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Here's a look at the life of Stephen J. Hadley, former national security adviser to President George W. Bush.
Birthdate: February 13, 1947
Place of birth: Toledo (Ohio)
Birth northname: Stephen John Hadley
Father: Robert Hadley Jr.
Mother: Suzanne (Bentley) Hadley
Marriage: Ann (Simon) Hadley
Children: Kate and Carolina
Education: Cornell University, B.A., 1969; Yale Law School, J.D., 1972
Military service: US Navy, 1972-1975
He has served on several corporate and advisory boards, including Raytheon, the Bessemer Group, RAND's Middle East Public Policy Center, the State Department's Foreign Affairs Policy Board, and the Council on Foreign Relations.
1972-1974 – Comptroller analyst of the Department of Defense.
1974-1977 – Member of the National Security Council during the presidency of Gerald Ford.
1986-1987 – He works as an adviser to the Tower Commission, which investigated US arms sales to Iran.
1989-1993 – He serves as undersecretary of defense for international security policy.
1993-2001 – Partner at the law firm Shea & Gardner.
1999-2001 – He is a member of the board of directors of the American Institute for Peace (USIP).
2001-2005 – Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor.
2005-2009 – Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
2009 – Together with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, he forms the RiceHadley Group, a consulting firm. He also becomes USIP's senior advisor for international affairs.
April 25, 2012 – RiceHadley Group announces that former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will join the firm and the company will be called RiceHadleyGates LLC (now Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC).
January 24, 2014 – Elected president of the USIP board of directors.
June 2015 – Hadley and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright launch an initiative called the Atlantic Council's Middle East Strategic Working Group, a bipartisan effort to engage the international community in discussions about Middle East peace.
November 3, 2017 – Hadley receives the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun from the Government of Japan.
