LC control no. | no2014101871 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Fox, Sam, 1929-2024 |
Variant(s) | Fox, Sam, 1929- |
Associated country | United States Belgium |
Associated place | Missouri |
Birth date | 1929-05-09 |
Death date | 2024-12-02 |
Place of birth | Desloge (Mo.) |
Place of death | Saint Louis (Mo.) |
Affiliation | Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.) |
Profession or occupation | Executives Ambassadors |
Found in | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Nominations of the 110th Congress, first session, 2009: page iii (Sam Fox, to be Ambassador to Belgium) Wikipedia, August 1, 2014 (Sam Fox (born May 9, 1929) is an American businessman in St. Louis. He was the United States Ambassador to Belgium from April 11, 2007 until January 2, 2009. President George W. Bush appointed Fox to the post by a recess appointment on April 4, 2007. Fox was born in Desloge, Missouri. He enrolled at Washington University in St. Louis, where he joined Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity. He graduated with a B.S./B.A. (Bachlelor of Science, Business Administration) with honors in business in 1951. During the Korean War, he served in the United States Naval Reserve. In 1976, Fox founded the Harbour Group, an operating company that builds and acquires businesses where he served as chairman and CEO until 2007 when he left to be the U.S. Ambassador to Belgium. Upon his return to the United States in 2009, he resumed his role as chairman.) St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Decembery 6, 2024: page A12 (Sam Fox, a self-made businessman who became a prominent civil leader in his hometown of St. Louis and U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium, died here Monday, Dec. 2, surrounded by his family. He was 95 years old) |