Vernon Weaver | |
Office: | United States Ambassador to the European Union |
President: | Bill Clinton |
Term Start: | July 16, 1996 |
Term End: | February 28, 1999 |
Predecessor: | Stuart E. Eizenstat |
Successor: | Richard Morningstar |
Office1: | 12th Administrator of the Small Business Administration |
President1: | Jimmy Carter |
Term Start1: | April 1, 1977 |
Term End1: | January 20, 1981 |
Predecessor1: | Mitchell P. Kobelinski |
Successor1: | Michael Cardenas |
Birth Name: | Arthur Vernon Weaver Jr. |
Birth Date: | 16 April 1922 |
Birth Place: | Miami, Florida, U.S. |
Death Place: | Miami, Florida, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Spouse: | Joyce McCoy |
Education: | University of Florida United States Naval Academy (BS) |
Arthur Vernon Weaver Jr. (April 16, 1922 – December 28, 2010) was the United States Ambassador to the European Union. He was nominated by President Bill Clinton and confirmed by the United States Senate on July 16, 1996.[1]
Weaver also served as the Administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration from 1977 to 1981. He was nominated by President Jimmy Carter.[2]
Weaver attended the University of Florida, and then transferred to the United States Naval Academy and graduated in 1946. He would go on serve in the Navy from 1946 to 1953.[3]
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