Frank E. Baxter

Frank E. Baxter (born 1938) is a Republican American businessman and diplomat. He served as the United States Ambassador to Uruguay under George W. Bush, from 2006 to 2009.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Early life

Frank E. Baxter was born in Northern California in 1938.[1][2][4] He served in the U.S. Air Force for four years.[1][2][4] In 1961, he graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a B.A. in Economics.[1][2][3][4]

Career

From 1961 to 1963, he worked for the Bank of California in San Francisco.[1][4] In 1963, he joined J.S. Strauss and Company, San Francisco.[1][4] From 1974 to 2002, he worked for Jefferies and Company.[1][2][4] By 1987, he became its CEO, and started the Investment Technology Group.[1][2][3][4]

He has served on the Board of Directors of NASDAQ and the Securities Industry Association.[1][2][3][4] He is also Chairman of the Board of Governors of Fremont College.[3][5]

He is also the Chairman of the Board of Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools and After-School All Stars.[1][2][4] He is a Board Member of the California Institute of the Arts, a member of Governor Schwarzenegger's Commission for Jobs and Economic Growth, Vice Chairman of the Board of the Los Angeles Opera, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[1][2][3][4][6][7] He sits on the Board of Overseers of the Hoover Institution.[8] He is a Trustee of the University of California Berkeley Foundation and the LA Chapter of the I Have A Dream Foundation.[1][2][4][9] He is a member of the Council of American Ambassadors.[4] Baxter is a member of the Board of Directors of the Pacific Council on International Policy.[10]

He is a member of the California Club, the Los Angeles Country Club, the Siwanoy Country Club, and the University Club of New York.[3] He is the recipient of the Bet Tzedek award.[1][2][4]

US Ambassador to Uruguay

Baxter served as US Ambassador to Uruguay from 2006 to 2009. His period of service coincided with heightened legal and political efforts in Uruguay to investigate human rights violations in the country, which had particlarly occurred during the period of civilian-military rule from 1973 to 1985. Among these cases were incidents of attempted poisoning of Uruguayan opposition figures in September 1978, one of which resulted in the death of Cecilia Fontana de Héber, the wife of Mario Héber Usher, a prominent National Party figure. Official interest in this case in Uruguay led subsequently to the US Government's reported stance on the shedding of light on these issues, expressed through Ambassador Baxter, which was regarded by some observers in Uruguay as unsatisfactory.[11]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 State Department biography
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Embassy biography
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Fremont College biography
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Council of American Ambassadors
  5. ↑ Fremont College Board of Governors
  6. ↑ LA Opera Board of Directors
  7. ↑ LA Museum Board
  8. ↑ Hoover Institution Board of Overseers
  9. ↑ University of California Berkeley Foundation
  10. ↑ "Board of Directors". Pacific Council on International Policy. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  11. ↑ (in Spanish) SOLEDAD GALLEGO-DÍAZ El pasado de guerrilla y dictadura se interpone hoy entre EE UU y Uruguay El Pais, 14 December 2010,
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Preceded by
Martin J. Silverstein		 United States Ambassador to Uruguay
2006-2009 		Succeeded by
David D. Nelson
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