Background
Vance, Cyrus Roberts was born on March 27, 1917 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of John Carl and Amy (Roberts) Vance.
lawyer United States Secretary of State
Vance, Cyrus Roberts was born on March 27, 1917 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of John Carl and Amy (Roberts) Vance.
Student, Kent School. Bachelor, Yale University, 1939. Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1942.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Yale University, 1968. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Marshall University, 1963. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Trinity College, 1968.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), West Virginia University, 1969. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Bowling Green University, 1969. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Salem College, 1970.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Brandeis University, 1971. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Amherst College, 1974. Doctor of Laws (honorary), West Virginia Wesleyan University, 1974.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Harvard University, 1981. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Colgate University, 1981. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Gen, Theological Seminary, 1981.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Williams College, 1981. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Notre Dame University, 1982. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Mount Holyoke College, 1982.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Brown University, Davidson College, University Haifa, Fairfield University, New York University, Northwestern University.
Assistant to president Mead Corporation, 1946—1947. Associate Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, 1947—1956, partner, 1956—1961, 1967—1977, 1980—1998. Special counsel preparedness investigating subcommittee Senate Armed Services Committee, 1957—1960.
General counsel Department Defense, 1961—1962. Secretary of army, 1962—1963. Deputy secretary defense, 1964—1967.
Special representative of President Johnson in Cyprus, 1967, 1968. United States negotiator Paris Peace Conference on Vietnam, 1968—1969. Secretary state, 1977—1980.
Personal envoy United Nations Secretary General on Yugoslavia crisis, 1991—1992. Personal envoy United Nations Secretary General on South Africa and Nagorno-Karabakh, 1992. Co-chairman United Nations-European Commission International Conference on Former Yugoslavia, 1992—1993.
Special envoy United Nations Secretary-General Greece-FYROM Negotiations, 1993—2002. Consultant counsel Special Committee on Space and Astronautics United States Senate, 1958. Chairman committee on adjudication of claims Administrative Conference United States.
Member Committee to Investigate Alleged Police Corruption in New York City, 1970—1972. Chairman United Nations Development Corporation, 1976. Member Indiana Committee on Disarmament and Security Issues, New York State Commission on Government Integrity, New York State Judicial Commission on Minorities in the Court.
Board directors Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 1989—1993, chairman, 1989—1991, International Commission on Missing Persons in the Former Yugoslavia, from 1995. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946.
Trustee Yale Corporation, 1968-1978, 80-87. Trustee Rockefeller Foundation, 1970-1977, 80-82, chairman, 1975-1977. Chairman American Ditchley Foundation, 1981-1994.
Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member American Bar Association, Association of Bar of City of New York (president 1974-1976), Council on Foreign Relations (director, vice chairman 1985-1987), Japan Society (chairman 1985-1993).
Married Grace Elsie Sloane, February 15, 1947. Children: Elsie Nicoll, Amy Sloane, Grace, Camilla, Cyrus Roberts.