Betty Hahn Bernbaum

Betty Hahn Bernbaum
A white woman with dark coiffed hair, wearing a dark print dress and white beads with matching earrings
Betty Bernbaum, from a 1962 publication of the United States Department of State
Born
Elizabeth R. Hahn

March 20, 1918
Washington, D.C.
DiedJune 20, 2003 (aged 85)
Collington, Maryland
Occupation(s)Ambassador's wife, writer, ham radio operator
SpouseMaurice M. Bernbaum

Elizabeth "Betty" Hahn Bernbaum (March 20, 1918 – June 20, 2003) was an American ambassador's wife and writer. She was called "a ball of diplomatic fire" for her embassy activities.[1] She was decorated by the President of Ecuador for her amateur radio work, and wrote a memoir, Adventures in Latin America: The Life of One Foreign Service Wife (1992).

  1. ^ Dubois, Jules (1964-06-21). "Envoy's Wife called 'Ball of Diplomatic Fire'". Fort Lauderdale News. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-07-22 – via Newspapers.com.