| Herbert Salzman | |
| Office: | 6th United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| President: | Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan |
| Term Start: | June 8, 1977 |
| Term End: | March 30, 1981 |
| Predecessor: | William C. Turner |
| Successor: | Abraham Katz |
| Birth Date: | 2 May 1916 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, U.S. |
| Death Place: | New York City, U.S. |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Education: | Yale University (B.A.) |
Herbert Salzman (May 2, 1916 – December 23, 1990) was an American diplomat and businessman who served as the United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 1977 to 1981.[1]
Salzman was born in Brooklyn, New York City to Russian immigrant parents.[2] He attended public schools there and, in 1934, the Hebrew Reali School of Haifa, Palestine.[2] He graduated cum laude from Yale College in 1938, and studied at Columbia University in 1954.[2]
President Lyndon Johnson made him assistant administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in 1966.[3]
In 1977, President Jimmy Carter sent him to Paris as the U.S. representative to the OECD, a post he held until 1981.[3] He concurrently served as ambassador to the International Energy Agency (IEA).[4]
Salzman died of leukemia on December 23, 1990, in New York City at age 74.[5]