Sam Nunn (b.1938,) fully Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr., is an American politician, lawyer, and national security expert, best known for his tenure as a U.S. Senator from Georgia (1972–97) and his leadership in defense policy and nuclear threat reduction.
Born in Macon, Georgia, he attended Georgia Tech before earning a B.A. and LLB from Emory University (1962.) He served in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve (1959–68) before entering politics, first as a Georgia State Representative (1968–72,) then winning a U.S. Senate seat in 1972.
As Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (1987–95,) Nunn shaped military policy and defense restructuring, co-authoring the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (1991) to secure and dismantle nuclear weapons in former Soviet states.
After leaving the Senate, he co-founded the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) in 2001, a nonprofit focused on global security and nonproliferation. His publications include The Case for National Service (1990,) advocating public service programs, and Strengthening the Global Nuclear Order (2012,) discussing nuclear security challenges.
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Leadership must be established from the top down.
—Sam Nunn
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