page_title: Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
section_title: List of directors
hierarchical_section_title: Arms Control and Disarmament Agency / List of directors
caption_attribution_description: English: US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Distinguished Honor Award medal.The Distinguished Honor Award is an award of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, an independent agency charged with implementing and verifying arms control strategies which has since been merged into the Department of State. This award has been replaced with the State Department's Distinguished Honor Award. This award was presented to groups or individuals in recognition of exceptionally outstanding service or achievements of marked national or international significance.
context_page_description: The U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency was an independent agency of the United States government that existed from 1961 to 1999. Its mission was to strengthen United States national security by "formulating, advocating, negotiating, implementing and verifying effective arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament policies, strategies, and agreements."
  In so doing, ACDA ensured that arms control was fully integrated into the development and conduct of United States national security policy. ACDA also conducted, supported, and coordinated research for arms control and disarmament policy formulation, prepared for and managed U.S. participation in international arms control and disarmament negotiations, and prepared, operated, and directed U.S. participation in international arms control and disarmament systems.
context_section_description: The directors of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency were:
  William Chapman Foster (1961–68)
  Gerard C. Smith (1969–73)
  Fred Iklé (1973–77)
  Paul Warnke (1977–78)
  George M. Seignious (1978–80)
  Ralph Earle (1980–81)
  Eugene V. Rostow (1981–83)
  Kenneth Adelman (1983–87)
  William F. Burns (1988–89)
  Ronald F. Lehman (1989–93)
  John D. Holum (1993–99)
caption: People working for ACDA were eligible to receive honor awards for their efforts
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