Arthur Adair Hartman served in the US Army Air Corps from 1944 to 1946. He graduated from Harvard University in 1947 and attended Harvard Law School from 1947 to 1948. In 1948, he joined the State Department. Among his many postings over the years were positions in Saigon, London, and Brussels as deputy chief of the U.S. Mission to the European Union. During the Kennedy Administration, he served as special assistant to Undersecretary of State George Ball. In 1974, he was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs. In 1977, President Carter appointed him Ambassador to France (1977-1981) and in 1981 President Reagan named him Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1981-1987). He retired from public service in 1987. Arthur A. Hartman is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Academy of Diplomacy, the French American Foundation, and is on the Advisory Council of the Brookings Institution. He’s also chairman of the Fondation for International Arts & Education. He has been awarded the French Légion d’honneur.