Charles A. Heimbold Jr.
{{Short description|American businessman and diplomat (1933–2024)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Charles A. Heimbold Jr.
| image = Former Ambassador Heimbold (6140276434).jpg
| imagesize =
| office = United States Ambassador to Sweden
| president = George W. Bush
| term_start = September 26, 2001
| term_end = February 12, 2004
| predecessor = Lyndon Lowell Olson Jr.
| successor = Teel Bivins
| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|5|27}}
| birth_place = Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|8|20|1933|5|27}}
| death_place = Riverside, Connecticut, U.S.
| party = Republican
| spouse =
| children =
| alma_mater = Villanova University (BA){{Cite web|url=http://www.businessdistrict.com/charles-a-heimbold-jr/|title=Charles A. Heimbold, Jr}}
University of Pennsylvania (JD){{Cite web|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/04/20010413-4.html|title=Personnel Announcement}}
New York University (LLM)
| allegiance = {{flag|United States}}
| branch = {{flag|United States Navy}}
| serviceyears = 1954–1957|
| caption = Heimbold in 2011
}}
Charles A. Heimbold Jr. (May 27, 1933 – August 20, 2024) was an American businessman and diplomat, who was Chairman and CEO of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, and as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden. His son is American musician Pete Francis Heimbold, of Dispatch fame.
Biography
Heimbold was an honors graduate of Villanova University, having graduated in 1954, and of the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1960, where he was a member of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. He also received a Master of Laws degree from New York University and completed a program at The Hague Academy of International Law in the summer of 1959.[http://2001-2009.state.gov/outofdate/bios/h/6192.htm Heimbold, Charles A., Jr]
Heimbold served as Chairman and CEO of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.{{Cite web|url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/outofdate/bios/h/6192.htm|title = Heimbold, Charles A., Jr}}
On April 13, 2001, Heimbold was nominated by President George W. Bush as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 1, and sworn in on September 12 in New York City. Heimbold presented his credentials to King Carl XVI Gustaf in Stockholm on September 26, 2001.
Heimbold died at home in Riverside, Connecticut, on August 20, 2024, at the age of 91.{{cite web |title=Ambassador Charles A. Heimbold Jr. |url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/greenwich-ct/charles-heimbold-11949896 |website=Dignity Memorial |access-date=12 October 2024}}
His son is American musician Pete Francis Heimbold, of Dispatch fame.
References
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- https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/greenwich-ct/charles-heimbold-11949896
Sources
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040105065406/http://stockholm.usembassy.gov/bio/ambassador_heimbold.html Charles A. Heimbold, Jr., Former U.S. Ambassador to Sweden]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061110050246/http://www.bms.com/aboutbms/content/data/ourhis.html A Brief History of Bristol-Myers Squibb]
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Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Sweden
Category:Villanova University alumni
Category:New York University alumni
Category:University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni
Category:People from Newark, New Jersey
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