Kissinger Installed as College Chancellor
Former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger was installed as chancellor of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the granting of the school’s charter by British King William III and Queen Mary II in 1693.
Kissinger was secretary of State in the Nixon and Ford administrations and played a pivotal role in establishing dialogue with China. He shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 with North Vietnamese chief negotiator Le Duc Tho for the accord that allowed America to pull out of the Vietnam War.
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