Author, Terrorism Expert And Human Rights Advocate William F. Schulz To Be Honored By UC

William F. Schulz has been executive director of Amnesty International (USA) for more than 10 years and has traveled extensively as an Ambassador of Peace, not only in the United States, but worldwide. He is a tireless advocate for women’s rights, gay and lesbian rights, and civil and human rights overall. He has served on the Council of the International Association for Religious Freedom and is a 15-year member of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, serving the last eight years as president of the association.

Schulz has been described as the person “who has done more than anyone else in the American human rights movement to make human rights issues known in the United States.”  He has authored several widely read books, the latest of which, Tainted Legacy: 9/11 and the Ruin of Human Rights, is based on the World Trade Center collapse and our response to terrorism. He is recognized as a leading authority on terrorism and has appeared extensively on radio and television, including “60 Minutes,” “The Today Show,” and “Good Morning, America.”  He has been published and quoted widely in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Christian Science Monitor, and various other national and international publications.  He is a popular speaker at colleges and universities, including Yale, Oxford and Columbia, and taught a seminar at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1993.

Schulz resides in Long Island, New York, with his wife, the Rev. Beth Graham, who is also a Unitarian Universalist minister. He has two grown children, and he continues to speak, teach and advocate for human rights and world peace. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Oberlin College. He received his Master’s in Philosophy from the University of Chicago and the Doctor of Ministry degree from Meadville Lombard Theological School, also at the University of Chicago. He is recognized by Who’s Who in the World and Who’s Who in America, and was “Humanist of the Year” in 2000.