Speech from the Spring 2014 commencement proceedings at Binghamton University May 15 - 18.
2014 Honorary Degree Recipient from Binghamton University.
In a public service career that spanned more than 25 years, Eric Schwartz has held positions at the White House and the United Nations, and traveled all over the world. Schwartz said he owes much of his success to what was then a smaller university that was just beginning to make its name known far beyond the Southern Tier.
Schwartz, now dean of the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, is excited to return to campus to receive his honorary degree.
From 1993 to 2001, Schwartz was at the National Security Council in the White House, ultimately as senior director and special assistant to the president for multilateral and humanitarian affairs. He managed responses on international humanitarian, human rights and rule of law issues, as well as United Nations affairs. He later served as UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's deputy special envoy for tsunami recovery. And, prior to his arrival at the University of Minnesota, he was U.S. assistant secretary of state for population, refugees, and migration, managing a $1.85 billion budget, as well as State Department policy and programs for U.S. refugee admissions and U.S. international assistance worldwide.
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