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Eizenstat, Stuart Elliot was born on January 15, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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In the second half of the 1990s, Stuart Eizenstat was perhaps the most controversial U.S. foreign policy official in Europe. His mission had nothing to do with Russia, the Middle East, Yugoslavia, or any of the other hotspots of the day. Rather, Eizenstat's mission was to provide justice—albeit belated and imperfect justice—for the victims of World War II. Imperfect Justice is Eizenstat's account of how the Holocaust became a political and diplomatic battleground fifty years after the war's end, as the issues of dormant bank accounts, slave labor, confiscated property, looted art, and unpaid insurance policies convulsed Europe and America. He recounts the often heated negotiations with the Swiss, the Germans, the French, the Austrians, and various Jewish organizations, showing how these moral issues, shunted aside for so long, exposed wounds that had never healed and conflicts that had never been properly resolved. Though we will all continue to reckon with the crimes of World War II for a long time to come, Eizenstat's account shows that it is still possible to take positive steps in the service of justice.
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Eizenstat, Stuart Elliot was born on January 15, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
AB cum laude, University North Carolina, 1964. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University North Carolina, 2000. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1967.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Yeshiva University, 1998. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Weizmann Institute of Science, 1999. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Jewish Theological Seminary, 2000.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Hebrew College, 2000. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Brandeis University, 2001. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Florida Atlantic University, 2002.
Staff member The White House, 1967-1968. Member national campaign staff Hubert H. Humphrey Presidential Campaign, 1968. Law clerk to Honorary Newell Edenfield United States District Court (northern district) Georgia, 1968-1970.
Partner Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Washington, 1970-1977, vice chairman, 1981-1993. Assistant to President for domestic affairs & policy The White House, 1977—1981, executive director domestic policy staff, 1977—1981. United States ambassador to European Union United States Department State, Brussels, 1993-1996, special envoy Department State Property Claims in Central Europe, 1995-2001.
Under secretary for international trade United States Department Commerce, Washington, 1996-1997. Presidential envoy for Promotion of Democracy in Cuba The White House, 1996-1997. Under secretary for economic, business & agricultural affairs United States Department State, Washington, 1997-1999.
Alternate governor The World Bank, 1998-1999, Regional Development Banks, 1998-1999. Deputy secretary United States Department Treasury, Washington, 1999-2001. Partner, head, International Trade Practice Group & Trade Regulation Practice Group Covington & Burling LLP, since 2001.
Senior advisor Associated Public-Safety Communications Officers Worldwide, since 2001. Head United States Delaware & Presque Holocaust Conference, 2009. Special representative of President and Secretary of State on Holocaust Issues, 1999-2001.
Adjunct lecturer John F Kennedy School Government, Harvard University, 1981-1992. Guest scholar Brookings Institute, Washington, 1981. Member Energy Coordinator Council, Economic Policy Group, 1977-1981, President Bush task force on United States International Broadcasting, 1991.
Head United States delegate Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe Economic Forum, 1994. Lecturer college, business and civic groups. Board directors Mirant Corporation, 2001-2005, United Parcel Service, Inc.
(United Parcel Service), since 2005. Board trustees Black Rock Funds, since 2001. Member international advisory board Coca-Cola, since 2001.
Chairman international board governors Weizmann Institute of Science, 2002-2005.
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Vice president Jewish Publication Society, 1981-1985. Chairman Institute United States Jewish-Israeli Relations, 1982-1986. Board directors Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, 1978-1987, Jerusalem Foundation, 1992-1993, Eurasia Foundation, 1993.
President Greater Washington Jewish Community Center, 1989-1991. Member executive committee Center for Democratic Policy, 1982-1993. Board visitors University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1987-1990, board trustees Center for Jewish Studies.
Co-director The American Agenda (with President Ford and President Carter), 1991. Trustee Jerusalem Institute Management, 1987-1993. Member council Harvard Law School Association, 1988-1992, Governor's Commission on Federal Funding, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1986, Committee on Federalism and National Purpose, 1984-1985.
Chairman Economic and Budget Strategy Committee, Montgomery County Council, 1986. Vice president, board directors American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, New York City, 1981-1989. Trustee Washington Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values, since 1988, Brandeis University, since 1991.
Commissioner Commission on Jewish Education in North America, 1988-1990. Vice president Atlanta Bureau Jewish Education, 1973-1976. Member executive committee Atlanta Jewish Community Center, 1970-1976.
Member B'nai Brith Youth Commission, Washington, 1981-1982. Board directors United Synagogues American, 1981-1984. International board directors Weizmann Institute, 1989-1993, chairman board governors, since 2002.
Active in Democratic party and political campaigns. Fellow National Academy Public Administration, Center for Excellence in Government. Member American Bar Association (special committee on lawyers in government, member committee government standards 1992-1993), Atlanta Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, Georgia Bar Association, United States Chamber of Commerce (international policy committee 1982-1989), National Foreign Trade Council (international trade committee), Washington Policy Council (International Management and Development Institute), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma.
Married Frances Carol Eizenstat. Children: Jay, Brian.