Peace Building Experiences Topic of Nov.  29 Lecture 

SALISBURY, MD---John W. McDonald, appointed twice by both President Carter and President Reagan to represent the United States at various United Nations World Conferences, will speak about his diplomatic career and peace building experiences on Thursday, November 29, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the Guerrieri University Center, Nanticoke Room 1, on the campus of Salisbury University.  His talk is free and the public is invited. 

Ambassador McDonald is a lawyer, diplomat, former international civic servant, development expert and peace builder, concerned about world social, economic and ethnic problems.  He spent 20 years of his career in Western Europe and the Middle East and worked for 16 years on U.N. economic and social affairs.

He is currently chairman and co-founder of the Institute for Multi-track Diplomacy in Washington, D.C., which focuses on national and international ethnic conflicts.  In 1992 he was named Distinguished Visiting Professor at George Mason (VA) University’s Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.

McDonald retired from the Foreign Service in 1987 after 40 years as a diplomat.  In 1987-88 he became a professor of law at George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C.  From 1988-92 he was president of the Iowa Peace Institute and professor of political science at Grinnell (IO) College.

McDonald holds both a B.A. and J.D. degree from the University of Illinois and graduated from the National War College in 1967.

His presentation at Salisbury University opens the inaugural “One Person Can Make a Difference” lecture series coordinated by SU’s Center for Conflict Resolution.  For more information please call 410-219-2873.