Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1923, May 27 | Born, Fürth, Germany |
| 1938 | Emigrated to the United States |
| 1943 | Naturalized as a United States citizen |
| 1949 | Married Ann Fleischer (divorced 1964) |
| 1950 | Graduated, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1951-1969 | Director, Harvard International Seminar, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1952 | M.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1954 | Ph.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1954-1955 | Instructor, Department of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1955-1956 | Study director, Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations |
| 1956-1958 | Director, Special Studies Project, Rockefeller Brothers Fund |
| 1957 | Published A World Restored. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Published Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy. New York: Harper |
| 1957-1959 | Lecturer, Department of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1957-1960 | Associate director, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1958 | Awarded Woodrow Wilson Prize |
| 1958-1969 | Director, Defense Studies Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1959-1962 | Associate professor, Department of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1960-69 | Faculty member, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1961 | Published The Necessity for Choice. New York: Harper |
| 1961-1962 | Consultant, National Security Council |
| 1961-1968 | Consultant, Rand Corp. Consultant, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency |
| 1962-1969 | Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1965 | Published The Troubled Partnership. New York: McGraw-Hill |
| 1965-1966 | Guggenheim fellowship |
| 1965-1968 | Consultant, Department of State |
| 1968 | Foreign policy adviser to Nelson A. Rockefeller's Republican presidential nomination campaign |
| 1969 | Published American Foreign Policy. New York: Norton |
| 1969-1975 | Assistant to the president, national security affairs |
| 1973 | Awarded Nobel Peace Prize |
| 1973-1977 | Secretary of state |
| 1974 | Married Nancy Maginnes |
| 1977 | Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| 1979 | Published The White House Years. Boston: Little, Brown |
| 1981 | Published For the Record. Boston: Little, Brown |
| 1982 | Published Years of Upheaval. Boston: Little, Brown Founded Kissinger Associates |
| 1985 | Published Observations. Boston: Little, Brown |
| 1994 | Published Diplomacy. New York: Simon & Schuster |
| 1999 | Published Years of Renewal. New York: Simon & Schuster |
| 2023, Nov. 29 | Died, Kent, Conn. |