Eagleburger, Laurence Sidney

1930 - Born on the 1st of August.

1957 - He joined the US Foreign service, and served in various posts in embassies, consulates, and the State

              Department.

1961 - He served as a staff at the United States Embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

1969 - He served in the Nixon administration as an assistant to National Security Advisor.

1971 - He ended his service as an assistant to National Security Advisor.

1977 - He was appointed as ambassador to Yugoslavia.

1982 - He was appointed as a Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs (the State Department's third-ranking

               position).

1989 - He was appointed as a Deputy Secretary of  State (the Department's second-ranking position).

         - He also served as the President's primary advisor for affairs relating to the quickly disintegrating

               Yugoslavia.

1992 - He served as Acting Secretary of State.

1995 - On the 6th of May he delivered the commencement address to the 1995 graduating class of James

             Madison University.

2002 - He questioned the timing of possible military action in Iraq.

2005 - He announced that the International Commission On Holocaust Era Insurance Claims was offering

              approximately 16 million dollars to Holocaust victims and their heirs.

2006 - He participated in a meeting at the White House of former Secretaries of Defense and State to discuss

              United States foreign policy.