by Awards Council member Ambasssador Sol Linowitz. On January 18, 1989, President Reagan awarded Kampelman the Presidential Citizens Medal. On August 11, 1999, President Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. On May 22, 2008, at a ceremony held at the US State Department in Washington, D.C., Kampelman was presented by the National Endowment for Democracy with its Democracy Service Medal in recognition of his lifetime achievement in advancing the principles of freedom, human rights, and democracy. In May and June 1990, Ambassador Kampelman returned to the negotiation table of the CSCE for the successful Copenhagen Declaration. He was personally commended by President George H. W. Bush for his delegation's "major role in that historic achievement". Kampelman served as a motivating force behind the op-ed "A World Free of Nuclear Weapons", published on January 4, 2007, in The Wall Street Journal by George P. Shultz, Henry Kissinger, Sam Nunn and William Perry. Legacy Kampelman received thirteen honorary Doctorate degrees, as well as the Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Communist Party vs. The C.I.O: A Study in Power Politics (Praeger, 1957) Autobiography: Entering New Worlds: The Memoirs of a Private Man in Public Life (HarperCollins, 1991) See also List of U.S. political appointments that crossed party lines Citations References Legends in the Law: Max Kampelman KAMPELMAN, Max M. International Who's Who. accessed September 4, 2006. A World Free of Nuclear Weapons. The Wall Street Journal. accessed August 26, 2008. Additional resources The Papers of Max M. Kampelman are available for research use at the Minnesota Historical Society. External links 1920 births 2013 deaths Lawyers from New York City American conscientious objectors American diplomats Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients American people of Romanian-Jewish descent New York (state) lawyers New York University School of Law alumni University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts alumni Bates College alumni Presidential Citizens Medal recipients New York (state) Democrats The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Members of the Civilian Public Service 20th-century American lawyers Humphrey School of Public Affairs alumni