Ambassador bob ellsworth biography

He holds the distinction as the first and only second Deputy Secretary of Defense in history.
Robert Fred Ellsworth (June 11, 1926 – May 9, 2011) was an American legislator and diplomat.
Robert Fred, a Representative from Kansas; born in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kans., June 11, 1926; attended the Lawrence, Kans., schools.

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Robert Fred Ellsworth (June 11, 1926 – May 9, 2011)^[1] was a United States' legislator and diplomat. He served as the United States Permanent Representative to NATO (an ambassadorial level appointment) between 1969 and 1971. He had previously served three terms as a Republican Member of Congress from Kansas, from 1961 to 1967, and as an Assistant to the President during the presidency of Richard Nixon; under President Gerald Ford, he was Deputy Secretary of Defense.^[2] Ellsworth also served as assistant to the chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission.^[3]

Ellsworth was born in Lawrence, Kansas, and was educated in the public schools of that city. He served in the United States Navy during World War II and the Korean War. In 1945, he was graduated with a baccalaureate in engineering from the University of Kansas, where he had been a member of the Alpha Nu chapter of the Beta Theta Pi collegiate fraternity. He then studied law at the University of Michigan Law School, from which he was graduated in 1949; he practiced law in Lawrence, Kansas

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The Robert F. Ellsworth Memorial Lecture is named after Ambassador Robert "Bob" Ellsworth (1926-2011), a highly respected public servant, a patriot and a national treasure. He had a diverse and illustrious career as a lawyer, politician, statesman, diplomat, strategist and investor. He was also a scholar who fought for the advancement of American leadership, security and principles.

“China’s Growing Protectionism and the U.S. Response”

Fifth annual Robert F. Ellsworth Memorial Lecture

Speaker: Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, Senior International Partner, WilmerHale

Date: March 7, 2017
Time: 4:30-6 p.m.
Location: The Great Hall, UC San Diego

Summary

In the Fifth Annual Robert F. Ellsworth Memorial Lecture, Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky addressed China’s growing protectionism and how the U.S. is responding.

China’s historic reform and opening has been the global economic story of our lifetimes, catapulting China’s economy, fueling global growth and opening vast opportunity to foreign enterprise

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From Emma Brown, the Washington Post: Robert F. Ellsworth, a Kansas Republican who served in Congress during the 1960s and then had a long career as a senior statesman in Washington, first in the Nixon and Ford administrations and later as one of Sen. Robert J. Dole’s closest advisers, died May 9 at a hospital in Encinitas, Calif. He was 84 and had complications from pneumonia and multiple organ failure.

Mr. Ellsworth was a tall, courtly lawyer who had a private practice in his native Lawrence, Kan., before entering Congress in 1961. After three terms, the liberal Republican lost a Senate bid but became a top aide during Richard M. Nixon’s successful presidential campaign in 1968.

Mr. Ellsworth, whom Nixon described as “exceptionally able,” served as a White House special assistant tasked with troubleshooting foreign and domestic problems.

In that role, Mr. Ellsworth helped persuade Nixon to meet with western European leaders over their concerns that the United States was too preoccupied with Vietnam at the expense of the Soviet t