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Mar 27, 2014 07:00 pm | The Editors and Publishers
Jim
Schlesinger passed away on March 26 due to complications from
pneumonia. In addition to a remarkable career in government that
included service in three cabinet posts—Secretary of Defense, Director
of the Central Intelligence Agency, and the first Secretary of
Energy—Jim held a series of central roles at The National Interest and
its parent institution, the Center for the National Interest. He was
most recently Chairman of The National Interest’s Advisory Council and
was earlier its Publisher for many years. The Center might not exist
without him, as he was among a small group of informal advisors to
former President Richard Nixon who recommended its creation in its prior
incarnation as The Nixon Center. He was the first Chairman of the
Center’s Executive Committee and was a member of the Board of Directors
for two decades.Schlesinger’s brand of high-minded realism—combining strategic thinking, pragmatism, and a commitment to America’s principles as a source of strength and leadership—continues as Center’s and The National Interest’s defining philosophy today. We will greatly miss him, and especially his penetrating analysis and wise counsel, which have been essential in our work. Nevertheless, Jim’s legacy will continue to shape everything that we do in trying to understand today’s uncertain world.http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/memoriam-james-r-schlesinger-10141
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