[1] Illinois Director, Reagan presidential campaign, 1976. Deputy to the Chairman, Reagan presidential campaign, 1980. Past Chairman, Illinois Republican Party. Wife: Jane Thatcher (until his death, one son, one daughter)
Son: Craig Salisbury
Daughter: Elisabeth Jean
High School: New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL (1967)
University: AB Religion & Philosophy, Princeton University (1971)
Law School: JD, University of Virginia School of Law (1974)
Administrator: Advisory Committee, International Human Rights Center, DePaul University
US Ambassador to Sudan Special Envoy (2008-)
Winston & Strawn Partner (-2007)
US Ambassador to the UN for Special Political Affairs (2002)
Mayer, Brown & Platt (-2002)
US Ambassador to the UN Commission on Human Rights (past)
US State Department Asst. Secy. for International Organizations (past)
White House Staff Asst. to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs (1981-83)
Winston & Strawn Partner (1977-81)
Congressional Staff Administrative Assistant to Phil Crane (1974-76)
Bush-Cheney '04
Committee on the Present Danger
Council on Foreign Relations
Committee in Support of Russian Civil Society Board of Directors
International Republican Institute Board of Directors
John McCain 2008
Keep Our Mission PAC
McCain for Senate '98
Straight Talk America
Author of books:
A Changing America (1979, nonfiction, ed. with Paul Laxalt)
Reagan's Federalism (1990, nonfiction)
The United Nations (1990, nonfiction, editor)
U.S. Foreign Policy and the United Nations System (1996, nonfiction, editor)