DANG, you're right!! Bad news indeed (I hope not). Will he trade future "friendships" and cocktail parties to do the right thing? Let's hope so.
Here's a bio I found, a little dated:
JOHN D. NEGROPONTE, a retired ambassador, is Executive Vice President of Global Markets, the McGraw-Hill Companies. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City, Chairman of the French-American Foundation, Co-President of the U.S.-Mexico Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange, and a Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association. As a member of the career Foreign Service, Ambassador Negroponte served as Special Coordinator for Post-1999 U.S. presence in Panama, Ambassador to the Philippines, Ambassador to Mexico, Ambassador to Honduras, and as Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.