Louis Susman

Louis Susman


United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
In office July 10, 2009 – April 3, 2013
Monarch	Elizabeth II
President	Barack Obama
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown David Cameron
Preceded by	Robert H. Tuttle
Succeeded by	Matthew Barzun
Personal details
Born	(1937-11-19) November 19, 1937 St Louis, Missouri, U.S.^[1]
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Marjorie (née Sachs)^[2]
Alma mater	University of Michigan Washington University School of Law
Profession	attorney, investment banker

Louis B. Susman (born November 19, 1937) is an American lawyer, retired investment banker, and the former United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Nominated by President Barack Obama, he was confirmed by the Senate on July 10, 2009, and sworn in by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Prior to his appointment, Susman was the managing director and vice chairman of Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking. He practiced law for 27 years and was a senior partner at the St. Louis-based law firm of Thompson & Mitchell, focusing on mergers and acquisitions and general corporate law. Susman was appointed to the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy by Ronald Reagan in 1988, and served as a director of the Center for National Policy in Washington, D.C.^[3]

Susman served on the Board of Directors and Management Committee for the St. Louis Cardinals baseball franchise from 1975 to 1989. He retired in 2009 as vice chairman of Citigroup Global Markets in Chicago.^[3]

Susman is a longtime and prolific fundraiser for Democratic Party candidates, including Obama and 2004 presidential nominee John Kerry.^[4] According to the Agence France-Presse (AFP), "US ambassador residences in London and Paris have long been retreats for presidents' wealthy friends.^[5] William Farish, a multimillionaire Texan, and Robert Tuttle, a California car dealer - both top financial backers - served as ambassadors to London during the Bush years.^[6]

He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and earned his law degree from Washington University in St. Louis.^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

↑ http://www.nndb.com/people/603/000208976/
↑ http://capitolwords.org/date/2012/08/02/S5970-3_congratulations-birdie-elise-davidson/
1 2 Ambassador Biography; Embassy of the United States; 2014
↑ Carol Felsenthal (February 10, 2010). "Our Man in London". Chicago magazine. Retrieved August 30, 2010.
1 2 AFP staff (July 10, 2009). "US Senate approves key Obama envoys". Google News. AFP. Retrieved August 30, 2010.
1 2 Toby Harnden (May 21, 2009). "Barack Obama to appoint Louis Susman American ambassador in London". Daily Telegraph (UK). Retrieved August 30, 2010.
↑ Tim Shipman (February 21, 2009). "Louis Susman: Obama's choice as London envoy: Barack Obama might very well owe his national political career to Louis Susman.". Daily Telegraph (UK). Retrieved August 30, 2010.

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United States Embassy to the United Kingdom

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Robert H. Tuttle	U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom 2009–2013	Succeeded by Matthew Barzun

Ambassadors of the United States of America to the Court of St. James's

Ministers Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James's 1785–1811	John Adams (1785–1788) Thomas Pinckney (1792–1796) Rufus King (1796–1803) James Monroe (1803–1807) William Pinkney (1808–1811) Jonathan Russell (chargé d'affaires) (1811–1812)

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James's 1815–1893	John Quincy Adams (1815–1817) Richard Rush (1818–1825) Rufus King (1825–1826) Albert Gallatin (1826–1827) James Barbour (1828–1829) Louis McLane (1829–1831) Martin Van Buren (1831–1832) Aaron Vail (chargé d'affaires) (1832–1836) Andrew Stevenson (1836–1841) Edward Everett (1841–1845) Louis McLane (1845–1846) George Bancroft (1846–1849) Abbott Lawrence (1849–1852) Joseph R. Ingersoll (1852–1853) James Buchanan (1853–1856) George M. Dallas (1856–1861) Charles Adams Sr. (1861–1868) Reverdy Johnson (1868–1869) John Lothrop Motley (1869–1870) Robert C. Schenck (1871–1876) Edwards Pierrepont (1876–1877) John Welsh (1877–1879) James Russell Lowell (1880–1885) Edward J. Phelps (1885–1889) Robert Todd Lincoln (1889–1893)

Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James's 1893–present	Thomas F. Bayard Sr. (1893–1897) John Hay (1897–1898) Joseph Choate (1899–1905) Whitelaw Reid (1905–1912) Walter Page (1913-1918) John W. Davis (1918–1921) George Harvey (1921–1923) Frank B. Kellogg (1924–1925) Alanson B. Houghton (1925–1929) Charles G. Dawes (1929–1931) Andrew W. Mellon (1932–1933) Robert Bingham (1933–1937) Joseph P. Kennedy (1938–1940) John G. Winant (1941–1946) W. Averell Harriman (1946) Lewis W. Douglas (1947–1950) Walter S. Gifford (1950–1953) Winthrop W. Aldrich (1953–1957) John Hay Whitney (1957–1961) David K. E. Bruce (1961–1969) Walter H. Annenberg (1969–1974) Elliot L. Richardson (1975–1976) Anne Armstrong (1976–1977) Kingman Brewster Jr. (1977–1981) John J. Louis, Jr. (1981–1983) Charles H. Price II (1983–1989) Henry E. Catto Jr. (1989–1991) Raymond G. H. Seitz (1991–1994) William J. Crowe (1994–1997) Philip Lader (1997–2001) William Stamps Farish III (2001–2004) Robert H. Tuttle (2005–2009) Louis Susman (2009–2013) Matthew Barzun (2013–)

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