Frank E. Baxter

Frank E. Baxter (born 1936)[1] is a Republican American businessman and diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to Uruguay under George W. Bush, from 2006 to 2009.[2][3][4][5]

Frank E. Baxter
United States Ambassador to Uruguay
In office
2006–2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byMartin J. Silverstein
Succeeded byDavid D. Nelson
Personal details
Born1936
California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceCalifornia
ProfessionBusinessman

Biography

Early life

Frank E. Baxter was born in Northern California in 1936.[2][3][5] He served in the U.S. Air Force for four years.[2][3][5] In 1961, he graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a B.A. in Economics.[2][3][4][5]

Career

From 1961 to 1963, he worked for the Bank of California in San Francisco.[2][5] In 1963, he joined J.S. Strauss and Company, San Francisco.[2][5] From 1974 to 2002, he worked for Jefferies and Company.[2][3][5] By 1987, he became its CEO, and started the Investment Technology Group.[2][3][4][5]

He has served on the board of directors of NASDAQ and the Securities Industry Association.[2][3][4][5] He is also chairman of the board of Governors of Fremont College.[4][6]

He is also the chairman of the board of Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools and After-School All Stars.[2][3][5] He is a board member of the California Institute of the Arts, a member of the Board of Councilors at the USC Rossier School of Education,[7] a member of Governor Schwarzenegger's Commission for Jobs and Economic Growth, Vice chairman of the board of the Los Angeles Opera, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[2][3][4][5][8][9] He sits on the Board of Overseers of the Hoover Institution.[10] He is a Trustee of the University of California Berkeley Foundation and the LA Chapter of the I Have A Dream Foundation.[2][3][5][11] He is a member of the Council of American Ambassadors.[5] Baxter is a member of the board of directors of the Pacific Council on International Policy.[12]

He is a member of the California Club, the Los Angeles Country Club, the Siwanoy Country Club, and the University Club of New York.[4] He is the recipient of the Bet Tzedek award.[2][3][5]

US Ambassador to Uruguay

Baxter was appointed Ambassador to Uruguay on October 4, 2006 and assumed office on December 13 the same year.[13]

During Baxter's term, the US-Uruguay Trade and Investment Framework Agreement went into effect.[14]

His term also coincided with a period of tension over alleged CIA involvement in the assassination of Cecilia Fontana de Haber. De Haber, the spouse of a National Party leader, had died in 1978 after drinking from a bottle of poisoned wine. Citing communications obtained from the 2010 United States diplomatic cables leak, El País reported that Baxter delivered a request for declassification of documents related to the matter from Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez to George W. Bush in April 2008. The paper further reported that Baxter had pushed back by bringing up the killing of Dan Mitrione and expressed the hope "that the poisoned wine case has definitely been laid to rest".[15][16]

Baxter left the post in February 2009[17] and was succeeded by David D. Nelson.

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References
  1. "Frank Baxter - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  2. State Department biography
  3. "Embassy biography". Archived from the original on July 12, 2010. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  4. "Fremont College biography". Archived from the original on January 5, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  5. "Council of American Ambassadors". Archived from the original on November 19, 2010. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  6. Fremont College Board of Governors
  7. "Frank Baxter joins USC Rossier Board of Councilors – Rossier School of Education". Rossier School of Education. January 11, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
  8. LA Opera Board of Directors
  9. LA Museum Board
  10. Hoover Institution Board of Overseers
  11. University of California Berkeley Foundation
  12. "Board of Directors". Pacific Council on International Policy. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
  13. "Frank Baxter - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  14. "FACT SHEET: The United States and Uruguay – A Growing Bilateral Relationship". whitehouse.gov. May 12, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  15. "El pasado de guerrilla y dictadura se interpone hoy entre EE UU y Uruguay". El País (in Spanish). December 14, 2010. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  16. "Cable sobre el caso "del vino envenenado"". El País (in Spanish). December 14, 2010. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  17. "Frank Baxter - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Martin J. Silverstein		 United States Ambassador to Uruguay
2006–2009		 Succeeded by
David D. Nelson
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