Speaker - Joseph Nye

JOSEPH NYE
Harvard University, Distinguished Service Professor

Joe Nye received his bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1958. He did postgraduate work at Oxford
University on a Rhodes Scholarship and earned a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University. He joined the Harvard Faculty in
1964, and taught one of the largest core curriculum courses in the college. In December 1995, he became Dean of the Kennedy
School.
He has also worked in three government agencies. From 1977 to 1979, Mr. Nye served as Deputy to the Under Secretary of State for
Security Assistance, Science and Technology and chaired the National Security Council Group on Nonproliferation of Nuclear
Weapons. In recognition of his service, he received the highest Department of State commendation, the Distinguished Honor Award.
In 1993 and 1994, he was chairman of the National Intelligence Council, which coordinates intelligence estimates for the President.
He was awarded the Intelligence Community’s Distinguished Service Medal. In 1994 and 1995, he served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, where he also won the Distinguished Service Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster.