Stephen Randolph
Quote: “World War I , which again, was a huge era for American Diplomacy. It’s just a remarkable thing and a very major moment for the Department, which entered that conflict with sort of this very kind of slow tempo, 19th century bureaucracy, and all of a sudden there’s this deluge of activity that they’re forced to respond to.”
Stephen Randolph serves as the Historian of the U.S. Department of States since April 2012, maintaining the Foreign Relations of the United States series, which has documented American foreign relations since its inception in 1861. The Office of the Historian is further responsible for documenting the history of the Department of State, for providing historical analysis and support to policy makers throughout the Department of State, and for history-based outreach to the educational community and the American public.