Barry Lowenkron

Barry F. Lowenkron (born 1952)[1] is an American specialist in foreign relations. He was Vice President of the Program on Global Security & Sustainability at the MacArthur Foundation from 2007 to 2014.[2]

Barry Lowenkron
Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
In office October 14, 2005 – August 28, 2007
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Lorne Craner
Succeeded by	David J. Kramer
Personal details
Born	1952 (age 68–69)
Education	Northeastern University, Johns Hopkins University

Life

Lowenkron is a graduate of the Maimonides School and of Northeastern University (1973). He holds an M.A. (1977) from the Nitze School of Advanced International studies at the Johns Hopkins University. From 2005-07 Lowenkron was Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.[3]

From 1979 until 2005, Lowenkron was Adjunct Lecturer in American Foreign Policy at the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University, where he taught courses on American Foreign Policy. He has been a Ford Foundation Fellow on Arms Control and Eastern Europe and a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow. Mr. Lowenkron is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[2]

Al Kamen of The Washington Post'' calls Lowenkron a "longtime foreign policy guru...who has worked at the Pentagon, the CIA and the State Department's policy planning shop."[4]

Honors

• Ford Foundation Fellow on Arms Control and Eastern Europe
• Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow

References

1. "Barry F. Lowenkron (1952–)". Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
2. Barry Lowenkron to Leave Foundation
3. MyWire | AFP: Another top Rice aide quits
4. Al Kamen - I'll Have My Chief of Staff Call Your Chief of Staff's Chief of Staff - washingtonpost.com