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Evan G. Galbraith | |
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 Ronald Reagan and Galbraith inOval Office in 1981 | |
| United States Ambassador to France | |
| In office December 2, 1981 – July 15, 1985 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Arthur A. Hartman |
| Succeeded by | Joe M. Rodgers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Evan Griffith Galbraith (1928-07-02)July 2, 1928 |
| Died | January 21, 2008(2008-01-21) (aged 79) |
| Party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Yale University Harvard Law School |
Evan "Van" Griffith Galbraith (July 2, 1928 – January 21, 2008) was theUnited States Ambassador to France 1981 to 1985 for Ronald Reagan; and Secretary of Representative to Europe & NATO 2002 to 2007 for Donald Rumsfeld.
Both inToledo, Ohio, Galbraith graduated from Ottawa Hills High School in 1946 thenYale University in 1950, as a member ofSkull and Bones[1][2][3]) andHarvard Law School.
Galbraith served on active duty in theNavy from 1953 to 1957, his position attached to theCentral Intelligence Agency.
From 1960 to 1961, he was the confidential assistant to theSecretary of Commerce underDwight Eisenhower.
A close personal friend toWilliam F. Buckley, Jr. who he had met while they were both studying at Yale.[4]
Prior to his post as Ambassador to France under PresidentRonald Reagan, Galbraith spent more than twenty years in Europe, primarily as aninvestment banker. He started his banking career at Morgan Guaranty in Paris selling and designing bonds and later became the Managing Director ofDillon Read in London in 1969. In the 1990s, he was an Advisory Director ofMorgan Stanley in New York, Chairman of the Board ofNational Review, and a member of the board of theGroupe Lagardère S.A.Paris. Together withDaimler Benz, the Groupe Lagardère S.A. controlsEADS (European Aerospace and Defense Systems), Europe's largest defense contractor and principal owner ofAirbus. Galbraith also served on several other commercial boards and until 1998, was Chairman of the Board ofLVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton) USA. He also served as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation during the latter years of Reagan's administration.[5]Secretary of DefenseDonald Rumsfeld appointed Evan G. Galbraith as his representative inEurope and the defense advisor to the U.S. mission to NATO. In making this appointment, Rumsfeld said, "I wanted a seasoned, vigorous representative in Europe who will bring experienced leadership to this important mission."[citation needed]
Galbraith was also a member of theNew York Young Republican Club,[6]Center for Security Policy,Council of Foreign Relations and theBohemian Club inSan Francisco. He was also a member of the board of directors of Club Med Inc.[citation needed]
He was married twice. His first marriage, to Nancy Carothers Burdick, in 1955, ended in divorce in 1964. His second marriage was to Marie "Bootsie" Rockwell in 1964. He has three surviving children, all of his second marriage: Evan Griffith, Christina Marie and John Hamilton; and four grandchildren, Everest Griffith, Eva Quin, Sofia Christina Galbraith and Melinda Marie Galbraith. Two of his children predeceased him. A daughter by his first marriage, Alexandra Galbraith Stearns, died in 2005, and his eldest child by his second marriage, Julie Helene, died at age six in 1972 of a brain tumor. He is buried inArlington National Cemetery.[citation needed]
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| Preceded by | U.S. Ambassador to France 1981–1985 | Succeeded by |
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| Ministers Plenipotentiary to France (1778–1815) | ||
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to France (1816–1893) | ||
| Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France (1893–present) | ||
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