The Diplomacy Center Foundation launched the Legacy Ministers appeal initiative on July 20, 2018. The appeal launch was held at the Founding Ambassadors Concourse in the United States Diplomacy Center* entrance pavilion. Remarks were made by special guests Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan and Hany Hassan, FAIA, Partner of Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and Planners.

Diplomacy Center Director Mary Kane and Ambassador William C. Harrop (ret.), Chair of the Diplomacy Center Foundation Board of the Directors, briefly spoke at the beginning of the program. James T. L. Dandridge, II from the Foundation Board of Directors introduced the Legacy Ministers initiative. The program was followed by a reception upstairs in the Diplomacy Center entrance pavilion. The reception was attended by 135 individuals, including over 100 guests from the Foreign Service community.

Learn more about the Foundation’s Legacy Ministers appeal.

* On November 5, 2019, the United States Diplomacy Center formally changed its name to the National Museum of American Diplomacy.