Summit for Global Citizen Diplomacy (principal author of the Task Force’s report and video of selected best practices).

He initiated the Jazz Masters and National Heritage fellowships, and the Mayors Institute on City Design.

He established a new school-based arts education program,[2] published the landmark report Toward Civilization, and began the process that led to national standards.

NEA leadership grants during this period included start-up support for the Sundance Institute and the American Masters series on Public Television.

Early in his career, he ran a trading company in the Philippines and practiced law in New York (Sullivan & Cromwell).

He married Mimi McEwen, an artist, had two children and two grandchildren, and lived in Falls Church, Virginia.