Robert L. Gallucci

Robert L. Gallucci, a former U.S. ambassador who most recently served as president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, is the interim director of the Library’s John W. Kluge Center. Gallucci served as president of the MacArthur Foundation from 2009 to 2014. Prior, from 1996 to 2009, he served as dean of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University..

Gallucci has 21 years of distinguished public service. As ambassador-at-large and special envoy for the U.S. Department of State, he dealt with threats posed by the proliferation of ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction. He was chief U.S. negotiator during the North Korean nuclear crisis of 1994, and served as assistant secretary of state for political military affairs and as deputy executive chairman of the UN Special Commission, overseeing the disarmament of Iraq following the first Gulf War.

Gallucci additionally has a distinguished academic career as an administrator. During his tenure as dean at Georgetown, Gallucci led in the creation of the School of Foreign Service in Qatar. He also oversaw the creation of the Program for Jewish Civilization, an interdisciplinary research and teaching center, and the Mortara Center for International Studies, whose mission is to bring together scholars and policy makers in area of international affairs. Most recently he has been a Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown. He earned his bachelor’s degree at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and his master’s and doctorate degrees at Brandeis University.