Tom Korologos | |
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| United States Ambassador to Belgium | |
| In office July 14, 2004 – February 6, 2007 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Stephen Brauer |
| Succeeded by | Sam Fox |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tom Chris Korologos (1933-04-06)April 6, 1933 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| Died | July 26, 2024(2024-07-26) (aged 91) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
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| Children | 3, includingPaula Cale |
| Education | University of Utah (BA) Columbia University (MS) |
Tom Chris Korologos (April 6, 1933 – July 26, 2024) was an American lobbyist, political advisor, and diplomat who served as theUnited States Ambassador to Belgium.[1]
A second generationGreek American, Korologos was born inSalt Lake City, Utah, in 1933.[2] He had family origins fromTyros,Arcadia, in Greece. His parents, Chris T. Korologos and Irene M. Kolendrianos, are both immigrants fromArcadia, which is located in thePeloponnese region. They owned a tavern.[2]
Korologos started out as a journalist withThe Salt Lake Tribune.[3] Later he worked for theNew York Herald Tribune, theLong Island Press, and theAssociated Press. He was aU.S. Air Force officer from 1956 to 1957. He earned hisB.A. degree at theUniversity of Utah[4] in 1956, and aM.S. degree from theColumbia University Graduate School of Journalism[4] in 1958 where he received theGrantland Rice Fellowship and aPulitzer Traveling Fellowship.[1]
From 1962 to 1971 Korologos worked for U.S. SenatorWallace F. Bennett of Utah. He served in theRichard Nixon andGerald Ford presidential administrations from 1971 to 1975, and worked closely with PresidentsRonald Reagan,George H. W. Bush, andGeorge W. Bush. He was co-founder ofTimmons & Company, a Washington, D.C. lobbying firm.[5] He was involved in more than 300 U.S. Senate confirmations including assisting Vice PresidentNelson Rockefeller, Vice President Gerald Ford, Supreme Court Justices:William Rehnquist,Antonin Scalia, and nomineeRobert Bork, as well as several cabinet secretaries, including:Henry Kissinger,Alexander Haig, andDonald Rumsfeld.[6]
Korologos had a wide and varied Washington, D.C., experience. He served as a senior staff member in theU.S. Congress, as an assistant to two presidents in theWhite House, was a prominent businessman, and most recently was a senior counselor with theCoalition Provisional Authority (CPA) inBaghdad.[7] In addition, he was a long-time member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy and a charter member of theBroadcasting Board of Governors[8] that has jurisdiction over all non-militaryU.S. Government radio and TV broadcasting overseas. He was a strategic advisor atDLA Piper[9] in Washington, D.C.[4]
Korologos was married to Joy Goff Korologos, who died frommelanoma in 1997.[2] The couple had three children, Paula, Ann, and Philip.Paula, one of their daughters, is an actress who goes professionally by Paula Cale. Korologos remarried to art collectorAnn McLaughlin Korologos, who wasUnited States Secretary of Labor in theRonald Reagan administration and who served on the boards of several major companies. Korologos was also a professional photographer who showcased his work at his second wife Ann's gallery inBasalt, Colorado.[15]
Tom C. Korologos died at his home in Washington, D.C., on July 26, 2024, at the age of 91.[2][16]
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