Lake, Anthony

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Birth 1939-04-02
Americans,
English,

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Biographical Note

1939, April 2 Born, New York, N.Y. 1961 A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1962 Married Antonia Plehn 1962 1970 Foreign service officer, United States Department of State 1963 Vice consul, Saigon, Vietnam 1964 Staff assistant to the United States ambassador, Saigon, Vietnam 1964 1965 Vice consul, Hue, Vietnam 1965 1967 Staff assistant to deputy assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern affairs, Department of State, and staff assistant to the under secretary of state 1969 M.P.A., Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. 1969 1970 Special assistant to the assistant to the president for national security affairs 1970 Resigned from foreign service in protest of United States invasion of Cambodia 1971 1972 Foreign policy advisor, Muskie Election Committee 1974 Ph.D., Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. 1976 1977 Head, Department of State transition for President Jimmy Carter 1977 1981 Director, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State 1981 1992 Five College Professor in International Relations, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., and Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass. 1991 1992 Senior foreign policy advisor, Bill Clinton campaign 1993 1997 Assistant to the president for national security affairs 1996, Dec. Nominated to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency 1997, Mar. Withdrew nomination to head the Central Intelligence Agency 1997 Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 1999 Special envoy, Ethopia-Eritrea border conflict

From the guide to the Anthony Lake Papers, 1916-2003, (bulk 1963-1997), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Diplomatic and consular service, American
  • International relations
  • National security
  • Presidents
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Wiretapping

Occupations:

  • Foreign service officers
  • Presidential advisors

Places:

  • Vietnam (as recorded)
  • Eritrea (as recorded)
  • Ethiopia (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Haiti (as recorded)

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