HENRY KISSINGER

Born May 27, 1923 in Germany

Died 2023

Diplomat who served as Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977.

In 1938, his family immigrated to the US in an attempt to escape Nazi persecution.

Has undergraduate degree and doctorate from Harvard University.

President Nixon appointed him to be assistant for national security affairs, then in 1969 was promoted to head of the National Security Council.

Won the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize.

“Don’t be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself.”