Samuel D. Berger

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Samuel David Berger (born December 6, 1911 in Gloversville , New York , † December 12, 1980 in Washington, DC ) was an American diplomat who was ambassador to South Korea between 1961 and 1964 and deputy ambassador to South Korea from 1968 to 1972 South Vietnam was.

Life

Samuel David Berger came from an Orthodox Jewish family and was a son of Harry I. Berger and Bess Cohen Berger and a younger brother of the writer Graenum Berger and Milton Berger. In 1934 he began studying economics and philosophy at the University of Wisconsin – Madison , which he completed in 1938 with a Bachelor of Philosophy (B.Phil.) At the chair of Selig Perlman . He then completed a study visit to the London School of Economics (LSE) from 1938 to 1939 and during this time was also a researcher ( fellow ) at the Social Science Research Council (SSRC). Subsequently, from 1940 to 1941, he was a labor market expert with the Federal Security Agency (FSA), a federal agency responsible for food and drug safety, education funding, and the administration of public health programs and the Social Security Agency's retirement plan SSB ( Social Security ) was responsible. Then he was from 1941 to 1942 labor market economist with the authority for war production WPB ( War Production Board ) and between 1942 and 1944 advisor for Labor Affairs in the Office of Lend-Lease Administration , of the lend-lease administrative authority. After that he knew during the Second World War 1944-1945 military service in the US Army and was last to Hauptmann (Captain) transported.

In 1945 Berger joined the diplomatic service of the US State Department as a Foreign Service Officer and was initially an attaché and then from 1947 to 1950 consul and first secretary at the embassy in the United Kingdom . He was Counselor at the Embassy in Japan from 1953 to 1954 and Counselor at the Embassy in New Zealand from 1954 to 1958, before he was Counselor at the Embassy in Greece from 1958 to 1961 . On June 12, 1961, he was appointed Ambassador to South Korea as the successor to Walter P. McConaughy , where he handed over his credentials on June 27, 1961 . He remained in this post until July 10, 1964 and was then replaced by Winthrop G. Brown . After his return in 1964, he was first Deputy Commandant for Foreign Affairs of the National War College (NWC) at Fort Lesley J. McNair and then until 1968 Deputy Head of the Subdivision for the Far East (Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs) . Most recently he was Deputy Ambassador to South Vietnam between February 1968 and 1972 .

Samuel Berger was married twice, his first marriage to Margaret Berger until her death in 1967. On January 14, 1969, he was second married to Betty Lee Pressey, widow of Rear Admiral George Pressey . He died of cancer at Walter Reade Army Medical Hospital and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Background literature

  • Graenum Berger: A Not So Silent Envoy: A Biography of Ambassador Samuel David Berger , 1992, ISBN 0-9635-6410-2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chiefs of Mission for Korea on the homepage of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
personal data
SURNAME Berger, Samuel D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berger, Samuel David (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Gloversville , New York
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1980
Place of death Washington, DC