DIPLOMAT, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS LEADER, AND EDUCATOR, HARLAN CLEVELAND, DIES AT AGE 90
 Founding Humphrey Institute dean Harlan Cleveland died May 30, 2008, from natural causes. He was 90 years old.
Cleveland enjoyed a long career in public service, international affairs, global humanitarian relief, and education. Unable to serve in World War II due to a childhood injury, he began his career in the 1940s as an economic warfare specialist in Washington, D.C, and United Nations relief and rehabilitation administrator in Italy and China.
From 1961 to 1965, he served as assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs in the administration of President John F. Kennedy. As the intermediary between UN Ambassador Adlai Stevenson and Secretary of State Dean Rusk, he was involved with the Cuban missile crisis and the Congo crisis. In 1965, Cleveland was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson as U.S. Ambassador to NATO, serving in that post until 1969.
Well-educated as a child, Cleveland remained a strong advocate for education and international affairs. He brought his experience to higher education many times. He served as dean of Syracuse University’s Maxwell Graduate School for Citizenship and Public Affairs (1956 to1961); was president of the University of Hawaii (1969 to 1974); and led the international affairs program of the Aspen Institute (1974 to 1980). From 1980 to 1987, Cleveland helped develop and lead the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. In his later years, he served as president of the World Academy of Art and Science.
Among his many awards, Cleveland received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor for meritorious service, in recognition of his commitment and dedication to this country. In 2007, he was recognized by the Humphrey Institute with the Hubert H. Humphrey Public Leadership Award.
Cleveland is survived by his wife of 66 years, Lois; and by his three children, Zoë, Melantha, and Alan. A memorial will be held at the chapel at Falcon’s Landing in Sterling, Virginia, at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday June 19.
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