Harold H. Saunders
Harold H. Saunders | |
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12th Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs | |
In office April 11, 1978 – January 16, 1981 | |
President | Jimmy Carter |
Preceded by | Alfred L. Atherton |
Succeeded by | Nicholas A. Veliotes |
6th Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research | |
In office December 1, 1975 – April 10, 1978 | |
President | Gerald Ford |
Preceded by | William G. Hyland |
Succeeded by | William G. Bowdler |
Personal details | |
Born | Harold Henry Saunders December 27, 1930 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Died | March 6, 2016 McLean, Virginia | (aged 85)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Princeton University Yale University |
Harold Henry Saunders (December 27, 1930 – March 6, 2016) served as the United States
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Background
Education and Service
Saunders graduated from Princeton University in 1952 with an A.B. and Yale University in 1955 with a Ph.D, prior to joining the United States Air Force to fulfill the mandatory service requirement, which led to a liaison role with the Central Intelligence Agency.[6] Saunders joined the National Security Council staff in 1961, serving through the Johnson administration as the NSC's Mideast expert during June 1967 Six-Day War.[6] He died of prostate cancer in 2016.[7]
Diplomatic career
Kissinger Shuttles
Saunders joined the Kissinger shuttles in October 1973 as an integral part of the small team of American diplomats led by Kissinger, with whom Saunders worked for the next eight years.[8] During this period from 1973 to 1975, the Kissinger team helped negotiate a number of key disengagement agreements between Egypt and Israel. In 1974, Saunders was appointed deputy assistant secretary of state for the Near East and North Africa.[6]
In a 2010 article for Foreign Policy magazine, long-term Middle East analyst and negotiator Aaron David Miller credited the "brilliant" Saunders with coining the term "peace process," in connection with negotiations over conflict in the Middle East.[9]
Camp David
As assistant secretary of state for the Near East and South Asia under President Carter, Saunders played a critical behind-the-scenes role during the 1978 negotiations at
Iran Hostage Crisis
In 1979, following the revolution in Iran, Saunders coordinated efforts to secure the release of the U.S. embassy staff held during the Iran hostage crisis.[6]
Sustained Dialogue
Dartmouth Conference
In October 2010, the Dartmouth Conference celebrated its 50th anniversary of a dialogue between Russian and American citizens,[10] which began as a critically needed back-channel at the behest of President Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Khrushchev in 1960. Although program takes its name from Dartmouth College, where the first meeting was held, it has no affiliation with the American educational institution. James Voorhees's 2002 book published by the United States Institute of Peace, Dialogue Sustained, chronicles the first four decades of the dialogue.[11] For the Dartmouth Conference's 50th anniversary, the Kettering Foundation published an additional volume to commemorate and chronicle all five decades.[12]
Inter-Tajik Dialogue
The
Sustained Dialogue Institute
The Sustained Dialogue Institute is an independent tax-exempt 501 (c)(3) organization formed in collaboration with the Kettering Foundation. Saunders served as president of the institute from its founding in 2002 until June 2013 and remained Board Chair until his passing in 2016.[14] The Institute helps citizens around the world to transform their conflictual or destructive relationships and to design and implement sustainable change processes.
Domestic and Global Influence
In 1991, Saunders facilitated Israeli and Palestinian citizen-leaders who forged and signed the historic document, "Framework for a Public Peace Process" .
Books
- Saunders, Harold H. (1991). The other walls : the Arab-Israeli peace process in a global perspective (Rev. ed.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691023373.
- Saunders, Harold H. (2005). Politics is about relationship : a blueprint for the citizens' century (1st ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 1403971455.
- Saunders, Harold H. (1999). A public peace process : sustained dialogue to transform racial and ethnic conflicts (1st ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0312219393.
- Saunders, Harold H. (2011). Sustained dialogue in conflicts : transformation and change (1st ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 36–37. ISBN 9780230339804.
Awards
- The Walter and Leonore Annenberg Award for Excellence in Diplomacy from the American Academy of Diplomacy, "November 30, 3010"[19]
- Lifetime Achievement Award from Search for Common Ground, March, 2004, to honor outstanding accomplishments in conflict resolution, community building, and peacemaking.[20]
References
- ^ "Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume XVIII, Middle East Region; Arabian Peninsula - Office of the Historian".
- OCLC 1330888409.
- ^ "In Memoriam: Harold Saunders".
- ^ a b "Dr. Harold H. Saunders, 1930-2016". Kettering Foundation. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
- ^ "The U.S.-Russia Relationship: Where Is It Going? Why Is It Important? A Day of Reflection With Veterans of the Dartmouth Conference". Wilson Center. October 26, 2010. Archived from the original on August 19, 2006. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-02-865987-9.
- ^ Roberts, Sam (March 9, 2016). "Harold H. Saunders, Mideast Peace Broker, Dies at 85". The New York Times.
- ISBN 978-0-7432-7283-4.
saunders kissinger shuttles.
- ^ Miller, Aaron David (May–June 2010). "The False Religion of Mideast Peace". Foreign Policy. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
- ^ "Dartmouth Conference Celebrates 50th Anniversary". News Release. Kettering Foundation. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
- ISBN 1-929223-30-7.
- ^ "The Dartmouth Conference: the first 50 years". Kettering Foundation. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
- ^ a b "The Inter-Tajik Dialogue: from civil war towards civil society". Conciliation Resources. March 2001. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
- ^ "About Us | SDI". January 23, 2015.
- ^ Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation, Beyond War Foundation, FRAMEWORK FOR A PUBLIC PEACE PROCESS: Toward a Peaceful Israeli-Palestinian Relationship, 1991. PDF
- ISBN 1403971455
- ^ Notre Dame de Namur University
- ^ "NDNU Address" (PDF). lycoming.edu. 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ "Walter and Leonore Annenberg Award for Excellence in Diplomacy". American Academy of Diplomacy. Archived from the original on February 4, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
- ^ "American Academy of Diplomacy Newsletter". American Academy of Diplomacy. April 2004. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved December 4, 2010.