Donald M. Blinken
Donald M. Blinken | |
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| United States Ambassador to Hungary | |
| In office April 1, 1994 – November 20, 1997 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Charles H. Thomas |
| Succeeded by | Peter Tufo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Donald Mayer Blinken November 11, 1925 Yonkers, New York, U.S. |
| Died | September 22, 2022 (aged 96) East Hampton, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
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| Children | Antony Blinken |
| Relatives |
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| Education | Harvard University (BA) |
Donald Mayer Blinken[1] (November 11, 1925 – September 22, 2022) was an American politician and businessman.[2][3] He was born in New York City.
Blinken was director and one of the founders of E. M. Warburg Pincus & Company. He was the board chairman of the State University of New York from 1978 to 1990. He was the American Ambassador to Hungary from 1994 to 1998 during the Bill Clinton presidency.[4][5] He was the father of United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Blinken died in East Hampton on September 22, 2022, at age 96.[6][7][8]
Early life and education
Donald Mayer Blinken was born on November 11, 1925, in Yonkers, New York,[9][10] the son of Maurice Blinken and his wife, Ethel (Horowitz). Maurice Blinken was an early backer of Israel and founded the American Palestine Institute which helped persuade the United States to back the creation of Israel. [11][12][13] His father and mother were of Jewish descent and his father was from Kyiv, the Russian Empire, who, according to Antony Blinken, "fled pogroms in Russia".[14] His grandfather was author Meir Blinken. Blinken has two brothers, Alan[15] and Robert.[16]
References
- ↑ Harvard Alumni Directory. Harvard University. 1965. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ↑ "Donald Blinken". Council of American Ambassadors. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ↑ Blinken, Donald (December 1, 2017). "Art collector Donald Blinken remembers all about artists". Financial Times. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ↑ "WEDDINGS; Evan Ryan, Antony Blinken". The New York Times. March 3, 2002. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ↑ "Donald M. Blinken". US Embassy in Hungary. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ↑ "Antony Blinken's father, former diplomat and banker, dies". Associated Press News. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ↑ Traub, Alex (23 September 2022). "Donald Blinken, Ambassador, Financier and Art Patron, Dies at 96". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ↑ "US secretary of state's father Donald Blinken dies". BBC News. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ↑ Traub, Alex (September 24, 2022). "Donald Blinken, 96, Diplomat Who Raised Secretary of State". The New York Times. p. A21. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
- ↑ Harvard Alumni Directory. Harvard University. 1965. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ↑ "Appointments". State. 375 (March 1994): 10.
- ↑ "Donald M. Blinken Papers, 1969–2003". Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- ↑ "Maurice Blinken, 86; Early Backer of Israel". The New York Times. July 15, 1986.
- ↑ "Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu After Their Meeting". 2023-10-12.
- ↑ "Appointments". State. 375 (March 1994): 10.
- ↑ "AMBASSADOR ALAN J. BLINKEN" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 23, 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.