Harlan Cleveland

International Commission on Peace & Food

Cleveland participated in the final meeting of the International Commission on Peace & Food (ICPF) at the Carter Presidential Center in October 1993, and released ICPF's report to the UN entitled, "Uncommon Opportunities: Agenda for Peace & Equitable Development" at the Minneapolis General Assembly in October 1994. He then served as chair of the commission's successor organization, the "International Center for Peace and Development" (ICPD) in California, for the remainder of his active years.

Cleveland represented both the ICPD and World Academy of Art & Science (WAAS) at the 10th anniversary conference of ICPF in Delhi in October 2004.

Writing Cleveland authored twelve books, among his best-known are The Knowledge Executive (1985) and Nobody in Charge: Essays on the Future of Leadership (2002). He also published hundreds of journal and magazine articles, including the final chapter of ‘’The Bretton Woods-GATT System Retrospect and Prospect After Fifty Years’’ (1996). Cleveland's final published work was the opening chapter for "Creating a Learning Culture: Strategy, Technology, and Practice" (2004) entitled, "Leading and learning with nobody in charge."

Awards and recognition Cleveland was elected as a Fellow of the World Academy of Art & Science (WAAS), and as a member of the Club of Rome during the 1980s.

Cleveland was the recipient of the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson Award in 1968, the Peace Corps' Leader for Peace Award,

He was named as trustee of the Chaordic Commons in the early 2000s, and was the recipient of 22 honorary degrees.

Cleveland served actively in the World Academy of Art & Science (WAAS) and the Club of Rome for more than a quarter century.

Cleveland was married with three children. He died at the age of 90 on May 30, 2008, in Sterling, Virginia outside of Washington, D.C.