Robert A. Hurwitch

Robert A. Hurwitch
United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic
In office
September 5, 1973 – April 5, 1978
PresidentRichard Nixon
Gerald ford
Jimmy Carter
Preceded byFrancis E. Meloy Jr.
Succeeded byRobert L. Yost
Personal details
Born(1920-10-15)October 15, 1920
Worcester, Massachusetts
DiedJuly 16, 1997(1997-07-16) (aged 76)
Scituate, Massachusetts

Robert A. Hurwitch (October 15, 1920 – July 16, 1997) was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic from 1973 to 1978.[1][2]

In 1979, Hurwitch pleaded guilty to "illegally using about $17,000 worth of embassy labor and supplies to build a swimming pool and prepare a retirement home for himself outside Santo Domingo." He was sentenced to two years' unsupervised probation.[3]

Hurwitch graduated from the University of Chicago. He died of lung cancer on July 16, 1997, in Scituate, Massachusetts at age 76.[4]

References

  1. ^ Robinson, Timothy S. (1979-06-23). "Ex-Ambassador Guilty of Misuse Of U.S. Supplies". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  2. ^ "ROBERT HURWITCH, 76, FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR". Sun-sentinel.com. 1997-07-19. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  3. ^ Robinson, Timothy S. (1979-06-23). "Ex-Ambassador Guilty of Misuse Of U.S. Supplies". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  4. ^ Wolfgang Saxon (1997-07-27). "Robert A. Hurwitch, 76, U.S. Envoy in Caribbean". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-06-20.


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