Welcome to this special edition of the Daily Article podcast for Thursday, November the 30th,

2020. I'm Chris Elkins with the Dennison Forum, narrating today's special edition article,

written by Dr. Jim Denison. Henry Kissinger, an American diplomat and Nobel laureate, died yesterday at the age of 100.

I will never forget the first time I heard him speak in person.

Dr. Kissinger was an invited guest at a 2013 World Affairs Council event in Dallas,

though the event generated few headlines beyond our area.

Later that day, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was surprisingly elected

the new Pope, taking the papal name Pope Francis and garnering global attention. The events of that day

in March 2013 illustrate the point I'd like us to consider as we reflect on Dr. Kissinger's

life and legacy today. Henry Kissinger was born in 1923 to a school teacher and a homemaker in Firth, Germany.

Twelve years later, his father lost his job because he and his family were Jewish.

Three years later, they fled Nazi Germany and settled in New York City.

However, 13 members of their extended family died in the Holocaust.

Henry Kissinger worked at a shaving brush company while studying at night.

In 1943, the year he became a U.S. citizen, he was drafted into the U.S. Army.

His German language skills made him a valuable translator and administrator

in Europe experiences that directed him toward a life of public service. He earned a BA,

MA, and Ph.D. from Harvard University and then held a variety of academic think tank posts.

His doctoral studies persuaded him that peace comes from,

quote, an international agreement about the nature of workable arrangements and the permissible

aims and methods of foreign policy, end quote. This approach to peace through rules, power,

and stability would guide his later work in politics and diplomacy. He advised Governor Nelson Rockefeller's presidential campaigns in 1960,

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