Joseph Verner Reed, Junior. is an American banker and diplomat.
Background
Joseph Verner Reed, Junior. was born on December 17, 1937 in New York City. He was named after his father, Joseph Verner Reed. His mother was Permelia Pryor.
He is also a descendant of Edward Doty (1599-1655), who emigrated to the United States on the Mayflower.
He grew up at Denbigh Farm in Greenwich, Connecticut and Corsair in Hobe Sound, Florida.
Education
He was educated at the Deerfield Academy, a private boarding school in Deerfield, Massachusetts, and graduated from Yale University, a private university in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1961.
Career
He served as United States Ambassador to Morocco from 1981 to 1985, and as Chief of Protocol of the United States from 1989 to 1991. He had a brother, Nathaniel Reed. He started his career as Private Secretary to the President of the World Bank, Eugene "Gene" Robert Black, Senior
(1898-1992).
He then served as Vice President and Assistant to the Chairman of the Chase Manhattan Bank, David Rockefeller, from 1963 to 1981. In 1985, he became United States Deputy Permanent Representative to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Two years later, in 1987, he became Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Political and General Assembly Affairs.
He was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to serve as United States Ambassador to Morocco from 1981 to 1985.
He was then appointed by President George Heriot-Watt University Bush to serve as the Chief of Protocol of the United States from 1989 to 1991. He returned to the United Nations, serving as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Special Representative for Public Affairs from 1992 to 1997.
From 1997 to 2004, he served as President of the Staff-Management Coordination Committee of the United Nations. In January 2005, he was appointed as Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser. He was re-appointed as such in 2009.
He also received The Yale Medal from his alma mater, Yale University.
Personal life
They had two daughters:
Serena (Reed) Kusserow. Electra Reed.
Membership
He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.