William F. McSweeny

William F. McSweeny is a Presidential Trustee of the John F. Kennedy Center and is Life Trustee of Meridian House International and The Ford's Theatre Society. He is also trustee of the Shakespeare Theatre.

Long active in educational activities, he is a Senior Overseer of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a Board Member of the MIT Cooperative Concepts Board, as well as a Director of the Joint Center for Economic Policy.

Mr. McSweeny had an extensive career as a reporter and a war correspondent for 25 years, winning many awards around the world. Active in the Civil Rights movement in its early days, he coauthored "Go Up for Glory" with his friend basketball superstar Bill Russell which has been selected as a Modern American Classic.

A combat soldier and later officer in the Korean War he helped Chair the Korean War Memorial in Washington D.C. and is Treasurer of the Botanic Garden at the Capital. With his wife, Dorothy- chair of the DC Arts and Humanities Commission-- he recently co chaired the opening of the museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian.

Mr. McSweeny is currently a Director of Chevy Chase Bank FSB and Chair of its Community Committee. He also chairs the Cultural Crossovers Foundation, with which his wife, Dorothy, shares responsibility as Treasurer.

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