RONAN FARROW~
Farrow was born in New York City to actress
Mia Farrow of uncertain paternity, possibly
Woody Allen or
Frank Sinatra.
A child prodigy; Farrow attended
Bard College at Simon's Rock and graduated at age 15. In 2009, he graduated from
Yale Law School, and he later became a member of the New York Bar.
From 2001 to 2009, he was a
UNICEF Spokesperson for Youth, acting as an "advocate" for children and women caught up in the ongoing crisis in Sudan's Darfur region and assisting in fundraising and addressing
United Nations affiliated groups in the United States. During this time, he also made joint trips to the
Darfur region of
Sudan with his mother, the actress
Mia Farrow, who is a
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. He subsequently advocated for the protection of Darfuri refugees. Following on his experiences in Sudan, Farrow was affiliated with the
Genocide Intervention Network.
During his time at Yale Law School, Farrow interned at the
law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell and in the office of the chief counsel at the
United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, focusing on international human rights law.
In 2009, Farrow joined the
Obama administration with his appointment as Special Adviser for Humanitarian and NGO Affairs in the Office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. He was part of a team of officials recruited by veteran diplomat
Richard Holbrooke, for whom Farrow had previously worked as a speechwriter. For the ensuing two years, Farrow was responsible for "overseeing the U.S. Government's relationships with civil society and nongovernmental actors" in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
In 2011, Farrow was appointed Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton's Special Adviser for Global Youth Issues and Director of the State Department's Office of Global Youth Issues. The office's creation was the outcome of a multi-year task-force appointed by Clinton to review the United States' economic and social policies on youth, for which Farrow co-chaired the working group with senior
USAID staff member David Barth beginning in 2010. Farrow's appointment and the creation of the office were announced by Clinton as part of a refocusing on youth following the
Arab Spring revolutions. Farrow was responsible for U.S. youth policy and programming with an aim toward "empowering young people as economic and civic actors." Farrow concluded his term as Special Adviser in 2012, with his policies and programs continuing under his successor.
After departing government, Farrow began a
Rhodes Scholarship at
Oxford University.
From February 2014 through February 2015, Farrow hosted
Ronan Farrow Daily, a television news program that aired on MSNBC.
In 2008 Farrow was awarded
Refugees International's McCall-Pierpaoli Humanitarian Award for "extraordinary service to refugees and displaced people." In 2009 Farrow was named
New York magazine's "New Activist" of the year and included on its list of individuals "on the verge of changing their worlds." In 2011
Harper's Bazaar listed him as an "up-and-coming politician.".In 2012, he was ranked number one in "Law and Policy" on
Forbes magazine's "30 Under 30" Most Influential People. He was also awarded an
honorary Doctorate by
Dominican University of California in 2012.
In its 2013 retrospective of men born in its 80 years of publication,
Esquire magazine named him the man of the year of his birth.
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In February 2014, Farrow received the third annual Cronkite Award for "Excellence in Exploration and Journalism" from
Reach the World, in recognition of his work since 2001, including his being a
UNICEF Spokesperson for Youth in 2001. When recently asked by a reporter if he was Frank Sinatra's son he replied, " we could all be Frank Sinatra's son!" So in conclusion I would have to say no. Ronan Farrow is not daft.
