Sol Linowitz

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Sol Myron Linowitz (born December 17, 1913 in Trenton , New Jersey , † March 18, 2005 in Washington, DC ) was an American lawyer , diplomat and entrepreneur who in 1977 commissioned US President Jimmy Carter to surrender the Panama Canal to Panama negotiated with the 1998 Presidential Medal of Freedom was awarded.

Life

Studied and promoted to chairman of the board of Xerox Corporation

After attending school, Linowitz first studied at Hamilton College in Clinton , where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1935 . A subsequent postgraduate study of law at the Law School of Cornell University in Ithaca , he completed in 1938 with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.). During his senior year in college, he was also editor-in-chief of the Cornell Law Review from 1937 to 1938 and also became a member of the Phi Beta Kappa academic association during that time . After his admission as a lawyer , he worked as a lawyer for several years .

During World War II , he served in both the Pricing Authority from 1942 to 1944 and in the US Department of the Navy office in Washington, DC from 1942 to 1946 . At the same time he did his military service in the US Navy from 1944 to 1946 .

In 1943, he also joined the technology and service company Xerox as a manager , where he was last chairman of the board from 1960 to 1966 . During this time, the company went public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 1961 and the previous Haloid Company Inc. was renamed Xerox Corporation on April 18, 1961.

Ambassador and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom

On November 15, 1966, he was appointed Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) by US President Lyndon B. Johnson as the successor to Ellsworth Bunker and held this office until he was replaced by Joseph J. Jova on July 15, 1969. At the same time he began his engagement as a trustee of various educational institutions and was a trustee of Cornell University between 1966 and 1995. He was also temporarily a trustee of Hamilton College, Johns Hopkins University , the University of Rochester and the Eastman School of Music (ESM).

In 1977 US President Jimmy Carter appointed him negotiator in the treaty negotiations for the return of the Panama Canal to Panama. On September 7, 1977 , the Torrijos-Carter Treaties , named after Carter and Omar Torrijos , President of Panama, were signed . These provided for the canal to be handed over to Panama by January 1, 2000. The handover was finally completed on December 31, 1999.

Then in 1979 President Carter appointed him special envoy for the Middle East . He held this office until President Ronald Reagan took office on January 20, 1981. Linowitz, who was chairman of the American Academy of Diplomacy from 1984 to 1989, was also involved in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (member since 1968), im American Jewish Committee and the Council on Foreign Relations .

In 1998, Sol Linowitz was honored by US President Bill Clinton with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is one of the two highest civilian awards in the United States of America , along with the congressional gold medal of honor .

Publications

  • International business-government relations , co-authors Charles Habib Malik and Daniel Parker, Washington, DC 1970
  • This troubled urban world , Claremont 1974
  • World hunger, a challenge to American policy , New York City 1980, ISBN 0871-24065-3
  • The making of a public man. A memoir , Boston 1985, ISBN 0316-52689-4
  • The betrayed profession. Lawyering at the End of the 20th Century , co-author Martin Mayer, New York 1994, ISBN 0684-19416-3

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personal data
SURNAME Linowitz, Sol
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Linowitz, Sol Myron (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer, manager and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Trenton , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 2005
Place of death Washington, DC