Local News in Brief : Orange : Ex-Ambassador Scali to Speak at Chapman
John Scali, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will speak on war and peace as part of Chapman College’s Freshman Seminar Program on Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the college’s auditorium.
Scali’s presentation to the students is entitled “Reflections on a Century of Conflict: Themes of War and Peace.”
Scali, a former television news correspondent, joined ABC-TV in 1961. In 1962, while serving as State Department correspondent for ABC-TV news, Scali played a historic backstage role in efforts to negotiate a settlement of the Cuban missile crisis.
In 1971, Scali was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon as a special consultant to the White House for foreign affairs and communication. Two years later, Scali was appointed U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, where he played a key role in U.S. efforts to negotiate a cease-fire in the 1973 Arab-Israeli conflict.
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