Bio: Henry Kissinger  Published January 16, 2003   Henry
Kissinger was the 56th Secretary of State of the United States
from 1973 to 1977, continuing to hold the position of Assistant
to the President for National Security Affairs, which he first
assumed in 1969, until 1975. After leaving government service,
he founded Kissinger Associates, an international consulting
firm, of which he is chairman.  Kissinger was born in Fürth,
Germany, on May 27, 1923, came to the United States in 1938, and
became a United States citizen on June 19, 1943. He received a
B.A. Summa Cum Laude at Harvard College in 1950 and an M.A. and
a Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1952 and 1954 respectively.
He shared the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize with Le Duc Tho of the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam for their efforts to negotiate a
peaceful end to the war in Vietnam.  Le Duc Tho declined the
prize.     From 1943 to 1946 Kissinger served in the U.S. Army
Counter-Intelligence Corps and from 1946 to 1949 was a captain
in the Military Intelligen