Sam Fox was an American businessman in St Louis, and the owner of Harbour Group Industries.
21 Facts About Sam Fox
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Sam Fox was the United States Ambassador to Belgium from April 11,2007 until January 2,2009.
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Sam Fox died in St Louis on December 2,2024, at the age of 95.
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In 1976, Sam 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 US Ambassador to Belgium.
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For more than 40 years, Sam Fox was active in St Louis civic affairs.
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Sam Fox served two terms as chairman and one as president of the St Louis Area's Boy Scouts of America Council.
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Sam Fox was former president of the board of commissioners of the Saint Louis Art Museum and was a lifetime member of the Art Museum's board of trustees.
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Sam Fox served on the boards of the Barnes-Jewish Hospital, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, the Saint Louis Science Center, the Saint Louis Zoo, the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, the Arts and Education Council of St Louis, the St Louis Muny Opera, and Forest Park Forever.
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Outside of StLouis, Sam Fox served on the boards of the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, based in Alexandria, Virginia; the King Baudouin Foundation United States, a New York-based nonprofit that helps US donors achieve their philanthropic goals in Europe and Africa; and The Washington Center, the largest independent, nonprofit academic internship program in the United States.
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Sam Fox received numerous other honors and awards, including the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship, the Marco Polo Award from the People's Republic of China, the Thomas Jefferson Award from the Missouri Historical Society, and the Sword of Ignatius Loyola Award from Saint Louis University.
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On October 15,2004, Sam Fox donated $50,000 to Swift Boat Veterans For Truth, a 527 group that opposed John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election by claiming that Kerry exaggerated his service record.
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Sam Fox noted that he made the donation after comparisons of President Bush to Adolf Hitler were posted on the website MoveOn.
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In later elections, Sam Fox supported the presidential candidacy of Mitt Romney and remained one of the most prominent Jewish donors to the Republican party.
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Sam Fox was a past chairman of the Republican Jewish Coalition.
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Sam Fox was an early supporter of Josh Hawley and contributed to his campaign for Missouri Attorney General.
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Sam Fox encouraged Hawley to run for US Senate against incumbent Claire McCaskill.
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Sam Fox was nominated for the position of Ambassador to Belgium in December 2006.
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Sam Fox did not express regret for his contribution to SBVT.
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Sam Fox noted that 527s supporting both candidates in the electorate had made "mean and destructive" claims, and that a video posted on the MoveOn.
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Sam Fox served as Ambassador from April 2007 to January 2009.
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In 2012, three years after his term as Ambassador had ended, Sam Fox's contributions were recognized with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown, bestowed by King Albert II.