- James Goodby
James Eugene Goodby (born 20 December 1929 in Providence, R.I.) is an author and former
US diplomat.He graduated from Harvard in 1951, and served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the
US Air Force during theKorean War .He later served as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, a position he filled in various roles until his retirement in 1989. Some highlights during this period include:
* Negotiations with NATO alliance partners as part of theConference on Security and Cooperation in Europe to create theHelsinki Accords .
* Served as theUS Ambassador toFinland in 1980 and 1981.
* Served as vice chairman of the U.S. Delegation to theStrategic Arms Reduction Talks (START)In 1993 he returned from retirement to become the Chief U.S. Negotiator for the
Safe and Secure Dismantlement of Nuclear Weapons . During this time he negotiated agreements with several former Soviet Republics to dismantle former Sovient nuclear weapons and to prevent nuclear weapons proliferation. He later won the 1st AnnualHeinz Award Recipient for this work.He currently is a Nonresident Senior Fellow, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at the
Brookings Institute and a member of theBipartisan Security Group .External links
* [http://www.heinzawards.net/recipients.asp?action=detail&recipientID=40 James Goodby 1st Annual Heinz Award Recipient]
* [http://www.heinzawards.net/achievementSubDetail.asp?recipientID=40&AchievementID=71 President Names Goodby for Rank of Ambassador]
* [http://www.brookings.edu/scholars/jgoodby.htm James E. Goodby at the Brookings Institute]
* [http://www.gsinstitute.org/bsg/ Bipartisan Security Group]
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