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21 Facts About Morton Abramowitz

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Morton Isaac Abramowitz was born on January 20,1933 and is an American diplomat and former US State Department official.

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Morton Abramowitz retired from the State Department with the rank of Career Ambassador.

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Morton Abramowitz then became president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and founded the International Crisis Group.

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Morton Abramowitz was born in Lakewood Township, New Jersey, on January 20,1933, the son of Mendel and Dora Abramowitz.

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Morton Abramowitz then attended Harvard University, earning an M A in 1955.

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Morton Abramowitz served in the US Army and US Army Reserves from 1958 to 1961.

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Morton Abramowitz was known as Ai Mo-huei, his Mandarin name during his tour in Taiwan.

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Morton Abramowitz returned to Washington in 1966, spending the next seven years there in various capacities, including serving as special assistant to Under Secretary Elliot Richardson.

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In 1978, President of the United States Jimmy Carter named Morton Abramowitz United States Ambassador to Thailand, and he held this post from August 9,1978 until July 31,1981.

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Bush named Morton Abramowitz United States Ambassador to Turkey, a post he held until 1991.

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Morton Abramowitz retired from government service in 1991 and took over as president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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Morton Abramowitz was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1995.

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Morton Abramowitz is a long-time board member of the International Rescue Committee.

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Morton Abramowitz played a leading role in the foundation of the International Crisis Group, and has been a board member since its inception in 1995.

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Morton Abramowitz served for nine years on the board of the National Endowment for Democracy, and on retirement in 2007 was awarded its Democracy Service Medal.

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16.

Morton Abramowitz is married to Sheppie Glass Morton Abramowitz, the sister of composer Philip Glass.

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Sheppie Morton Abramowitz spent her career advocating on behalf of refugees and asylum seekers for the International Rescue Committee and KIND.

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18.

Michael Morton Abramowitz, the president of Freedom House, is a former reporter and editor at the Washington Post and headed the Committee on Conscience of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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19.

Morton Abramowitz is married to Susan Baer, a former reporter at the Baltimore Sun.

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Daughter Rachel Morton Abramowitz had a successful career as an entertainment reporter for the Los Angeles Times before embarking on a second career writing scripts for cable television pilots with her husband, screenwriter and director Joshua Goldin.

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Morton Abramowitz was awarded the National Intelligence Medal in 1989, the Director General's Cup of the Foreign Service in 1995, and the Award for Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy of the American Foreign Service Association.

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