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
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedSeptember 22, 2022(2022-09-22) (aged 96)
East Hampton, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)
  • Judith (Frehm) Blinken[1]
    (m. 1961; div. 1971)
  • Vera Evans
ChildrenAntony Blinken
Relatives
Alma materHarvard University

Donald Mayer Blinken[2] (November 11, 1925 – September 22, 2022) was an American politician and businessman.[3][4] He was born in New York City.

Blinken was director and one of the founders of E. M. Warburg Pincus & Company. He was the board chairman of the State University of New York from 1978 to 1990. He was the American Ambassador to Hungary from 1994 to 1998 during the Bill Clinton presidency.[1][5] He was the father of United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Blinken died in East Hampton, New York on September 22, 2022, at age 96.[6][7][8]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "WEDDINGS; Evan Ryan, Antony Blinken". The New York Times. March 3, 2002. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. Harvard Alumni Directory. Harvard University. 1965. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  3. "Donald Blinken". Council of American Ambassadors. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  4. Blinken, Donald (December 1, 2017). "Art collector Donald Blinken remembers all about artists". Financial Times. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  5. "Donald M. Blinken". US Embassy in Hungary. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  6. "Antony Blinken's father, former diplomat and banker, dies". Associated Press News. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. Traub, Alex (23 September 2022). "Donald Blinken, Ambassador, Financier and Art Patron, Dies at 96". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  8. "US secretary of state's father Donald Blinken dies". BBC News. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

Donald M. Blinken

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