Ambassador Djerejian has been founding Director of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University since 1994. Before that, he had a career in foreign service that included serving as United States Ambassador to Israel from 1993 to 1994, as Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs from 1991 to 1993 and as U.S. Ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic from 1988 to 1991. Ambassador Djerejian is also a director of Baker Hughes, Inc. and Global Industries, Ltd. |