USCIB HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTSSEVEN DECADES OF GLOBAL LEADERSHIP

In 1945, Philip Reed and other American executives founded the United States Council for International Business to represent the views of the U.S. business community on the international stage. Seventy years later, our calling to exercise global leadership has never been more important.

It is no coincidence that USCIB and the United Nations both turn 70 this year. Since its founding, USCIB has held fast to the belief that open markets unlock society’s true potential, and that global problems are best resolved through inclusive deliberation at global institutions. As the sole U.S. affiliate to the International Chamber of Commerce, the International Organization of Employers and the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD, USCIB serves as the voice of business in major international deliberations, helping to craft policies that foster a better, more prosperous world for our children.

Today, we continue our commitment to advancing an open system of world trade for the benefit of people and communities everywhere. We remain true to Reed’s call to action, and with the help of our member organizations, we can ensure many more years of business leadership.

PETER M. ROBINSON President and CEO, USCIB, 2015

“The business element of America – representatives of the system which we believe in, and under which the nation has grown great – has a tremendous responsibility… If we are to make our system secure, it we are to demonstrate its value…it is our job now to take and exercise the leadership in world business affairs.”

Philip D. Reed, CEO of General Electric, first chairman of USCIB, 1946

1945The United States Associates of the International Chamber of Commerce iis established as an independent organization in New York under the leadership of Philip D. Reed, chairman of General Electric.

1947ICC and the U.S. Council strongly advocate for establishment of an International Trade Organization. Following diplomatic disagreements among key countries, global trade negotiations are placed under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

1959The U.S. Council hosts the 17th World Congress of the International Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C., bringing together 2,000 business and government representatives. President Dwight D. Eisenhower opens the congress.

1969The United States Treasury Department appoints the U.S. Council as the sole guarantor of the ATA Carnet system for temporary duty-free exports.

1946The United States Associates champions ratification of the United Nations Charter and spearheads successful ICC efforts to establish a formal relationship with the UN.

1949The United States Associates changes its name to the United States Council of the International Chamber of Commerce, to underscore its position as the U.S. national committee of ICC.

1960The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is founded to coordinate transatlantic economic policies following the Marshall Plan. Two years later, USA-BIAC is established jointly by the U.S. Council and other industry groups.

1974The Council opens its Washington, D.C. office.

1978The Council hosts ICC’s 26th World Congress at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, where President Jimmy Carter addresses more than 3,000 participants.

1980The Council presents its first International Leadership Award to Reginald Jones of GE, conferred annually to a leading executive for outstanding contributions to promoting trade and investment.

1984USCIB assumes sole American business representation in the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD.

1992USCIB represents American industry at the Rio Earth Summit, where the landmark UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is adopted.

1979The Council is designated as the American affiliate of the International Organization of Employers, which represents global business interests to the International Labor Organization.

1981The U.S. Council of the ICC changes its name to the United States Council for International Business to reflect broader responsibilities and additional affiliations with global business organizations.

1986The Uruguay Round of global trade negotiations is launched with strong global business support. It includes negotiations on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS), an idea proposed by Edmund Pratt of Pfizer when he accepted USCIB’s International Leadership Award two years earlier.

1993USCIB strongly supports passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement following years of detailed input to the negotiations.

1994USCIB and ICC applaud conclusion of the Uruguay Round and the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to succeed the GATT.

2000Representing American business, USCIB actively participates in preparations for the UN Millennium Summit, where the Millennium Development Goals are agreed.

2002USCIB hosts 34th ICC World Congress in Denver, Colorado, titled “Trade, Technology and Partnership: The Business of Building a Better World,” hosted by ICC Chairman Richard McCormick, CEO and chairman of U.S. West.

2006Harold “Terry” McGraw III, then-CEO of McGraw-Hill, receives USCIB’s International Leadership Award in recognition of his stalwart advocacy of expanded global trade and investment.

1997USCIB and ICC represent business at the UN climate talks in Kyoto, where the Kyoto Protocol is agreed.

2001USCIB works to reverse WTO debacle in Seattle and supports launch of the Doha Round of trade talks.

2005Peter M. Robinson is named USCIB’s 15th president.

2008USCIB presents its International Leadership Award to Muhtar Kent, president and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company.

2009The International Chamber of Commerce receives USCIB’s International Leadership Award in recognition of the world business organization’s 90th anniversary, and is honored by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the UN.

2011President Bill Clinton gives the keynote address at USCIB’s International Leadership Award Dinner, where Dow Chemical Company Chairman and CEO Andrew Liveris receives the award.

2013Fred Smith of the FedEx Corporation is awarded USCIB’s International Leadership Award.

2015After a vigorous advocacy campaign, USCIB celebrates passage of Trade Promotion Authority in the United States, which had lapsed for eight years.

2010Terry McGraw is elected the 21st chairman of USCIB.

2012USCIB presents its International Leadership Award to the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD, on the occasion of BIAC’s 50th anniversary.

2014USCIB hosts the International Leadership Award dinner for the first time in Washington, D.C., honoring World Trade Organization Director General Roberto Azevedo for his stewardship of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement.

2015During the United Nations General Assembly, USCIB unveils its Business for 2030 web portal, showcasing the private sector’s contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Established in 1980, the International Leadership Award is bestowed upon a senior business executive who has made significant policy contributions to world trade and investment and to improving the global competitive framework in which American business operates.

2015 Randall L. Stephenson, Chairman and CEO, AT&T Inc.

2014 Roberto Azevêdo, Director General, World Trade Organization

2013 Fredrick W. Smith, Chairman and CEO, FedEx Corporation

2012 The Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD

2011 Andrew N. Liveris, Chairman and CEO, The Dow Chemical Company

2010 George Buckley, Chairman, President and CEO, 3M Company

2009 The International Chamber of Commerce

2008 Muhtar Kent, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Coca-Cola Company

2007 H. Fisk Johnson, Ph.D., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,S. C. Johnson & Sons, Inc.

2006 Harold “Terry” McGraw III, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, McGraw Hill Financial

2005 Lee R. Raymond, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Exxon Mobil Corporation

2004 Jean-René Fourtou, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Vivendi Universal

2003 Charles O. Holliday, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, DuPont

2002 Richard D. McCormick, President, International Chamber of Commerce

2001 Philip M. Condit, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Boeing Company

2000 George David, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, United Technologies Corporation

1999 Michael R. Bonsignore, Chief Executive Officer, Honeywell International Inc.

1998 Abraham Katz, President, United States Council for International Business

1997 Joseph T. Gorman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, TRW Inc.

1996 Alex Trotman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ford Motor Company

1995 Jerry R. Junkins, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Texas Instruments Incorporated

1994 Lawrence A. Bossidy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, AlliedSignal Inc.

1993 Dexter F. Baker, Chairman of the Board’s Executive Committee, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

1992 Frank Popoff, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Dow Chemical Company

1991 Kay R. Whitmore, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Eastman Kodak Company

1990 John S. Reed, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Citicorp/Citibank

1989 John F. Akers, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, IBM Corporation

1988 David M. Roderick, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, USX Corporation

1987 Edson W. Spencer, Chairman of the Board, Honeywell, Inc.

1986 James D. Robinson III, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, American Express Company

1985 John A. Young, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hewlett-Packard Company

1984 Edmund T. Pratt, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pfizer Inc

1983 David Rockefeller, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Chase Manhattan Bank

1982 Lee L. Morgan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Caterpillar Tractor Co.

1981 Irving S. Shapiro, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

1980 Reginald H. Jones, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, General Electric Company

INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS

2010 – Harold “Terry” McGraw III, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, McGraw Hill Financial*

2005 – 2010 William G. Parrett, Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

2001 – 2003 Dean R. O’Hare, Chairman and CEO, The Chubb Corporation

1995 – 2000 Richard D. McCormick, Chairman and CEO, U S West, Inc.*

1991 – 1994 Allen F. Jacobson, Chairman and CEO, 3M

2005 – Peter M. Robinson, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, USCIB

1999 – 2005 Thomas M.T. Niles, Assistant Secretary of State and U.S. Ambassador to Greece, European Union, Canada

1984 – 1999 Abraham Katz, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

1988 – 1990 Joseph E. Connor, Chairman, Price Waterhouse World Firm Ltd.*

1984 – 1987 Jack G. Clarke, Director and Senior Vice President, Exxon Corporation

1980 – 1983 Ralph A. Pfeiffer, Jr., Chairman and CEO, IBM World Trade Americas / Far East Corporation

1977 – 1979 Peter G. Peterson, Chairman, Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb Inc.

1972 – 1977 Ian K. MacGregor, Chairman and CEO, AMAX Inc.*

1978 – 1983 David L. Grove, Vice President and Chief Economist, International Business Machines Corporation

1977 – 1978 William D. Eberle, President’s Special Trade Representative

1973 – 1977 Harvey L. Williams, President, Philco International Corporation

1970 – 1972 Antonie T. Knoppers, Senior Vice President, Merck & Co., Inc.

1967 – 1970 James A. Linen, Chairman, Executive Committee, Time Inc.

1964 – 1967 Arthur K. Watson, Chairman, IBM World Trade Corporation*

1962– 1964 Amory Houghton, Honorary Chairman, Corning Glass Works

1960 – 1961 Ralph T. Reed, President, American Express Company

1957 – 1959 Philip Cortney, President, Coty Inc.

1969 – 1972 Willis C. Armstrong, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs

1965 – 1969 Christopher H. Phillips, U.S. Representative to the UN Economic and Social Council

1961 – 1965 Philip Young, U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands

1953 – 1961 Lloyd K. Neidlanger, Dean of Dartmouth College

1955 – 1957 Thomas J. Watson, Jr., President, International Business Machines Corporation

1953 – 1955 Warren Lee Pierson, Chairman, Trans World Airlines, Inc.*

1951 – 1953 George A. Sloan, President, Blue Ridge Mutual Fund, Inc.

1948 – 1951 H.J. Heinz II, President, H.J. Heinz Company

1945 – 1948 Philip D. Reed, Chairman, General Electric Company*

* also served as Chairman, International Chamber of Commerce

1952 – 1953 Wilbert E. Ward, President, Bankers Association for Foreign Trade

1949 – 1952 Norman S. Tabor, Financial Consultant

1948 – 1949 Alvin E. Dodd, President, American Management Association

1946 – 1948 Arvid L. Frank, Business Consultant

1945 – 1946 John P, Gregg, U.S. Tariff Commissioner

This booklet was researched and written by Christopher Zoia

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