[1] Originally a liberal Democrat, switched to Republican in 1985.
Father: Welcher F. Jordan
Mother: Leona Kile
Husband: Evron M. Kirkpatrick (m. 20-Feb-1955, d. 1995, three sons)
High School: (Mt. Vernon, IL)
University: AA, Stephens College, Columbia, MO (1946)
University: BA, Barnard College (1948)
University: MA Political Science, Columbia University (1950)
Scholar: Johns Hopkins University (1950-51)
Scholar: University of Paris (1952-53)
Professor: Political Science, Trinity College, Washington, DC (1962-67)
University: PhD Political Science, Columbia University (1968)
Professor: Georgetown University (1967-)
US Ambassador to the United Nations (1981-85)
US National Security Council (1981-89)
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
Member of the Board of IDT (-2006)
Afghanistan Relief Committee Co-Chair
America Abroad Media Advisory Board
American Center for Democracy
American Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow (1977-)
Center for Security Policy
Council on Foreign Relations
Coalition for a Democratic Majority
Committee for the Free World
Committee for the Liberation of Iraq
Committee on the Present Danger Board of Directors
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Advisory Board, America at a Crossroads
Empower America Co-Founder
Endowment for Middle East Truth Advisory Board
Ethics and Public Policy Center Board of Directors
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Board of Directors
Freedom House Board of Trustees
Friends of Giuliani Exploratory Committee
International Republican Institute Board of Directors
Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs Advisory Board
Libby Legal Defense Trust Advisory Committee
National Association of Scholars
National Conservative Campaign Fund Honorary Vice Chairman
National Republican Senatorial Committee
Nicaraguan Freedom Fund Vice President
Project for the New American Century
Public International Law and Policy Group Balkan Action Council
Straight Talk America
United States Committee for a Free Lebanon
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1985
International Security Leadership Award 1985
Library of Congress Living Legend 2000
Iran-Contra Scandal
Author of books:
The Strategy of Deception: A Study in World-Wide Communust Tactics (1963, editor)
Political Woman (1974)
The New Presidential Elite: Men and Women in National Politics (1976, with Warren E. Miller)
Dismantling the Parties: Reflections on Party Reform and Party Decomposition (1978)
Dictatorships and Double Standards: A Critique of U.S. Policy (1979)
The Reagan Phenomenon, and Other Speeches on Foreign Policy (1983)
We and They: Understanding Ourselves and Our Adversary (1983)
The Reagan Doctrine and U.S. Foreign Policy (1985)
Legitimacy and Force: State Papers and Current Perspectives (1988, 2 vols.)
AKA Jeane Duane Jordan