Amb. John Danforth
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Former United States Senator John C. Danforth is a partner with the law firm of Bryan Cave LLP.

Danforth is Chairman of the Danforth Foundation, a philanthropic organization focused on strengthening the St. Louis metropolitan area. He also chaired St. Louis 2004, a twelve county, citizen-based effort to revitalize the region through improvements in economic growth, capital projects and health care.

Additionally, he serves on the boards of Cerner Corporation and Greenhill and Co. He has authored two books: Resurrection (Viking) and Faith and Politics (Viking).

Danforth graduated with honors from Princeton University in 1958. In 1963, he received a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School and a Bachelor of Laws degree from Yale Law School. Before seeking public office, Danforth practiced law in New York City and St. Louis.

He and his wife, the former Sally Dobson of St. Louis, live in St. Louis County. They have five children and thirteen grandchildren.

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Maintaining the Peace we Have in Sudan

Posted January 27, 2009 | 14:40:36 (EST)

Early in his presidency George Bush saw an opportunity to end a long civil war in south Sudan, and in 2001 he asked me to be his special envoy. The war between north and south Sudan had raged for over two decades, with two million dead and over four...

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