Wendy Sherman

Wendy Sherman commands my respect for the unglamorous endurance her career demanded. Rising to Deputy Secretary of State, then teaching the next generation at the Harvard Kennedy School, she spent decades in a field where a single misstep can alter a nation's fate. Diplomacy rarely offers applause; its victories are quiet, its battles fought across negotiating tables few of us ever see. That she sustained a frontline role for so long, earning the National Security Medal, speaks to real steel beneath the composure. I value most that she chose to pass her hard-won experience forward rather than simply retire into silence.

Name (English)

Wendy Sherman

Name (Japanese)

ウェンディ・ルース・シャーマン

Reading

うぇんでぃ・るーす・しゃーまん

Born

June 7, 1949 (age 77)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Ox

Origin

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Occupation

diplomat

High school

Pikesville High School

University

Boston University

Awards & achievements

• National Security Medal

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy%20Sherman
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4169153

Tags

• Maryland
• diplomat

Last updated

2026-06-21

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