An Evening with Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy
Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy is Director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. He was born in China and spent much of his youth there during the upheavals of World War II and the Communist Revolution. He joined the US Foreign Service immediately after graduating from Princeton, retiring 45 years later with the rank of Career Ambassador, the highest in the service. In 1978 the Ambassador participated in the secret negotiations that led to the establishment of US-PRC diplomatic relations. During a career focused on East Asia and the Soviet Union, his ambassadorial assignments included Singapore, China, and Indonesia. His final post with the State Department was as Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research. On retirement he joined Kissinger Associates, Inc., a strategic consulting firm, before joining the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in September 2008 to head the newly created Kissinger Institute. In 2001 he received Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson Award for Distinguished Public Service.
6:00pm: Wine Reception
6:30pm: Lecture
Event Host: Arlyne Krum
Cost: Free