Warren Christopher

Perhaps, the young UCLA student inquired of her eminent professor, he might tell the class just a little more about his life and experiences? How about the time, for instance, that he helped negotiate the deal that won the freedom of the Iranian hostages? Or the time he had to persuade a suddenly recalcitrant Yasser Arafat to sign a crucial 1994 agreement with Israel? Or the time he emerged, shaken, from a violent demonstration in Taipei?

Six students from Los Angeles-area high schools received scholarships Friday worth $16,000 each from the Warren Christopher Fund. The scholarships were presented to 10th-grade students as an incentive to remain in school, with the assurance that they will receive the money upon graduation to attend a college or university of their choice, organizers said.

Former Secretary of State Warren M. Christopher, who headed the blue-ribbon commission on Los Angeles police abuse, has stepped into the city's charter debate to preserve the LAPD reforms he helped initiate. Adding his influential voice to the discussion of one of city government's most controversial topics, Christopher sent letters to the two charter reform commissions, saying he opposes a proposal that would change the way police officers are disciplined.

The process of renewing the Los Angeles police chief's contract--Warren Christopher's legacy--is inexorably moving toward a conclusion that, so far, has resisted the whims of public opinion. Christopher, who went on to become secretary of State, headed the citizens group known as the Christopher Commission that was formed in 1991 to investigate the Los Angeles Police Department after the Rodney King beating. Christopher was one of the most respected people in town.

Former Secretary of State Warren M. Christopher on Wednesday added his powerful voice to Los Angeles' liveliest political debate, expressing his support for the city's Police Commission and announcing that he believes the reform process he helped launch has worked as intended in the evaluation of Police Chief Willie L. Williams.

Secretary of State Warren Christopher wraps up four years and 758,279 miles at the apex of U.S. foreign policy this week and heads home to Los Angeles hoping to "stay in the same time zone for a while."

Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher, who headed the landmark commission on Los Angeles police reform, on Monday declined to reconvene his panel to study today's LAPD and strongly endorsed the civilian Police Commission's right to decide whether to reappoint the city's police chief. City Councilman Nate Holden had asked Christopher to jump into the delicate matter of deciding whether Police Chief Willie L. Williams deserves a second five-year term.

Raising the prospect of cuts in U.S. economic support to the Middle East if funding of America's foreign aid is reduced further, Secretary of State Warren Christopher on Wednesday challenged Congress to provide the money that he says is vital to maintaining American global leadership.

As President Clinton's first term ends, Warren Christopher heads home to Los Angeles, adding a final few thousand miles to the record three-quarters of a million he logged in his four years as secretary of State. Christopher can return to his law practice and, undoubtedly, to further community service comfortable in the knowledge that his tenure was a time of impressive accomplishment for American diplomacy.

Like a campaigning politician, U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher glad-handed his way through this city's shell-pocked downtown Thursday. He pushed a winsome toddler on a swing, met opposition politicians and read a television speech--all to urge Bosnians to vote in next month's national elections. Conceding that the Sept.