Nicholas Platt

| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S. | alma_mater = Harvard College
Johns Hopkins SAIS | spouse = | children = 3, including Oliver and Adam | years_active = | occupation = Diplomat | relatives = | office5 = 11th Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State | term_start5 = 1985 | term_end5 = 1987 | preceded5 = Charles Hill | succeeded5 = Melvyn Levitsky }} Nicholas Platt (born March 10, 1936) is an American diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Pakistan, Philippines, Zambia, and as a high level diplomat in Canada, China, Hong Kong, and Japan. He is the former president of the Asia Society in New York City. Provided by Wikipedia