William vanden Heuvel

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William Jacobus vanden Heuvel (b. 1930) is an attorney and diplomat from New York. He has served as United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations and as Ambassador to the European office of the United Nations in Geneva.

Vanden Heuvel served as an early protege of Office of Strategic Services founder Wild Bill Donovan at the U.S. embassy in Bangkok, Thailand. He later undertook highly successful legal practice with Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts in New York. He serves now as chairman of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and continues to be active in public service and private business.

A graduate of Deep Springs College, Cornell University, and Cornell Law School, he was editor-in-chief of Cornell's law review. He is the father of Katrina vanden Heuvel, longtime editor of The Nation.


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