Secretary Eagleburger capped a brilliant twenty-seven year career in the State Department when he was named by President Bush to be Secretary of State. He helped chart and guide U.S. foreign policy through the turbulent end of the Cold War, the conflict in the Balkans, the confrontation in the Persian Gulf and through revolutionary changes in the former Soviet Union and then Russia . In June 1977, President Carter appointed Mr. Eagleburger Ambassador to Yugoslavia , where he served for 3 years. In early 1981, Mr. Eagleburger was nominated by President Reagan to be Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs. In February 1982, Mr. Eagleburger was appointed Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, the third-ranking position in the Department. Mr. Eagleburger was awarded the Distinguished Civilian Service Medal by the Department of Defense in 1978 and the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service in 1976. In 1984, the Department of State gave him the Wilbur J. Carr Award -- which is presented to retiring career officers who have performed with unusual distinction at senior levels for 25 years or more - and the Distinguished Honor Award, then the Department's highest honor. In 1991, President Bush awarded him the Presidential Citizens Medal. In 1992, he received the Department of State's Distinguished Service Award, the Department's highest honor. In 1994, he received an honorary knighthood from Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Mr. Eagleburger retired from the Department of State in May 1984, after serving 27 years as a Foreign Service officer. After leaving the Department, he was elected to the boards of Josephson International and the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York , and was named president of Kissinger Associates, Inc., a firm founded by Dr. Kissinger in April 1982 to offer strategic consulting services to international companies. He rejoined the U.S. Government in 1989. Following his resignation as Secretary of State on January 19, 1993 , he joined the law firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearrnan and Caldwell as Senior Foreign Policy Advisor. Baker Donelson is one of the largest firms in the southeast and was recently named one of the top 250 firms by the National Law Journal. He has joined the Boards of Phillips Petroleum Company, Halliburton Company, and Universal Corporation. His lecture topics include: "Foreign Policy Challenges of the 21st Century" and "Current Fiscal Policy Challenges".
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