Harold F. Linder
Harold F. Linder | |
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| Born | Template:Birth date Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | July 9, 1981 (aged 80) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Investment banker, diplomat, government official |
| Years active | 1930s–1972 |
| Known for | President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (1961–1968); United States Ambassador to Canada (1968–1969) |
Harold Francis Linder (September 13, 1900 – July 9, 1981) served as the president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States between 1961 and 1968 and was the United States Ambassador to Canada from 1968 until 1969.
Biography
Born in Brooklyn on September 13, 1900, Harold F. Linder received his education at the New York Military Academy before graduating from Columbia College, Columbia University in 1921.
During the 1930s, Linder pursued a career as an investment banker with Loeb, Rhoades & Co.. He served in the United States Navy throughout World War II. Between 1948 and 1955, he held the position of president at the General American Investors Company.
Linder entered the United States Department of State in 1951 as Deputy Assistant Secretary and was subsequently appointed Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs by President Dwight Eisenhower. From 1955 to 1956, he was a member of the Board of National Estimates at the Central Intelligence Agency. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy selected him to lead the Export-Import Bank as its president.
In 1968, President Lyndon Johnson named Linder as the United States Ambassador to Canada, a role he fulfilled until July 1969.
That same year, Linder became chairman of the board of trustees at the Institute for Advanced Study, where an endowed professorship carries his name.
He retired in 1972 and passed away at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan on June 22, 1981, at the age of 80.