Editing Winston Lord (section)

==Early life and education==
Lord was born in [[New York City]] on August 14, 1937, as the youngest of three sons born to Oswald Bates Lord, a textile executive for Galey and Lord, which later became a division of [[Burlington Industries]], and [[Mary Pillsbury Lord]], a granddaughter of the [[Pillsbury (brand)|Pillsbury Company]] co-founder [[Charles Alfred Pillsbury]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=28 April 1998 |title=Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR WINSTON LORD |url=https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Lord.Winston.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627032559/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Lord.Winston.pdf |archive-date=27 June 2024 |access-date=25 July 2024 |website=Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bachrach |first=Special to The New York TimesBradford |date=1963-05-05 |title=Father Escorts Miss Bette Bao At Her Nuptials; Jackson Alumna Wed to Winston Lord-- Four Attend Bride |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/05/05/archives/father-escorts-miss-bette-bao-at-her-nuptials-jackson-alumna-wed-to.html |access-date=2024-05-06 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

His oldest brother, Charles Pillsbury Lord, was a graduate of Yale University, served in the [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]], and had a career in business and education.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charles Pillsbury Lord {{!}} Yale Class of 1956 |url=https://yale56.org/charles-pillsbury-lord/ |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=yale56.org}}</ref> His older brother, Richard, died three months after he was born in 1935 with severe deformities as a result of Mary Lord's exposure to icy waters while pregnant during the sinking of ''[[SS Mohawk (1925)|SS Mohawk]]'' on January 24th, 1935.<ref name=":0" />

Winston Lord's mother, Mary Pillsbury Lord, was a civic leader, activist, and political ally of [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], having met him while visiting Europe as the chair of Civilian Advisory Committee of the [[Women's Army Corps]]. She later worked as a campaign leader for Eisenhower's bid for presidency in 1952, organizing women's votes for Eisenhower. After Eisenhower's victory in 1953, he named Lord as the United States Representative to the [[United Nations Commission on Human Rights]], succeeding [[Eleanor Roosevelt]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goodman |first=George |date=1978-07-23 |title=MARY LORD, 73, DIES; HELD POST AT U.N. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/07/23/archives/mary-lord-73-dies-held-post-at-un-succeeded-eleanor-roosevelt-as.html |access-date=2024-05-07 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-12-21 |title=Mary Lord Dies at 73, Served as U.N. Delegate |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1978/07/23/mary-lord-dies-at-73-served-as-un-delegate/b8af6a72-0046-4451-aaf3-ba9110bf4a9e/ |access-date=2024-05-07 |work=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Winston Lord later credited her mother's career as one of the factors that steered him towards a career in public service and international affairs.<ref name=":0" />

After attending [[The Buckley School (New York City)|The Buckley School]] and the [[Hotchkiss School]], Lord graduated ''[[Latin honors|magna cum laude]]'' from [[Yale University]] with a B.A. in English in 1959.<ref name=":0" /> He is a member of the Yale secret society [[Skull and Bones]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>[[Alexandra Robbins]], ''Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths of Power'', [[Little, Brown and Company]], 2002, page 174-5, 189</ref><ref>David W. Dunlap, "Yale Society Resists Peeks Into Its Crypt", ''[[New York Times]]'', November 4, 1988.</ref> After graduating from Yale, Lord studied at the [[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]] at [[Tufts University]], where he graduated first in his class with an M.A. in 1960.<ref>Box 682, Folder 7, Council on Foreign Relations Records, Council on Foreign Relations Records. Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library.</ref>