John E. Osborn
Encyclopedia
John E. Osborn is an American lawyer, health care industry executive, and former diplomat who has served in the United States Department of State
and as a member of the United States
Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy
.
, and the nephew of former major league baseball broadcaster Gene Osborn
.
, the Johns Hopkins University
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
, and the University of Virginia School of Law
, and also studied at The College of William & Mary and Wadham College, Oxford
. He has held visiting research appointments in socio-legal studies at the University of Oxford
[8] and in politics at Princeton University
. In 1998 he received an Eisenhower Fellowships
award to examine the roots of the conflict in Northern Ireland and the status of the peace process.[9] He has been a member of the board of trustees of Tower Hill School
in Wilmington, Delaware and of the Delaware Art Museum
, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations
and the American Law Institute
.
in 2007,[1] and confirmed by the United States Senate
on March 13, 2008.[2] The Commission is an independent bipartisan panel established by the United States Congress
to assess public diplomacy policies and programs of the U.S. government and of publicly funded nongovernmental organizations, and to report its findings and recommendations to the President and the Congress. In 2004, Osborn was appointed by Secretary of State Colin Powell
to the Board of Governors of the East-West Center
, a education and research center in Honolulu focused on the Asia Pacific region. From 1989 to 1992 he served with the State Department, where he supported policy efforts related to German reunification[3], the first Gulf War[4] and treaty succession in the former Soviet Union
.[5] He also worked on the 1980 and 1988 presidential campaigns of George H.W. Bush, and in the offices of former Congressman Jim Leach
of Iowa and the late U.S. Senator H. John Heinz III
of Pennsylvania.
, the cancer services company US Oncology (which now operates as a unit of McKesson Corporation), and the biopharmaceutical company Cephalon
.[6] Following law school, he clerked for Judge Albert Vickers Bryan
of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
, and practiced corporate law in Boston with Hale and Dorr (now Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
) where he was a member of a U.S. Supreme Court appellate team in a landmark case that struck down the "sale of business" securities law doctrine.[7]
"Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America" (September 14, 2007), http://www.lawdragon.com/index.php/newdragon/leading_07
United States Department of State
The United States Department of State , is the United States federal executive department responsible for international relations of the United States, equivalent to the foreign ministries of other countries...
and as a member of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy
Public diplomacy
In international relations, public diplomacy or people's diplomacy, broadly speaking, is the communication with foreign publics to establish a dialogue designed to inform and influence. There is no one definition of Public Diplomacy, and may be easier described than easily defined as definitions...
.
Family
Osborn is a distant relative of founding father and colonial American physician Benjamin RushBenjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush lived in the state of Pennsylvania and was a physician, writer, educator, humanitarian and a Christian Universalist, as well as the founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania....
, and the nephew of former major league baseball broadcaster Gene Osborn
Gene Osborn
Gene Osborn was a radio and television broadcaster in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, known primarily as a color commentator for several major league baseball teams....
.
Education
Osborn earned degrees from the University of IowaUniversity of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
, the Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies , a division of Johns Hopkins University based in Washington, D.C., is one of the world's leading and most prestigious graduate schools devoted to the study of international affairs, economics, diplomacy, and policy research and...
, and the University of Virginia School of Law
University of Virginia School of Law
The University of Virginia School of Law was founded in Charlottesville in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson as one of the original subjects taught at his "academical village," the University of Virginia. The law school maintains an enrollment of approximately 1,100 students in its initial degree program...
, and also studied at The College of William & Mary and Wadham College, Oxford
Wadham College, Oxford
Wadham College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, located at the southern end of Parks Road in central Oxford. It was founded by Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham, wealthy Somerset landowners, during the reign of King James I...
. He has held visiting research appointments in socio-legal studies at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
[8] and in politics at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
. In 1998 he received an Eisenhower Fellowships
Eisenhower Fellowships
Eisenhower Fellowships is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization created in 1953 by a group of prominent American citizens to honor President Dwight D. Eisenhower for his contribution to humanity as a soldier, statesman, and world leader...
award to examine the roots of the conflict in Northern Ireland and the status of the peace process.[9] He has been a member of the board of trustees of Tower Hill School
Tower Hill School
Tower Hill School is a private, college preparatory school located at 2813 West 17th Street in Wilmington, Delaware, offering instruction for pre-school through 12th grade. The school was founded in 1919 on the basis of commitment to progressive education methods. It has an excellent academic...
in Wilmington, Delaware and of the Delaware Art Museum
Delaware Art Museum
The Delaware Art Museum is an art museum located on the Kentmere Parkway in Wilmington, Delaware, which holds a collection of more than 12,000 works. The museum, was founded in 1912 as the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts in honor of the artist Howard Pyle and is now celebrating its centennial...
, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs...
and the American Law Institute
American Law Institute
The American Law Institute was established in 1923 to promote the clarification and simplification of American common law and its adaptation to changing social needs. The ALI drafts, approves, and publishes Restatements of the Law, Principles of the Law, model codes, and other proposals for law...
.
Government
Osborn was nominated to the Commission by President George W. BushGeorge W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
in 2007,[1] and confirmed by the United States Senate
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
on March 13, 2008.[2] The Commission is an independent bipartisan panel established by the United States Congress
United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
to assess public diplomacy policies and programs of the U.S. government and of publicly funded nongovernmental organizations, and to report its findings and recommendations to the President and the Congress. In 2004, Osborn was appointed by Secretary of State Colin Powell
Colin Powell
Colin Luther Powell is an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army. He was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African American to serve in that position. During his military...
to the Board of Governors of the East-West Center
East-West Center
The East–West Center , headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, is an education and research organization established by the U.S. Congress in 1960 to strengthen relations and understanding among the peoples and nations of Asia, the Pacific and the United States....
, a education and research center in Honolulu focused on the Asia Pacific region. From 1989 to 1992 he served with the State Department, where he supported policy efforts related to German reunification[3], the first Gulf War[4] and treaty succession in the former Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
.[5] He also worked on the 1980 and 1988 presidential campaigns of George H.W. Bush, and in the offices of former Congressman Jim Leach
Jim Leach
James Albert Smith "Jim" Leach is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa. In August 2009, he became Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities ....
of Iowa and the late U.S. Senator H. John Heinz III
H. John Heinz III
Henry John Heinz III was an American politician from Pennsylvania, a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate .-Early life:...
of Pennsylvania.
Private
In the private sector, Osborn has been executive vice president and general counsel with the biotechnology company DendreonDendreon
Dendreon is a Seattle based biotechnology company. Its lead product, Provenge , is an immunotherapy for prostate cancer...
, the cancer services company US Oncology (which now operates as a unit of McKesson Corporation), and the biopharmaceutical company Cephalon
Cephalon
Cephalon, Inc. is a U.S. biopharmaceutical company co-founded in 1987 by Dr. Frank Baldino, Jr., a pharmacologist and former scientist with the DuPont Company, who served as the company's chairman and chief executive officer until his death in December 2010...
.[6] Following law school, he clerked for Judge Albert Vickers Bryan
Albert Vickers Bryan
Albert Vickers Bryan was a United States federal judge, and the father of another federal judge, Albert Vickers Bryan, Jr..Born in Alexandria, Virginia, Bryan received an LL.B...
of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is a federal court located in Richmond, Virginia, with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:*District of Maryland*Eastern District of North Carolina...
, and practiced corporate law in Boston with Hale and Dorr (now Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, which also goes by the shorter market name WilmerHale, is an American law firm with twelve offices across the USA, Europe and Asia. It was created in 2004 through the merger of the Boston-based firm Hale and Dorr and the Washington-based firm Wilmer Cutler...
) where he was a member of a U.S. Supreme Court appellate team in a landmark case that struck down the "sale of business" securities law doctrine.[7]
External links
U.S. Advisory Commission official biography at http://www.state.gov/pdcommission/members/index.htm"Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America" (September 14, 2007), http://www.lawdragon.com/index.php/newdragon/leading_07