HENRY KISSINGER
Politics
Born: May 27, 1923
Furth, Germany
Political scientist Henry Alfred Kissinger emigrated with his parents to New York City in 1938. After serving in the Army during World War II, Kissinger obtained a Ph.D from Harvard. In 1957 his book Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy established him as an expert on foreign policy and international relations and in 1973 President Nixon named him Secretary of State. Kissinger became the principal designer of foreign policy during the Nixon and Ford administrations.
Secretary Kissinger has written many books and articles on United States foreign policy, international affairs, and diplomatic history. Among the awards he has received are the Guggenheim Fellowship (1965-66), the Woodrow Wilson Prize for the best book in the fields of government, politics and international affairs (1958), the American Institute for Public Service Award (1973), the International Platform Association Theodore Roosevelt Award (1973), the Veterans of Foreign Wars Dwight D. Eisenhower Distinguished Service Medal (1973), the Hope Award for International Understanding (1973), the Presidentia1 Medal of Freedom (1977) and the Medal of Liberty (1986).
From 1943 to 1946 Dr. Kissinger served in the U.S. Army Counter-Intelligence Corps and from 1946 to 1949 was a captain in the Military Intelligence Reserve.
He married Ann Fleischer in 1949 and was divorced in 1964. There were two children, Elizabeth and David. In 1974 he married Nancy Maginnes.
1. Henry Kissinger was born in _________ Germany.
2. President Nixon named him __________ in 1973.
3. From 1943 to 1946 Dr. Kissinger served in the U.S. Army _________ Corps.
4. He married _________ in 1974.
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