Donald M. Blinken

Donald M. Blinken
United States Ambassador to Hungary
In office
April 1, 1994 – November 20, 1997
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byCharles H. Thomas
Succeeded byPeter Tufo
Personal details
Born
Donald Mayer Blinken

(1925-11-11)November 11, 1925
Yonkers, New York, U.S.
DiedSeptember 22, 2022(2022-09-22) (aged 96)
East Hampton, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
  • Judith Frehm
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    ​
    (m. 1958; div. 1971)​
  • Vera Ermer
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    (m. 1975)​
ChildrenAntony Blinken
Relatives
EducationHarvard University (BA)

Donald Mayer Blinken[1] (November 11, 1925 – September 22, 2022) was an American businessman and diplomat.[2][3] A co-founder of the private equity firm Warburg Pincus, he was the chairman of the board of the State University of New York from 1978 to 1990. He also served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary from 1994 to 1997. His son, Antony Blinken,[4] is the seventy-first United States Secretary of State, serving in the cabinet of President Joe Biden.

  1. ^ Harvard Alumni Directory. Harvard University. 1965. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  2. ^ "Donald Blinken". Council of American Ambassadors. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  3. ^ Blinken, Donald (December 1, 2017). "Art collector Donald Blinken remembers all about artists". Financial Times. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
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