a conversation with
Ambassador William Luers, who has been conducting informal talks with a group of Iranians since 2002
POSITIVE RSVP ONLINE ONLY: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/luers.html
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a directors' seminar with Ambassador William Luers the former President of the United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA), a center for innovative programs to engage Americans in issues of global concern.
Prior to joining UNA-USA in February 1999, Ambassador Luers served for 12 years as the President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. Prior to his move to New York in 1986, Luers had a 31 year career in the Foreign Service. He served as US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1983-1986) and Venezuela, (1978-1982) and held numerous posts in Italy, Germany, the Soviet Union, and in the Department of State, where he was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe (1977-1978) and for the Inter-American Affairs (1975-1977). Luers has been a visiting lecturer at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton, at George Washington University in Washington, DC and at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He was also the director's visitor at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Studies (1982-1983).
Born in Springfield, Illinois, Luers received his B.A. from Hamilton College and his M.A. from Columbia University following four years in the United Stats Navy. He is an active member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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As space is limited for this event, RSVPs will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.
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