Warren Christopher（沃伦·克里斯托弗）

1981年UCLA奖章获得者 世界领袖，外交官，荣誉勋章获得者

他为和平而战，最后取得胜利

UCLA 2003年本科生荣誉执行管理委员会的学生最初都有点敬畏他们的老师。毕竟前国务卿Warren Christopher可是乐观思想的代表人物。他出面协商，结束了困扰美国长达一年之久的伊朗人质危机。因此，他被授予总统自由勋章。1994年，他成功地将以色列和巴勒斯坦带上谈判席。这位优雅谦虚的外交官能够让人把不可能变为可能。为国家服务，他将才华发挥到极致，他曾是吉米·卡特的最高外交官，还是林登·约翰逊的副首席检察官。1981年，他获得UCLA奖章，表彰他“为和平和理性做出的贡献”。

Warren Christopher

1981 UCLA medal recipient

He fought for peace–and won.

The students at an undergraduate Honors Collegium at UCLA in 2003 were a little in awe of their teacher at first. Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher, after all, embodies the optimist idea. He had helped negotiate an end to the Iranian hostage crisis that tormented America for over a year, an achievement for which he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He also brought Israel and the Palestinians to the bargaining table in 1994. The graceful and self-effacing diplomat is famous for enabling people to achieve the difficult, or seemingly impossible. It is a talent he put to good use in the service of the nation as Jimmy Carter’s top diplomat and Lyndon Johnson’s deputy U.S. attorney general. In 1981, Christopher was awarded the UCLA Medal for his “enormous contribution to peace and reason.”