22 Facts About Winston Lord

Winston Lord was born on August 14,1937 and is a retired American diplomat.

Winston Lord later served as President of the Council on Foreign Relations from 1977 to 1985, United States Ambassador to China from 1985 to 1989, and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from 1993 to 1997.

Winston Lord's oldest brother, Charles Pillsbury Lord, was a graduate of Yale University, served in the US Air Force, and had a career in business and education.

Winston Lord's older brother, Richard, died three months after he was born in 1935 with severe deformities as a result of Mary Lord's exposure to icy waters while pregnant during the sinking of SS Mohawk on January 24th, 1935.

Winston Lord's mother, Mary Pillsbury Lord, was a civic leader, activist, and political ally of Dwight D Eisenhower, having met him while visiting Europe as the chair of Civilian Advisory Committee of the Women's Army Corps.

Winston Lord later worked as a campaign leader for Eisenhower's bid for presidency in 1952, organizing women's votes for Eisenhower.

Winston Lord later credited her mother's career as one of the factors that steered him towards a career in public service and international affairs.

Winston Lord is a member of the Yale secret society Skull and Bones.

Winston Lord played a role in the restoration of relations between the United States and China in the early 1970s, and he has been a key figure in US-China relations ever since.

Winston Lord was in every Nixon, Ford, and Kissinger meeting with Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Deng Xiaoping during the 1970s.

Winston Lord was a principal drafter of both the 1972 Shanghai Communique, which opened relations with China, and the 1973 Paris Peace Accords, which ended the Vietnam War.

Winston Lord became the State Department's Director of Policy Planning and top policy adviser on China, United States Ambassador to China under President Reagan, and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs under President Clinton.

Winston Lord was a senior counselor for the President's National Bi-partisan Commission on Central America.

Between governmental posts Ambassador Winston Lord has headed and helped direct many private organizations related to international affairs.

Winston Lord served as President of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Winston Lord was co-Chairman of the International Rescue Committee Board and Overseers, Chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy, and Chairman of the Carnegie Endowment National Commission on America and the New World.

Winston Lord is currently a director of the US Committee for Human Rights in North Korea.

Winston Lord is a former member of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group.

Winston Lord has previously served on the Boards or as a member of the America-China Forum, The Fletcher School, National Committee on US-China Relations, US-Japan Foundation, American Academy of Diplomacy, Asia Society, and Aspen Institute Distinguished Fellows.

Winston Lord has written articles in The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Time, and Foreign Affairs.

In 2019, he published Kissinger on Kissinger: Reflections on Diplomacy, Grand Strategy, and Leadership, a book of interviews that Winston Lord conducted with the former National Security Advisor.

Winston Lord is a participant of the Task Force on US-China Policy convened by Asia Society's Center on US-China Relations.