Robert A. Hurwitch | |
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United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic | |
In office September 5, 1973 – April 5, 1978 | |
President |
Richard Nixon Gerald ford Jimmy Carter |
Preceded by | Francis E. Meloy Jr. |
Succeeded by | Robert L. Yost |
Personal details | |
Born | Worcester, Massachusetts | October 15, 1920
Died | July 16, 1997 Scituate, Massachusetts | (aged 76)
Robert A. Hurwitch (October 15, 1920 – July 16, 1997) was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic from 1973 to 1978. [1] [2]
In 1979, Hurwitch pleaded guilty to "illegally using about $17,000 worth of embassy labor and supplies to build a swimming pool and prepare a retirement home for himself outside Santo Domingo." He was sentenced to two years' unsupervised probation. [3]
Hurwitch graduated from the University of Chicago. He died of lung cancer on July 16, 1997, in Scituate, Massachusetts at age 76. [4]