Herbert E. Horowitz Explained

Herbert E. Horowitz
Ambassador From:United States
Country:Gambia
Predecessor:Robert Thomas Hennemeyer
Successor:Ruth V. Washington
Country2:t
Birth Date:10 July 1930
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York, United States
Death Place:Pasadena, California, United States
Alma Mater:Alfred University, Brooklyn College, Columbia University, Tufts University
Profession:Diplomat

Herbert Eugene Horowitz (born July 10, 1930 Brooklyn, New York,[1] – March 2, 2019 Pasadena, California),[2] a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, was the American Ambassador to The Gambia (1986–1989),[3] [4] consul general in Sydney, Australia, 1981-1984, and was deputy chief of mission at the Embassy in Beijing, China, from 1984 to 1986.

Biography

Horowitz grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn and graduated from Boys High School (Brooklyn). He attended Alfred University for two years before transferring to Brooklyn College (B.A., 1952). He went on to earn a M.A. in 1964 from Columbia University and M.A. in 1965 from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

Horowitz joined the Foreign Service in 1956 and was assigned as economic officer at the Embassy in Taipei, Taiwan. He returned Washington in 1962 to become economic officer, Office of East Asia and China Affairs.[5]

A resident of Washington, DC, Horowitz was visiting his son in California when he died of a stroke in California.

References

  1. Web site: 9 December 1992 . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR HERBERT E. HOROWITZ . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240727082714/https://www.adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Horowitz,%20Herbert%20E.toc.pdf . 27 July 2024 . 18 July 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.
  2. News: Community deaths . 1 February 2020 . Washington Post . April 1, 2019.
  3. Web site: Nomination of Herbert E. Horowitz To Be United States Ambassador to The Gambia . Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum . 1 February 2020 . https://archive.today/20200201193436/https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/research/speeches/70186a . 1 February 2020.
  4. Web site: Herbert E. Horowitz (1930–) . Office of the Historian . 1 February 2020.
  5. Reagan names 9 for ambassadorships . Department of State News Letter . 292 . U.S. Department of State . 1986 . 12 .