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	Max M. Kampelman > Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson: Of Counsel; Former Partner, Retired in 1985 (1), (11)

last updated: 11/22/2003

Institutional Affiliations

Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA): Member, Board of Advisers (11)

Freedom House: Member, Board of Trustees (1)

The American Academy of Diplomacy: Chairman Emeritus (1)

American Bar Association Committee on Law and National Security: Counselor (1)

Jerusalem Foundation: Honorary Chairman (1)

Council for a Community of Democracies: Senior Adviser (12)

Project for the New American Century (PNAC): Signed PNAC statement on Hong Kong and China, Nov. 25, 2002 (5)

National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP): Member of team that produced January 2001 study Rationale and Requirements for Nuclear Forces and Arms Control, which served as a blueprint for the Bush administration's Nuclear Posture Review (6), (7)

Coalition for a Democratic Majority (CDM): Vice chairman (9)

Committee on the Present Danger (CPD): Member, Executive Committee (8)

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: Former Chair, Board of Trustees (3)

Social Democrats-USA: Former Member (4)

Government Posts/Panels/Commissions

United States Institute for Peace: Former Vice Chairman and Member of the Board of Directors (1), (10)

U.S. Department of State: Counselor, and ambassador and head of the U.S. delegation to the U.S.-Soviet negotiations on nuclear and space arms (1985-1989) (1)

U.S. Delegation to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE): Ambassador/head of various CSCE delegations during Carter, Reagan, and Bush Sr. administrations (1)

U.S. Delegation to the United Nations: Former senior adviser (1)

Staff of Sen. Hubert Humphrey: Legislative counsel (1)

Education

New York University: J.D. (11)

University of Minnesota: Ph.D. in Political Science (11)

Highlights & Quotes

Kampelman is a highly regarded former U.S diplomat who served as head of a number of delegations to Europe and the United Nations. Running parallel to his diplomatic career has been Kampelman's involvement in a passel of hardline advocacy campaigns that date back to the 1970s, when he served as vice chairman for the neoconservative-led Coalition for a Democratic Majority and as a high-ranking member of the Committee on the Present Danger. More recently, Kampelman has supported the activities of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, the Project for the New American Century, and the National Institute for Public Policy.

According to the law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, which Kampelman has been associated with for decades, "On August 11, 1999, President Bill Clinton awarded Mr. Kampelman the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the nation. On January 18, 1989, President Ronald Reagan awarded him the Presidential Citizens Medal, which recognizes 'citizens of the United States who have performed exemplary deeds of service for their country or their fellow citizens.' Mr. Kampelman has also been the recipient of the Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In April 2000, he was among those receiving the first Library of Congress 'Living Legend' award." (1)

Kampelman's books include Entering New Worlds: The Memoirs of a Private Man in Public Life (HarperCollins) 1991, and The Communist Party vs. The C.I.O: A Study in Power Politics (Ayer Press), 1957. (1)

Sources

(1) Fried, Frank, Harris, Shrivers & Jacobson, 2002-2003: Max Kampelman
http://www.ffhsj.com/bios/kampema.htm

(2) American Academy of Diplomacy: Board of Advisers
http://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/members/board.html

(3) "Ambassador Max M. Kampelman, Former Chair of Woodrow Wilson Center Board of Trustees, Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom," Woodrow Wilson Center, August 1999
http://wwics.si.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.item&news_id=3285

(4) National Review Online (NRO)
http://www.nationalreview.com/flashback/flashback-muravchik050203.asp

(5) PNAC Statement on Hong Kong, November 25, 2002
http://www.newamericancentury.org/hongkong-20021126.htm

(6) "Rationale and Requirements for U.S. Nuclear Forces, Volume 1," National Institute for Public Policy, January 2001
http://www.nipp.org/Adobe/volume 1 complete.pdf

(7) "About Face," Arms Trade Resource Center
http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms/reports/reportaboutface.html

(8) Group Watch: Committee on the Present Danger
http://www.irc-online.org/research/Group_Watch/Entries-42.htm

(9) Group Watch: Coalition for a Democratic Majority
http://www.irc-online.org/research/Group_Watch/Entries-26.htm

(10) Group Watch: U.S. Institute for Peace
http://www.irc-online.org/research/Group_Watch/Entries-128.htm

(11) JINSA Board of Advisers: Max Kampelman
http://www.jinsa.org/about/adboard/adboard.html?documentid=732

(12) Council for a Community of Democracies: Board-Staff
http://www.ccd21.org/board.htm

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