Berger samuel biography
Berger samuel biography
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Samuel D. Berger
American diplomat
Samuel David Berger (December 11, 1911 – February 12, 1980) was an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Korea from 1961 to 1964.
Early life
The brother of Graenum Berger, Samuel David Berger was born on December 6, 1911, in an Orthodox Jewish family. At the University of Wisconsin, where he studied economics and philosophy under Selig Perlman, he met his future wife, Margaret Fowler.[1] In 1938 and 1939, he also studied at the London School of Economics,[2] with a particular focus on the British trade union movement.[3]
Foreign Service career
During World War II, he worked in lend-lease matters,[2] and served in the United States Army, ending the war as a captain.
After the war, he proceeded to join the Foreign Service.[4]
A career Foreign Service officer, he was posted to London, Tokyo, and New Zealand;[2] during his service as a polit