William F. "Bill" Schulz (born 1949) was the Executive Director of Amnesty International USA

Amnesty International USA

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, the U.S.

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 division of Amnesty International

Amnesty International

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, from March 1994 to 2006. He is an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, and served as president of the Unitarian Universalist Association

Unitarian Universalist Association

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 from 1985 to 1993. He is married to the Rev. Beth Graham, who is also a Unitarian Universalist minister, both living in New York. Schulz has two grown children from a previous marriage. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress

Center for American Progress

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 and an Adjunct Professor of International Relations at The New School

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. On October 29, 2010, The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee is a non-profit, nonsectarian associate member organization of the Unitarian Universalist Association that works to provide disaster relief and promote human rights and social justice around the world....

 announced that Schulz would serve as its next president and CEO.

Education

Schulz is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Oberlin College

Oberlin College

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 (1971), holds a master's degree in philosophy from the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

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 (1974), and both a master's degree in theology and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Meadville Lombard Theological School

Meadville Lombard Theological School

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 in 1973 and 1975. In addition to being awarded an honorary D.D. (Doctor of Divinity) from Meadville Lombard in 1987, he was also awarded an honorary L.H.D.s (Doctor of Humane Letters) from Nova Southeastern University

Nova Southeastern University

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 in 1995, Grinnell College

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 in 2004, Oberlin College, the University of Cincinnati

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 and Willamette University

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 in 2005, Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & Clark College

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 in 2006 and Sage College of Albany

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 in 2010.

Political party links

From 1997 to 2005, Federal Election Commission

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 records show that William F. Schulz contributed a total of $9,450 to the campaigns of Democratic Party

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 politicians Gary Ackerman

Gary Ackerman

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, Geraldine Ferraro

Geraldine Ferraro

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, Carolyn McCarthy

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, Steve Israel

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, Hillary Rodham Clinton

Hillary Rodham Clinton

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, Edward M. Kennedy, Charles Schumer

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, John Kerry

John Kerry

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, Patrick Leahy

Patrick Leahy

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, Bill Nelson and Al Gore

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.

Works

Schulz is the author of several books, including:

• In Our Own Best Interests: How Defending Human Rights Benefits Us All (Beacon Press
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  , 2002) ISBN 0807002275
• Tainted Legacy: 9/11 and the Ruin of Human Rights (Nation Books, 2003). ISBN 1560254890