Dennis Ross ’70

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Throughout his long career in public service, Ross has played an instrumental role in forming U.S. foreign policy. In his current position as special Middle East coordinator in the Department of State, Ambassador Ross is the point person for President Bill Clinton and Secretary Madeleine Albright in shaping U.S. involvement in the Middle East peace process. He assisted in concluding the Interim Agreement, brokered the Hebron Accord and helped negotiate the peace treaty between the Israelis and Jordanians.

Prior to his current role, Ross served as director of the Department of State’s Policy Planning Staff, where he played a leading part in formulating and implementing U.S. policy toward the former Soviet Union. He has also held important positions with the National Security Council and the Defense Department, working on broad military issues. In addition, he has published extensively on Soviet and Middle Eastern policy questions.

Updated November 2005: In August 2004, Ambassador Dennis Ross released A Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle-East Peace, which The New York Times awarded with a Notable Book distinction. Ross is a counselor and Ziegler Distinguished Fellow for the Washington Institute of Near East Policy and serves as chairman for the Institute for Jewish People Policy Planning. He has contributed frequently to several journals and newspapers, including The Washington Post, U.S. News and World Report and The Financial Times, and is a foreign analyst for the Fox News Channel.