Last updated on:
6/11/2008 |
Author: ProCon.org
John Shattuk, LLB Biography
- Title:
- Former Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Is the ACLU Good for America?"
- Reasoning:
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Executive Director of the ACLU from 1976-1984
May 2006
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Experts
Individuals with PhDs and JDs or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the ACLU. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to the ACLU. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Chief Executive Officer, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, 2001-present
- Honorary degree, University of Rhode Island, and the University of Western Bohemia, 2002
- Honorary degree, Kenyon College, 2001
- US Ambassador to the Czech Republic, 1998-2001
- Ambassador’s Award from the American Bar Association Central and East European Law Initiative, 2000
- Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, 1993-1998
- International Human Rights Award from the United Nations Association of Boston, 1998
- Honorary degree, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 1995
- Vice President for Government, Community and Public Affairs, Harvard University, 1984-1993
- Distinguished Service to Public Education Award from the Massachusetts Board of Education, 1990
- Yale Law School Public Service Award, 1988
- Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Washington Office, 1976-1984
- Roger Baldwin Award for his national contribution to civil liberties, 1984
- National Staff Counsel, ACLU, 1971-1976
- Education:
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- LLB, Yale Law School, 1970
- MA, International Law and Jurisprudence, Cambridge University, 1967
- BA, Yale College, 1965
- Other:
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- Involved in major civil rights and civil liberties battles during the Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan administrations
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