David I. Adelman

David I. Adelman
United States Ambassador to Singapore
In office
April 29, 2010 – September 1, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byPatricia Herbold
Succeeded byKirk Wagar
Member of the Georgia State Senate
from the 42nd district
In office
January 13, 2003 – March 19, 2010
Preceded byMike Polak
Succeeded byJason Carter
Personal details
Born
David Isaac Adelman[1][2]

(1964-05-24) May 24, 1964 (age 60)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseCaroline Aronovitz[3]
Children3
EducationUniversity of Georgia (BA)
Emory University (JD)
Georgia State University (MPA)

David Isaac Adelman (born May 24, 1964) is an American businessman, lawyer and diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore from April 2010 to September 2013.[4] Adelman is the Managing Director and General Counsel of asset manager Krane Funds Advisors in New York.[5] He is a Trustee of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[6] For more than a decade he has taught international relations as an adjunct professor at New York University.[1]Adelman's official papers are part of the collection at the Richard B. Russell Library at the University of Georgia.[7] In 2016, in recognition of his public service the State of Georgia dedicated a bridge as the Ambassador David Adelman Bridge on State Highway 42.[8][9][10] Adelman is a member of the Advisory Council of the Israel-Asia Center.[11]

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  3. ^ "Dr. Gerson Aronovitz, 80: 'Dr. A' had pediatrics practice in DeKalb". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on 2019-11-15. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  4. ^ "Singapore – Chiefs of Mission – People – Department History – Office of the Historian".
  5. ^ "David Adelman". kraneshares.com. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  6. ^ stephen (2020-04-02). "Ambassador David Adelman | Trustee – National Committee". Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  7. ^ "Ex-U.S. ambassador's papers to be given to UGA's Russell Library". Online Athens. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  8. ^ "Council of American Ambassadors". www.americanambassadors.org. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  9. ^ "State Senator Elena Parent Honors U.S. Ambassador David Adelman". The Brookhaven Post. 2016-10-03. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  10. ^ "SR 941 2015-2016 Regular Session". www.legis.ga.gov. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  11. ^ "Staff – Israel Asia Center". israelasiacenter.org. Retrieved 2018-02-09.