Ken Adelman
| Kenneth Adelman | |
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| Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Director | |
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In office 1983–1987 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Eugene V. Rostow |
| Succeeded by | William F. Burns |
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| Born | March 24, 1953 |
| Alma mater | Grinnell College, Georgetown University |
Kenneth Lee Adelman (born June 9, 1946) is an American diplomat, political writer, policy analyst and William Shakespeare historian.
Adelman was born to a Jewish family and graduated from Grinnell College in Iowa, majoring in philosophy and religion. He received his master's degree in Foreign Service studies and Doctorate in political theory from Georgetown University.
Adelman began working for the government in 1969 at the U.S. Department of Commerce, and then served in the Office of Economic Opportunity. From 1975 to 1977 during the Gerald Ford administration, Adelman was an Assistant to United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and was later a member of the Defense Policy Board. He has also served as a national editor of Washingtonian magazine for more than 17 years.
He was the deputy U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations for two-and-a-half years, working with Jeane Kirkpatrick. He also served as the Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency for nearly five years, during the Reagan administration. He was an advisor to President Ronald Reagan during the superpower summits between Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev.
He took part in the Zaire River Expedition in 1975, travelling down the Congo River on the 100th Anniversary of Henry Morton Stanley's exploration.
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