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David Manker Abshire (April 11, 1926 – October 31, 2014) served as a Special Counselor to President Reagan and was the U.S. Ambassador to NATO from 1983–87. Abshire presided over the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. In July 2002, he was elected President of the Richard Lounsbery Foundation of New York. He was a member of the exclusive Alfalfa Club.〔(USC Center on Public Diplomacy Profile of David M. Abshire ), uscpublicdiplomacy.org; accessed October 31, 2014.〕 Abshire was a Republican and the author of seven books, the most recent being ''A Call to Greatness: Challenging Our Next President'', which was published in 2008. Abshire was married and had five children. He was a member of the advisory council of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and sat on the advisory board of (America Abroad Media ).〔(Profile ), americaabroadmedia.org; accessed October 31, 2014.〕 ==Background== Abshire was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1926. He graduated from The Bright School in 1938, Baylor School in Chattanooga in 1944 and from West Point in 1951. He fought in the Korean War and was decorated as a company commander. Abshire received his doctorate in History from Georgetown University in 1959, where for many years he was an adjunct professor at its Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. He is a member of the Project on National Security Reform.〔(CSIS Abshire biodata ), csis.org; accessed October 31, 2014.〕〔(Abshire profile ), rlounsbery.org; accessed October 31, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Manker Abshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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