Mildred Dresselhaus was born Mildred Spiewak in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York on 11 November 1930, and moved with her family to the Bronx when she was four.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali was an Egyptian politician and diplomat who served as the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996. Prior to his appointment as secretary-general, Boutros-Ghali was the acting Minister of Foreign.