Henry Kissinger spoke at The Common Good on October 5, 2011 and on September 12, 2007.

About Henry Kissinger:

Henry Alfred Kissinger was the 56th Secretary of State of the United States from 1973 to 1977, continuing to hold the position of Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs which he first assumed in 1969 until 1975.  After leaving government service, he founded Kissinger Associates, an international consulting firm, of which he is chairman.

Henry Kissinger came to the United States from Germany in 1938. He served in the Army and was educated at Harvard University, where he then served on the faculty from 1954-71.  In the Nixon administration, Kissinger served as the president’s National Security Advisor and then Secretary of State. Kissinger was the go-between in the secret negotiations that eventually opened relations between the U.S. and communist China.

He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 for his role in arranging a ceasefire in North Vietnam. In the 1980s and ’90s Kissinger continued to write, lecture and appear on TV as a foreign affairs expert.