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{{short description|American statesman and diplomat (1930–2011)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Lawrence Eagleburger
| image               = Lawrence Eagleburger.jpg
| office              = 62nd [[United States Secretary of State]]
| president           = [[George H. W. Bush]]
| term_start          = December 8, 1992
| term_end            = January 20, 1993<br><small>(Acting: August 23, 1992 – December 8, 1992)</small>
| predecessor         = [[James Baker]]
| successor           = [[Warren Christopher]]
| office1             = 10th [[United States Deputy Secretary of State]]
| president1          = [[George H. W. Bush]]
| term_start1         = March 20, 1989
| term_end1           = December 8, 1992
| predecessor1        = [[John C. Whitehead]]
| successor1          = [[Clifton R. Wharton Jr.]]
| office2             = 12th [[Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs]]
| president2          = [[Ronald Reagan]]
| term_start2         = February 12, 1982
| term_end2           = May 1, 1984
| predecessor2        = [[Walter J. Stoessel Jr.|Walter Stoessel]]
| successor2          = [[Michael Armacost]]
| office3             = 12th [[Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs|Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs]]
| president3          = [[Ronald Reagan]]
| term_start3         = May 14, 1981
| term_end3           = January 26, 1982
| predecessor3        = [[George S. Vest]]
| successor3          = [[Richard Burt]]
| office4             = [[United States Ambassador to Yugoslavia]]
| president4          = [[Jimmy Carter]]<br>[[Ronald Reagan]]
| term_start4         = June 21, 1977
| term_end4           = January 24, 1981
| predecessor4        = [[Laurence Silberman]]
| successor4          = David Anderson
| birth_name          = Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1930|8|1}}
| birth_place         = [[Milwaukee]], Wisconsin, U.S.
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2011|6|4|1930|8|1}}
| death_place         = [[Charlottesville, Virginia]], U.S.
| restingplace        = [[Arlington National Cemetery]]
| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Marlene Heinemann|1966|2010|end=her death}}
| children            = 3
| education           = [[University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point]]<br>[[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Arts|MA]])
| signature           = Lawrence Eagleburger Signature.svg
| allegiance          = United States
| branch              = [[United States Army]]
| serviceyears        = 1952–1954
| rank                = [[First lieutenant]]
| caption             = Portrait, {{circa|1992}}
}}
'''Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger''' (August 1, 1930 – June 4, 2011) was an American [[wikt:statesman|statesman]] and career [[diplomat]] who served briefly as the [[United States Secretary of State|secretary of state]] under President [[George H. W. Bush]] from December 1992 to January 1993, one of the shortest terms in modern history. Previously, he had served in lesser capacities under Presidents [[Richard Nixon]], [[Jimmy Carter]], and [[Ronald Reagan]], and as [[United States Deputy Secretary of State|deputy secretary of state]] to [[James Baker]] under George H. W. Bush. Eagleburger is the only career [[Foreign Service Officer]] to have served as secretary of state.<ref name=politico>{{cite news |title=Ex-Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger dies at 80
|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2011/06/lawrence-eagleburger-dies-at-80-056253|agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=[[Politico]]|date=2011-06-04 |access-date=2011-06-04}}</ref> He was also Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (international security affairs) from January to May 1973. As a career member of the United States [[Senior Foreign Service]], he attained the rank of [[United States Foreign Service Career Ambassador|Career Ambassador]] on April 12, 1984.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/eagleburger-lawrence-sidney|title=Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger - People - Department History - Office of the Historian}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Eagleburger was born in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]], the son of Helen Eagleburger ({{née|Van Ornum}}), an elementary school teacher, and Leon Sidney Eagleburger, a medical doctor.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C4gYAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Lawrence+Sidney+Eagleburger%22|title=Current Biography Yearbook|year=1992|access-date=1 February 2015}}</ref> He graduated from Jacobs High School in [[Stevens Point, Wisconsin]], then attended Stevens Point State College (now the [[University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point]]), before earning his bachelor's and master's degrees from the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin]]. During his time at Wisconsin, he joined [[Alpha Sigma Phi]] fraternity.

He was also a member of the Board of Visitors at the [[College of William & Mary]] from 1996 to 2000 and from 2002 to 2006.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}

Eagleburger also served in the [[United States Army]] (1952–1954), attaining the rank of [[first lieutenant]].

== Governmental career ==
In 1957, Eagleburger joined the [[United States Foreign Service]], and served in various posts in embassies, consulates, and the [[United States Department of State|Department of State]]. From 1961 to 1965 he served as a staffer at the U.S. Embassy in [[Belgrade]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]. He was known as the person who handled the [[1963 Skopje earthquake|Skopje 1963 earthquake]] crisis, and managed the first US-Soviet humanitarian cooperation, after which he was nicknamed Lawrence of [[Socialist Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]].

Starting in 1969, he served in the Nixon administration as an assistant to [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] [[Henry Kissinger]]. He stayed in this appointment until 1971; thereafter he took on several positions, including advisor to the U.S. Mission to [[NATO]] in [[Brussels]], and, following Kissinger's appointment as [[United States Secretary of State|secretary of state]], a number of additional posts in the State Department and deputy assistant secretary of defense (1971–73).

Following Nixon's resignation, he briefly left government service. He was then named the executive secretary to the secretary of state from 1975 to 1977,<ref name=statebio>{{cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/eagleburger-lawrence-sidney|title=Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger – People – Department History – Office of the Historian|access-date=30 September 2017}}</ref> and subsequently was appointed as [[Ambassador (diplomacy)|ambassador]] to [[Yugoslavia]] by President Jimmy Carter, a post he held from 1977 to 1980. While working as Executive Secretary to Kissinger in 1975 he carried out secret talks with the Cubans in New York City.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB487/|title=KISSINGER CONSIDERED ATTACK ON CUBA FOLLOWING ANGOLA INCURSION|access-date=1 February 2015}}</ref>

From May 14, 1981, to January 26, 1982, Eagleburger was [[Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs|assistant secretary of state for European affairs]].<ref name=statebio/> In 1982, Reagan appointed him as undersecretary of state for political affairs (the State Department's third-ranking position), a position he held for several years. He attained the rank of [[United States Foreign Service Career Ambassador|Career Ambassador]] in the [[Senior Foreign Service]] on April 12, 1984.<ref name="auto"/> He then became president of [[Kissinger Associates]], a consultancy firm which provided firms with advice on international politics;<ref>Profile pages 42–44: ''Time'', September 7, 1992</ref> in this capacity he was appointed in 1985 by [[George P. Shultz]] to a panel evaluating the [[Constructive engagement|Reagan administration's policy toward apartheid South Africa]], where he was one of three dissenting voices that called increased pressure on [[Apartheid South Africa|the apartheid government]] "wasteful and counterproductive".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=Neil |title=U.S. PANEL ASSERTS THE REAGAN POLICY ON PRETORIA FAILED |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1987/02/11/983787.html?zoom=15.27 |access-date=28 June 2025 |work=The New York Times |date=11 February 1987}}</ref> In 1989, President George H. W. Bush appointed him [[United States Deputy Secretary of State|deputy secretary of state]] (the department's second-ranking position); he also served as the President's primary advisor for affairs relating to the quickly disintegrating Yugoslavia. On August 23, 1992, [[James Baker]] resigned as secretary of state (to manage Bush's unsuccessful re-election campaign), and Eagleburger served as acting secretary of state until Bush gave him a [[recess appointment]] for the remainder of the Bush administration.

His period as advisor for Yugoslavian affairs from 1989 to 1992 was controversial as he gained a reputation for being a strong [[Serbia]]n partisan. This perceived partisanship led the European press to dub him ''Lawrence of Serbia''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lawrence-eagleburger-the-only-career-diplomat-to-serve-as-us-secretary-of-state-2293421.html |author=Rupert Cornwell |title=Lawrence Eagleburger: The only career diplomat to serve as US Secretary of State |newspaper=The Independent |date=June 5, 2011 |access-date=December 18, 2017}}</ref> (a reference to [[Lawrence of Arabia]]). Eagleburger had controversial ties to Yugoslavia both in promoting loans to Yugoslavia as a government official and later serving on the board of a Yugoslav-government-owned LBS Bank (Ljubljanska Banka) as well as with Yugo Motors, USA.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Jack |last2=Van Atta |first2=Dale |title=The Ins and Outs of Eagleburger |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/02/21/the-ins-and-outs-of-eagleburger/da6908a8-1879-4699-b066-adb546689630/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 21, 1989}}</ref> About one-quarter of LBS Bank's business came from [[Banca Nazionale del Lavoro#Scandals|Banca Nazionale del Lavoro]], whose [[Atlanta]] branch was instrumental in diverting U.S. agricultural loans to arms purchases by [[Saddam Hussein]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Mcallister |first=J. F. O. |date=1992-09-07 |title=Comfortable In His Own Ample Skin: LAWRENCE EAGLEBURGER |language=en-US |magazine=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,976408-4,00.html |access-date=2023-03-30 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref>

In 1991, President Bush awarded him the [[Presidential Citizens Medal]]. He was a member of the board of directors of the [[International Republican Institute]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iri.org/learn-more-about-iri/board-directors-and-officers |title=Board of Directors |access-date=1 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428062156/http://www.iri.org/learn-more-about-iri/board-directors-and-officers |archive-date=28 April 2010 }}</ref>

== International Commission on Holocaust-Era Insurance Claims ==
Eagleburger became chairman of the [[International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims]], or ICHEIC, which was set up in 1998. The purpose of the commission was to resolve unpaid [[Nazi]]-era [[insurance]] claims for survivors of the [[Holocaust]]. In 2005, Eagleburger announced that the ICHEIC was offering approximately 16 million dollars to Holocaust victims and their heirs, noting as he did so the research ability of the ICHEIC staff which allowed them to evaluate claims from companies which no longer existed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.icheic.org/pdf/ICHEIC%20announces%20additional%20humanitarian%20awards%208-19-05.pdf |title=ICHEIC offers additional $16 million to holocaust era insurance claimants |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005042241/http://www.icheic.org/pdf/ICHEIC%20announces%20additional%20humanitarian%20awards%208-19-05.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-05 |access-date=May 31, 2006}}</ref>{{Clarify|date=February 2009}} In the years prior to this there had been some controversy about the commission, including reports that it was over-budgeted and too slow, and that insurance companies which had previously agreed to work with the ICHEIC had failed to disclose policyholder lists.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rep. Henry Waxman - Issues and Legislation - Foreign Affairs |url=http://www.henrywaxman.house.gov/htbin/email_pg1/issues/foreignaffairs/issues_foreign_affairs_HRR_jewjournal_2_15_02.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060601213618/http://www.henrywaxman.house.gov/htbin/email_pg1/issues/foreignaffairs/issues_foreign_affairs_HRR_jewjournal_2_15_02.htm |archive-date=2006-06-01 }}</ref> Eagleburger responded to these accusations by saying, among other things, that it was difficult to work quickly when many of the claimants lacked basic information such as the name of the insurance company involved.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-11-16 |title=Holocaust insurance body blasted for not paying claims |url=https://jweekly.com/2001/11/16/holocaust-insurance-body-blasted-for-not-paying-claims/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |work=jweekly.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Stance on Middle Eastern conflict ==
[[File:Lawrence Eagleburger Official Oil Portrait by Ned Bittinger.jpg|thumb|Painted portrait of Eagleburger by [[Ned Bittinger]]]]
After serving in the [[United States Foreign Service|Foreign Service]] for 27 years, Eagleburger retained an interest in foreign policy and was a familiar figure on current events talk shows. He caused some discussion with public comments about President George W. Bush's foreign policy. In August 2002, Eagleburger questioned the timing of possible military action in [[Iraq]], saying, "I am not at all convinced now that this is something we have to do this very moment."<ref>{{Cite web |title=CNN.com - Eagleburger questions possible Iraqi move - August 22, 2002 |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/08/22/eagleburger.iraq/?related |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=CNN}}</ref> He did indicate he believed that Iraqi regime change could be a legitimate U.S. endeavor at some point, but that at that time he did not believe the administration was fully prepared for such a conflict.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Transcript: Lawrence Eagleburger on FNS |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/transcript-lawrence-eagleburger-on-fns |website=Fox News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060820063700/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,60704,00.html |archive-date=2006-08-20 |url-status=live |language=en-US}}</ref> In April 2003, following warnings by the Bush administration to the government of [[Syria]], Eagleburger condemned the possibility of military action in Syria or [[Iran]], saying that public opinion would not support such a move and that "If President Bush were to try it now, even I would feel he should be skinned alive."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mirror.co.uk - BUSH'S CALL TO SYRIANS | website=[[Daily Mirror]] |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=12844873&method=full&siteid=50143&headline=BUSH%27S%20CALL%20TO%20SYRIANS| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031206001213/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=12844873&method=full&siteid=50143&headline=BUSH%27S%20CALL%20TO%20SYRIANS | archive-date=2003-12-06 }}</ref>

On January 5, 2006, he participated in a meeting at the [[White House]] of former Secretaries of Defense and State to discuss United States foreign policy with Bush administration officials. On November 10, 2006 it was announced that he would replace [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] designate [[Robert Gates]] in the [[Iraq Study Group]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reuters AlertNet - Eagleburger to join U.S. Iraq study group |url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N10277240.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111050207/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N10277240.htm |archive-date=2007-11-11 }}</ref>

After the [[2005 Iranian presidential election|election]] of Iranian president [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]], Eagleburger seemed to think that Iran was moving in a direction which may at some point call for military action, saying in an interview that while "we should try everything else we can first", at some point it would probably be necessary to use force to ensure that Iran did not obtain or use [[nuclear weapons]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/?_m=50fef0c3fffa02964ca6aac06f3c9a88&_docnum=1&wchp=dGLbVtb-zSkVb&_md5=3298310cbef7a0f1e1832d5f24979231 |title=Interview With Former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001154240/http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/?_m=50fef0c3fffa02964ca6aac06f3c9a88&_docnum=1&wchp=dGLbVtb-zSkVb&_md5=3298310cbef7a0f1e1832d5f24979231 |access-date=May 31, 2006|archive-date=2016-10-01 }}</ref>

He was chairman of the board of trustees for [[The Forum for International Policy]], and a member of the [[Washington Institute for Near East Policy]] (WINEP) Board of Advisors.

== 2008 presidential election ==
Before the [[2008 Republican Party presidential primaries|Republican primaries]], Eagleburger endorsed [[John McCain]] for president.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.johnmccain.com/Supporters/|title=Supporters|access-date=1 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129053340/http://johnmccain.com/supporters/|archive-date=29 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> In an [[NPR]] interview on October 30, 2008, he described McCain's [[running-mate]] [[Sarah Palin]] as "not prepared" for top office. He also stated that many vice presidents have not been ready.<ref name="Palin">{{cite web
| publisher=NPR | date =October 30, 2008
| title = Eagleburger Questions Gov. Palin's Abilities As a Vice Presidential Candidate
| url = https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96329379}}.</ref> The next day, in an interview on [[Fox News]], he retracted his comments about Palin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/31/eagleburger-tries-to-walk_n_139842.html|title=Eagleburger Tries To Walk Back "Stupid" Palin Criticism|work=The Huffington Post|date=December 2008|access-date=1 February 2015}}</ref>

On October 30, 2008, on the [[Fox News Channel]], Eagleburger referred to Democratic presidential nominee [[Barack Obama]] as a "[[charlatan]]", citing his fundraising methods and other aspects of his presidential campaign.<ref>{{YouTube|kt0FrgAA0cw}}</ref>

== Death ==
Eagleburger died of pneumonia at the [[University of Virginia Health System |University of Virginia Medical Center]] in Charlottesville, Virginia, on June 4, 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/us/politics/05eagleburger.html?ref=deathsobituaries |title=Lawrence Eagleburger, a Top Diplomat, Dies at 80 |author=Bernard Gwertzman |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 4, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/lawrence-s-eagleburger-diplomat-and-onetime-secretary-of-state-dies-at-80/2011/06/04/AGxJn4IH_story.html |title=Lawrence S. Eagleburger, diplomat and onetime secretary of state dies, at 80 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 4, 2011}}</ref> He was 80 years old and had lived outside Charlottesville since 1990. He is survived by his three sons.<ref name="Tel obit">{{cite web |date=5 June 2011 |title=Lawrence Eagleburger |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/8558173/Lawrence-Eagleburger.html |access-date=1 February 2015 |work=Telegraph.co.uk}}</ref>

President [[Barack Obama]] described Eagleburger as a "distinguished diplomat and public servant who devoted his life to the security of our nation and to strengthening our ties with allies and partners." Former President [[George H. W. Bush]] described Eagleburger as "a tireless patriot, principled to the core, selflessly devoted to America and his duty."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/06/obama-bush-pay-tribute-to-lawrence-eagleburger/1#.UKaicY6b3EM | work=USA Today | date=June 4, 2011 | title=Obama, Bush pay tribute to Lawrence Eagleburger}}</ref> Vice President [[Joe Biden]] remarked "The post-Cold War world [...] is more stable and secure because of Eagleburger's service." "Larry believed in the strength of America's values, and he fought for them around the world," said Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/04/lawrence-eagleburger-dead-dies_n_871306.html | work=Huffington Post | title=Former Secretary Of State Dies | date=June 4, 2011}}</ref>

Lawrence and his wife Marlene Ann are both interred at [[Arlington National Cemetery]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CgtlYWdsZWJ1cmdlchIIbGF3cmVuY2U-/ | accessdate = March 4, 2023 | website = ANC Explorer | title = Burial detail: Eagleburger, Lawrence Sidney }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Eagleburger had three sons, all of whom are named Lawrence Eagleburger, though they have different middle names (Scott, Andrew and Jason).<ref>{{cite web |date=August 17, 2009 |title=Biography of Lawrence Eagleburger |url=http://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/members/bios/Eagleburger.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602061208/http://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/members/bios/Eagleburger.htm |archive-date=June 2, 2011 |access-date=2010-01-26 |publisher=The American Academy of Diplomacy |ref=AODbio}}</ref> When asked why he named his three children after himself, Eagleburger stated, "It was ego. And secondly, I wanted to screw up the Social Security system."<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2011-06-04 |title=Lawrence Eagleburger dies at 80 |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2011/06/lawrence-eagleburger-dies-at-80-056253 |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Romano |first=Lois |date=1991-02-05 |title=THE EAGLEBURGER TOUCH |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1991/02/05/the-eagleburger-touch/bea5cd10-2707-4bc4-9888-4efbd6638661/ |access-date=2025-09-15 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286 |quote="Along the way, he married twice and produced three sons, all of whom are named Lawrence. 'First of all, it was ego,' he explains about his sons, who go by their middle names. 'And secondly, I wanted to screw up the Social Security system.'"}}</ref> 

His eldest son is from his first marriage, which ended in divorce. The younger two are from his second marriage, which was to Marlene Ann Heinemann from 1966 until her death in 2010.<ref name="Tel obit" />

==See also==
*[[List of secretaries of state of the United States]]

==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.afsa.org/foreign-service-journal-june-1998#page=37 Foreign Service Journal article on his Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy Award.] 
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* [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lawrence_Sidney_Eagleburger Profile] at [[SourceWatch]]
* Lawrence Eagleburger has been [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mfdip.2004eag01 interviewed] as part of [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/diplomacy/index.html Frontline Diplomacy: The Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training], a site at the [https://www.loc.gov/ Library of Congress].
* [http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/ciag/who_we_are/advisory_board/eagleburger.cfm University of Virginia Health System] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724124251/http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/ciag/who_we_are/advisory_board/eagleburger.cfm |date=2008-07-24 }}&nbsp;— ''Secretary Lawrence Eagleburger''
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20240609202249/https://cordellhullinstitute.org/ Cordell Hull Institute], Lawrence Eagleburger was the first chairman of the board
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