeger, 1976.

"The Power of the Press: A Problem for our Democracy," Policy Review, Fall, 1978.

Recipient: Spirit of Democracy Award, American Jewish Congress, 1993. Eleanor Roosevelt Award, United Nations Association, 1993. Freedom Award, Freedom House, 1993.

Presidents Award, Glassboro State College, 1992.

Cosmos Club Award, 1991. George P. Kennan Award, Citizens Exchange Council, 1989.

George Washington Honor Medal, Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, 1989. Philip M. Klutznick Award for Public Service, B"nai B"rith, November 8, 1989.

Albert Einstein Award, American Society for Technion, September 21, 1989.

Henrietta Szold Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Service, Hadassah, July 18, 1989. Distinguished Public Service Award, American Jewish Committee, May 18, 1989. The Freedom Award, Jamestown Foundation, May 2, 1989.

The Presidential Citizens Medal, January 18, 1989.

Pi Sigma Alpha Award, National Capital Area, APSA, 1989. Trainor Award for Distinction in the Conduct of Diplomacy, Georgetown University, 1988.

The Secretary of State"s Distinguished Service Award, July, 1988. Henry M. Jackson Award, JINSA, November, 1987.

Hubert H. Humphrey Award, APSA, 1987.

Judge Learned Hand Award, Institute of Human Relations, 1985. Knight Commander"s Cross (Badge and Star) of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1984. Masaryk Award, Czechoslovak National Council of America, 1983.

Isaiah Award, AJC, 1983.

Visiting Professor, Claremont College, 1963. Visiting Professorial Lecturer, Department of Government, Howard University, 1954-1956.

Instructor, Political Science, University of Minnesota, 1946-1948. Counsel, Fried, Frank Harris, Shriver & Jacobson (Partner, 1955-1985, 1989-1991).

Faculty: Political Economy, Bennington College, 1948-1950.

School for Workers, University of Wisconsin, 1947-1948. Counselor of the United States. Department of State, 1987-1989.

Ambassador and Head of United States.

Delegation to the Negotiations on Nuclear and Space Arms, Geneva, 1985-1989. Ambassador and Head of United States.

Delegation Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Madrid, 1980-1983, Copenhagen, June 1990, Geneva, July, 1991 and Moscow, September, 1991. Vice Chairman, United States Institute of Peace, 1992—.

Member, Executive Board, American Bar Association Central and East European Law Institute, 1990—.

Member, Board of Trustees, 1979-1990, Chairman, 1979-1981, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Chairman, Freedom House, New York, 1983-1985, 1989-1993. Chairman, Board of Governors, United Nations Association of the United States of America, 1989-1993.

Chairman, The Jerusalem Foundation, 1989-1993.

Chairman, Advisory Committee, Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, 1989-1993. Member: Advisory Council, Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, 1989—.

Advisory Board, Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1989—. Board of Directors, American Academy of Diplomacy, 1989—.

Board of Directors, Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1990—.

Board of Directors, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, 1989—. Board of Directors, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University, 1992—. Adjunct Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, 1993.

Vice Chairman, United States.

Institute of Peace, 1992. Chairman, National Advisory Council, American Jewish Committee, 1993.

Board of Directors, Builders for Peace, 1993.

Achievements

• Max M. Kampelman has been listed as a reputable ambassador, lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Three Years At The East-West Divide

    (The periodic reviews of the Final Act of the CSCE in Hels...)

  • Entering New Worlds: The Memoirs of a Private Man in Public Life

    (Signed by Kampelman on the limitation page! He was the fo...)

  • Entering New Worlds Memoirs of a Private Man in Public Life Signed 1st Edition
  • Three years at the East-West divide: The words of U.S. Ambassador Max M. Kampelman at the Madrid Conference on Security and Human Rights ; with ... Leonard R. Sussman (Perspectives on freedom)
  • Entering New Worlds: The Memoirs of a Private Man in Public Life.
  • ENTERING NEW WORLDS: The Memoirs of a Private Man in Public Life
  • Entering New Worlds: The Memoirs of a Private Man in a Public Life

Membership

President Friends of National Zoo, 1958-1960, now honorary president. Honorary vice chairman Anti-Defamation League B'nai Brith, since 1981, vice chairman, 1977-1981. President American Friends of Hebrew University, 1975-1977, chairman board, 1977-1980, now chairman emeritus.

Co-chairman United States Delegation to observe elections in El Salvador, 1984. Chairman Freedom House, New York City, 1983-1985, 89-93, now honorary chairman, Jerusalem Foundation, 1989-1993. Chairman advisory committee JINSA.

Member board Ethics & Public Policy Center. Chairman board governors United Nations Association United States, 1989-1992. Chairman emeritus Greater Washington Telecomm.

Association (WETA-television). Vice president Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation, 1959-1985, Jewish Publication Society, 1978-1985. Honorary governor The Hebrew University Jerusalem, governor, 1973-1985, chairman Truman Research Institute for Advancement of Peace, 1983-1985.

Member executive committee Committee on Present Danger, 1976-1985. Vice chairman Coalition for a Democratic Majority, 1977-1985. Overseer College Virgin Islands, 1963-1980.

Board governors University Haifa, 1984-1985, Tel Aviv University, 1984-1985. Board advisors Kennedy Institute Ethics, 1984-1985. Chairman Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1979-1981, trustee, 1979-1990, chairman, 2002, Georgetown University Institute for Study of Diplomacy, 1994-2002.

Trustee Law Center Foundation New York University, 1978-1985. Board directors Georgetown University, 1978-1984, Mount Vernon College, 1972-1980, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, 1981-1985, American Peace Society, 1973-1985, Builders for Peace, since 1993. Vice chairman International Media Fund, 1990-1992.

Board directors United States Institute Peace, 1985-1986, vice chairman, board directors 1992-2000. Member steering committee Action Council Peace in Balklans, 1993-1999. Chairman national advisory council American Jewish Committee, 1993-1998.

Member American Bar Association (member standing committee on law and national security 1979-1985, 90—, member executive board East and Central European Law Institute 1990), Council on Foreign Relations, Federal Bar Association, Bar Association District of Columbia, American Political Science Association (treasurer 1956-1958), District of Columbia Political Science Association (president 1955), Cosmos Club.

Connections

Married Marjorie Buetow, August 21, 1948. Children: Anne, Jeffrey, Julie, David, Sarah.

Father:

Joseph Kampelmacher

Mother:

Eva (Gottlieb) Kampelmacher

Spouse:

Marjorie Buetow

child:

Sarah Kampelman

child:

David Kampelman

child:

Anne Kampelman

child:

Jeffrey Kampelman

child:

Julie Kampelman