Benjamin H. Read

Benjamin Huger Read (1925–1993) was United States Under Secretary of State for Management from 1978 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter.

Biography

Benjamin H. Read was born in

LL.B. in 1952.^[1]

After law school, Read worked at a private

PA).^[2] In 1963, he became executive secretary for United States Secretary of State Dean Rusk.^[2] During the 1968 presidential campaign, Read worked with the Democratic nominee, Vice President Hubert Humphrey.^[2]

He was named director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 1969.^[2] When Chancellor of Germany Willy Brandt created the German Marshall Fund, he asked Read to become its first president.^[2]

On July 25, 1977,

Senate confirmation, Read held this office from October 1, 1978, until January 19, 1981. During the Iran hostage crisis, Read was part of the State Department team dedicated to freeing the hostages.^[2]

After leaving government service, Read dedicated himself to environmental issues. He was a driving force behind the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992.^[2]> He was the president of Ecofund '92, a group founded in connection with the Earth Summit.^[2]

Read died of complications from liver disease at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., on March 18, 1993.^[2]

References

Government offices
Preceded by New Office	Under Secretary of State for Management October 1, 1978 – January 19, 1981	Succeeded by Richard T. Kennedy

[nomination-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Jimmy Carter: Department of State Nomination of Benjamin H. Read To Be Deputy Under Secretary, July 25, 1977

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