Ambassador Ronald Frank Lehman II (born March 25, 1946, in

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) is currently Director of the Center for Global Security Research at the

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. He is also Chair of the Governing Board of

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, an intergovernmental organization headquartered in

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and is a member of the

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Threat Reduction Advisory Committee.Director, Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Atoms For Peace ConferenceRONALD LEHMAN II '68: Arms Control and Political Change
Claremont McKenna College He was Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy (now

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) from 1988 to 1989 and then Director of the

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between 1989 and 1993. From 1985 to 1988, he served in the

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as U.S. Chief Negotiator on Strategic Offensive Arms (

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) in Geneva. He has also served as

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for National Security Affairs, senior director on the

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, professional staff of the

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, and in Vietnam with the

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. Lehman testified regularly before the U.S. Congress and was on the advisory board of the

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. In 1995, he was appointed to the five-member President's Advisory Board on Arms Proliferation Policy. Lehman was educated at

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(B.A., 1968) and then

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with an M.A. degree in 1969 and a Ph.D. degree in 1975, the same year he went to Washington, D.C., as a fellow of the

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at Stanford University to begin his long and substantive diplomatic career in international arms control, disarmament, and the nonproliferation of

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. He has served three U.S. Presidents (

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, and

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), three Secretaries of State, three Secretaries of Defense, and three National Security Advisors in a variety of senior executive and advisory positions to promote peace through international disarmament and nonproliferation policymaking. Lehman worked closely with President Reagan for many years and continues to honor his memory by continuing to stabilize national conflict and aids in the protection of the United States. He was the 1988 CGU Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient.CGU Distinguished Alumni Award
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References

External links

Atoms For Peace Conference

Testimony by The Honorable Ronald F. Lehman II
Center for Global Security ResearchInternational Science and Technology Center
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lehman, Ronald 1946 births Living people People from Napa, California Claremont McKenna College alumni Claremont Graduate University alumni Reagan administration personnel United States Assistant Secretaries of Defense Members of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America