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4 unusual facts about Richard N. Haass


Richard N. Haass

In late 2013, Haass returned to Northern Ireland to chair inter-party talks aimed at addressing some of the unresolved issues from the peace process such as parades, flags and "the past".

In September 2013, Haass returned to Northern Ireland, with Professor Meghan O'Sullivan, to chair all party talks on flags, parades and the legacy of the Troubles, after violence flared over the removal of the union flag at Belfast City Hall.

He succeeded George J. Mitchell as the United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland to help the peace process in Northern Ireland, for which he received the State Department's Distinguished Service Award.

Haass was born in Brooklyn, the son of Marcella (née Rosenthal) and Irving B. Haass.


Alfredo Duran

In March 2001, Duran made a visit to the site of the Bay of Pigs Invasion, accompanied by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Richard N. Goodwin, Wayne S. Smith, Jean Kennedy Smith (sister of John F. Kennedy), and others.

Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation

Ambassador Richard N. Gardner, former US Ambassador to Italy and Spain, professor of law at Columbia University

Jack O'Brian

The House probe, led by Congressional investigator Richard N. Goodwin, resulted in the dramatic admission by the man who had defeated Herb Stempel on Twenty-One, Charles Van Doren, that the program was fixed.

Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health

When Rosenberg pointed to their recent "significant advances" and suggested the trend would continue, Justice Richard N. Palmer asked: "Is that your argument—give them more time and they'll do better?"

Lizabeth Zindel

Girl of the Moment, Zindel's first novel, is in development with producer Richard N. Gladstein.

Richard Armstrong

Richard N. Armstrong (born 1945), Canadian communication professor and religious rhetoric scholar

Richard Gardner

Richard N. Gardner (born 1927), former American ambassador to Italy and Spain

Richard Goodwin

Richard N. Goodwin (born 1931), American writer and advisor to US Presidents Kennedy and Johnson

Richard N. Armstrong

He and his wife, Kristy, have three grown sons, one of whom is Eric M. Armstrong, publisher and head film critic of The Moving Arts Film Journal.

Richard N. Frye

Born in Birmingham, Alabama, to a family of immigrants from Sweden, "Freij" has four children, his second marriage being to an Iranian-Assyrian scholar, Dr Eden Naby, from Urmia, Iran who teaches at Columbia University.

Richard N. Gardner

While living in Washington D.C. in the 1960s, the Gardners were next-door neighbors and close friends to future US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and her then-husband, journalist Joseph Medill Patterson Albright.

Richard N. Hackett

He was unsuccessful in a run for the U.S. Congress in 1896, but won a seat ten years later representing North Carolina's 8th congressional district in the 60th United States Congress (defeating incumbent Republican E. Spencer Blackburn).

Richard N. Hughes

Two versions of the message were recorded, both of them depicting Hughes surrounded by a wreath of holly, and backed by an instrumental version of Silent Night.

Richard N. Palmer

Following law school, Palmer clerked for Judge Jon O. Newman, then of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.

After practicing privately with Shipman and Goodman, Palmer was as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut, interrupted briefly by a stint in the firm of Chatigny and Palmer.

Richard Palmer

Richard N. Palmer (born 1950), Associate Justice on the Connecticut Supreme Court

Sheff v. O'Neill

Justice David Borden authored the dissent, with Justices Robert Callahan and Richard Palmer concurring with the dissent.

Ten Speed Press

Ten Speed's all-time best-seller is What Color is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers by Richard N. Bolles which was first published in 1972 and as of 2009 has sold more than ten million copies and exists in 20 languages.

Willie Corduff

"This year's Prize recipients have succeeded in combating some of the most important environmental challenges we face today," said Goldman Prize founder Richard N. Goldman.


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