David Hermelin

{{Short description|American diplomat (1936–2000)}}

{{Infobox Ambassador

| ambassador_from = United States

| president1 = Bill Clinton

|country=Norway

|birth_name=David B. Hermelin

|image = DBHermelinUSEmbassyOslo.jpg

|term_start1=January 8, 1998

|term_end1=January 7, 2000

|successor1=Robin Chandler Duke

|predecessor1=Thomas A. Loftus

| nationality=American

| birth_date={{birth date|1936|12|27}}

| birth_place=Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

| death_date={{death date and age|2000|11|22|1936|12|27}}

| death_place=Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

|alma_mater=University of Michigan

| spouse=Doreen Hermelin

}}

David B. Hermelin (December 27, 1936 – November 22, 2000) was United States ambassador to Norway and a Detroit area philanthropist and entrepreneur and a graduate of the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.

The David B. Hermelin Volunteer Fundraising Award at the University of Michigan honors David Hermelin. The ORT Hermelin College of Engineering in Netanya, Israel, was named in his honor. It opened in October, 2000.

On December 13, 2000, he was presented, posthumously, with the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Clinton.[http://clinton6.nara.gov/2000/12/2000-12-13-the-president-hermelin-awarded-the-presidental-citizens-medal.html The White House - Office of the Press Secretary]

In 2000, Hermelin died of a brain tumor at 63 years old.