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Ambassador Eric M. Javits was sworn in on December 6, 2001 as the U.S. Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament. Ambassador Eric M. Javits Ambassador Eric M. Javits grew up in Connecticut. He graduated from the Choate School in 1948 and then spent one year at Stanford University in California. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate from Columbia College, he attended the School of Law at Columbia University and was admitted to the New York Bar in 1955. He moved to New York City to begin his legal career with Javits & Javits, the New York law firm founded by his father and his uncle, the late Senator Jacob K. Javits. Ambassador Javits conducted an international practice as senior partner of the firm from 1964 until 1989 when he left the practice of law to serve as a consultant in the U.S. Department of State. He subsequently resumed the practice of law as Senior Counsel to the New York law firm of Robinson Brog Leinwand Greene Genovese & Gluck, P.C. His civic activities have included the presidency and chairmanship of the Spanish Institute, and board membership of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, the Spain - U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the French Institute - Alliance Francaise, and the Cardozo School of Law. He was appointed by Mayor Giuliani to serve as a member of the New York City Commission for the United Nations and Protocol. New York Governor George Pataki appointed him to the board of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Operating Corporation. King Juan Carlos I of Spain twice conferred decorations on Ambassador Javits, in 1981 and again in 1990. Ambassador Javits has served as a director of numerous corporations listed on the New York and American Stock Exchanges. Among other activities, he authored a book entitled SOS New York - A City in Distress, published by Dial Press in 1961. Ambassador Javits and his wife, Dr. Margaretha Espersson, now reside in Palm Beach, Florida. He is the father of Eric Javits, Jr., a noted designer, and Jocelyn Javits, an investment banker.
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