Daniel Patrick Moynihan

(March 16, 1927, Tulsa, Oklahoma-March 26, 2003, Washington, D.C.). 13th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1975-1976. Assistant and Secretary to New York Governor Averill W. Harriman, 1955-1958. Member, New York State Tenure Commission, 1959-1960. Director, New York Government Research Project, Syracuse University, 1959-1961. Assistant U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1963-1965. Director, Joint Center for Urban Studies, M.I.T. and Harvard Universities, 1966-1969. Assistant to the President for Urban Affairs, 1969. Counsellor to the President with Cabinet Rank, 1969-1970. Author. U.S. Ambassador to India, 1973-1975. 13th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, June 10, 1975-February 2, 1976. U.S. Senator (Democratic-New York), January 3, 1977-January 3, 2001.

William Warren Scranton

(July 19, 1917, Madison, Connecticut-Alive). 14th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1976-1977. President, Scranton-Lackawanna Trust Company, 1954-1956. Chairman, Northeastern Pennsylvania Broadcasting, Incorporated, 1953-1959. U.S. Representative (Republican-Pennsylvania), January 3, 1961-January 3, 1963. Governor of Pennsylvania, January 15, 1963-January 17, 1967. Candidate for Republican nomination for President of the United States, 1965. U.S. Ambassador, 1969. Member, President's Advisory Committee on Arms Limitations and Disarmament. 14th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, March 15, 1976-January 19, 1977.

Reverend Andrew Jackson Young, Jr.

(March 12, 1932, New Orleans, Louisiana-Alive). 15th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1977-1979. Ordained Minister, United Church of Christ, 1955. Pastor, United Church of Christ, Marion, Alabama. Pastor, United Churches of Christ, Thomasville and Beachton, Georgia. Associate Director, Department of Youth Work, National Council of Churches, 1957-1961. Executive Director, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1964, Executive Vice President, 1967. Civil rights leader. Chairman, Atlanta Community Relations Commission, 1970-1972. U.S. Representative (Democrat-Georgia), January 3, 1973-January 29, 1977. 15th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, January 27, 1977-September 23, 1979. Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, January 4, 1982-January 2, 1990. Candidate for Democratic nomination for Governor of Georgia, 1990.

Donald F. McHenry

(October 13, 1936, St. Louis, Missiouri-Alive). 16th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1979-1981. Diplomat and Instructor, U.S. Department of State, 1963-1973. Project Director, Humanitarian Policy Studies, Carnegie Endowment, 1973-1976. Member, Presidential Transition Team, 1976-1977. U.S. Ambassador and Deputy Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations, 1977-1979. 16th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1979-1981. Research Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, 1981-Current.

Jeane Duane Jordan Kirkpatrick

(November 19, 1926, Duncan, Oklahoma-Alive). 17th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1981-1985. Political Scientist. Assistant Professor, Trinity College, , 1962-1967. Associated Professor of Political Science, , Georgetown University, 1967-1973, Professor, 1973-Current, Leavey Professor in foundations of American Freedom, 1978-Current. Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1977-Current. 17th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1981-1985. Former Member, Democratic National Committee. Joined Republican Party, 1985. Recipient, Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1985. Co-Director, Empower America. Wife of Evron Kirkpatrick.

Vernon Anthony Walters

(January 3, 1917, New York, New York-February 10, 2002, West Palm Beach, Florida). 18th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1985-1989. Soldier. Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 1941. Rose through the ranks to Lieutenant General. Staff Assistant to President Eisenhower, 1956-1960. U.S. Army Attache in Rome, Italy, 1960-1962. Defence Attache, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, Viet Nam, and Paris, France, 1962-72. Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency, 1972-1976. Roving U.S. Ambassador for Special Missions, 1981-1985. 18th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1985-1989. U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, 1989-1991. Recipient, Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1991.