| Robert S. Strauss  AKA Robert Schwarz Strauss
Born: 19-Oct-1918
Birthplace: Stamford, TX
Died: 19-Mar-2014
Location of death: Washington, DC
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Diplomat
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Ambassador to Russia, 1991-92 Chairman of Jimmy Carter's presidential campaigns in 1976 and 1980. During office, Carter appointed him Special Trade Representative, where he concluded the Tokyo Round of multilateral trade negotiations, then guided its passage through Congress as the Trade Act of 1979. Brother: Theodore H. Strauss (banker, b. 5-Feb-1925)
Wife: Helen Jacobs (d. 2006, two sons, one daughter)
Son: Richard Strauss
Son: Robert Strauss
Daughter: Susan Strauss Breen
Law School: University of Texas Law School (1941)
US Ambassador to Russia (1992)
US Ambassador to the USSR (1991)
President's Commission on White House Fellowships
US Trade Representative (1977-79)
FBI employee
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld
Member of the Board of Archer Daniels Midland
Member of the Board of Xerox
George Bush Presidential Library Trustee (Emeritus)
Academy of Achievement (2003)
Alfalfa Club 1981
American Council for Capital Formation Board of Directors
Dean for America
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic National Committee Chairman (1973-76)
Capital Partners for Education Board of Advisors
Center for Strategic & International Studies Trustee
Cordell Hull Institute Board of Directors
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Senior Advisor
Council of American Ambassadors
Council on Foreign Relations
Forum for International Policy Trustee
Friends for Harry Reid
Friends of Hillary
Gephardt for President
Gore 2000
Hillary Clinton for President
Hillary Rodham Clinton for US Senate Committee
Joe Lieberman for President
John Kerry for President
Obama for America
Trilateral Commission
US-Russia Business Council Chairman
Washington Legal Foundation Legal Policy Advisory Board
Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity
Alfalfa Party candidate for US President
Presidential Medal of Freedom 16-Jan-1981
Funeral: Richard Nixon (1994)
Wedding: Alan Greenspan and Andrea Mitchell (1997)
Risk Factors: Diabetes
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