Front Page: Robert J. Zimmer Wins Merrill Award. When ACTA friends and supporters convene in October for the ATHENA Roundtable conference, ACTA will present the 2017 Philip Merrill Award for Outstanding Contributions to Liberal Arts Education to Robert J. Zimmer, president of the University of Chicago.
John Bolton served as the 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2005 to 2006, and as the 26th United States National Security Advisor from 2018 to 2019 during the Trump Administration.
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