Coopersmith hosted dinners for political power players from around the world.
United Nations
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He spent much of his political career working to free American prisoners overseas.
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She was a champion of international women’s rights.
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She also served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
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Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (1920–2020), former secretary-general of the United Nations
Pérez de Cuéllar was the first and only secretary-general from the Americas.
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157 people were killed Sunday morning when an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 crashed just six minutes after takeoff. There were no survivors.
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Awarded 2001 Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work…
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Babatunde Osotimehin (1949 – 2017), United Nations Population Fund director
by Legacy StaffU.N. Population Fund director fought for girls’, women’s rights…
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E.R. Braithwaite wrote the autobiographical novel “To Sir, With Love,” drawing on his experiences as a teacher in London’s East End during the 1950s.
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1922 – 2016), former secretary-general of the United Nations
by Legacy StaffBoutros Boutros-Ghali, the Egyptian scholar, statesman and former secretary-general of the United Nations, died Tuesday, Feb. 16. He was 93. Boutros-Ghali became the sixth secretary-general of the United Nations Jan. …