Henry Kissinger

During Nixon and Ford administration, Henry Kissinger was the secretary of state. Henry Kissinger born on 27 May 1923 as Heinz Alfred Kissinger to a respected teacher, Louis Kissinger and the daughter of a prosperous merchant family, Paula Kissinger. He grew up in a culturally dynamic and relatively wealthy German community of Furth.

Kissinger and family emigrated to the United States in 1938. They eventually settling in the Washington Heights are of New York City. Kissinger interrupted his college education to serve in the US Army between 1942 and 1947. Later, he completed his undergraduate education with honors and then earned his MA and PhD degrees, all from Harvard University.

He taught government at Harvard and was a consultant to private and government agencies before becoming secretary of state.

Appointed by Nixon as assistant to the president for National Security in 1969. In 1973, at the start of his second term, Nixon made him secretary of state.

Kissinger has received numerous awards for his government work, including the Presidential Medal of freedom (1977) and the Medal of Liberty (1986). Most significantly, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 for diplomatic that ultimately led to a cease fire in Vietnam.
Henry Kissinger