Brzezinski, Zbigniew K., 1928-

Title:

Brzezinski, Zbigniew K., 1928-

Description:

Bio: Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski was born on March 28, 1928 in Warsaw, Poland. He became a naturalized American citizen in 1958. In 1960 Brzezinski moved to Columbia University, where he was an associate professor of public law and government, and a member of the faculty of the Research Institute in Communist Affairs, 1960 to 1962. He was promoted to full professor in 1962, and became director of the Research Institute in Communist Affairs (later the Research Institute on International Change), serving with both until 1977. Brzezinski was a member of the Joint Committee on Contemporary China of the Social Science Research Council, from 1961 to 1962. In 1964 he was a member of the steering committee of Young Citizens for Johnson, and from 1966 to 1968 he was a member of the Department of State's Policy Planning Council. In 1973 he became director of the Trilateral Commission and recruited the generally unknown governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter for membership. He served as director until 1976, when he became Carter's principal adviser on foreign policy issues during the 1976 presidential campaign. He served as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs in the Carter White House from 1977 to 1981, and an official of the National Security Council from 1977 to 1981. He then taught at Columbia and Johns Hopkins and served as a member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board from 1987 to 1991.

Relation:

LBJ Connection: Professor and author; member, Policy Planning Council, State Department, 1966-1968