Milton A. Wolf | |
Office: | United States Ambassador to Austria |
Term Start: | June 23, 1977 |
Term End: | March 2, 1980 |
Predecessor: | Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr. |
Successor: | Philip Mayer Kaiser |
President: | Jimmy Carter |
Birth Date: | 29 May 1924 |
Party: | Democratic Party |
Spouse: | Rosyln Wolf |
Children: | Leslie Wolf Caryn Wolf Wechsler Nancy Wolf Sherri Wolf |
Occupation: | Diplomat Real estate developer |
Milton Albert Wolf (May 29, 1924 - May 19, 2005) was an American diplomat, investment banker and real estate developer from Cleveland, Ohio.
Wolf earned a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from the Case Institute of Technology, and a Masters and PhD in economics from Case Western Reserve University. He also held a bachelor's degree in chemistry and biology from Ohio State University.
Wolf was a Jewish community leader and Democratic Party contributor. In 1977 he was appointed to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Austria by President Jimmy Carter, and held the position until 1980.[1] During his tenure as ambassador to Austria, Wolf represented the United States in the U.N. Conference on Science and Technology, served as chairman of the Fulbright Committee of Austria, and was instrumental in arranging a meeting between President Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev to sign the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II) in Vienna on June 19, 1979.[1] Upon the conclusion of his diplomatic posting in 1980, Wolf founded a private investment firm Milton A. Wolf Investors. He was also president for 28 years of a construction company that developed several shopping centers and high-rise buildings in Cleveland, Ohio.
His wife of 53 years, Rosyln, died in 2001. They had four children: a son, Leslie Wolf, and three daughters, Caryn Wolf Wechsler, Dr. Nancy Wolf, and Sherri Wolf.[1] He died of lymphoma on May 19, 2005.[1] The funeral was held at the Park Synagogue in Cleveland Heights, Ohio and he was buried in the Bet Olam Cemetery also in Cleveland Heights.[1]