Philip Mayer Kaiser

Infobox Person
name = Philip Mayer Kaiser


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birth_date = July 12, 1913
birth_place = New York City, New York, United States
death_date = death date and age|2007|5|24|1913|7|13
death_place = Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington D.C., United States
occupation = Ambassador

Philip Mayer Kaiser (July 12, 1913 – May 24, 2007) was a United States diplomat.

Education

Born in New York City, Kaiser graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1935. He was also a Rhodes Scholar in 1936 at Balliol College. During this time, he studied labor history.

Family

Philip was one of ten children, and the second youngest. His father, Moishe Bear, emigrated from what is now Ukraine with his mother, Tema. The family lived in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. On June 16, 1939, Philip Kaiser married Hannah Greeley. They had three sons: Robert, David, and Charles.

Government service

Kaiser served in the United States Department of Labor as Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs, during the administration of President Harry S. Truman. He was a special assistant to Governor Averill Harriman of New York from 1955 to 1959. Later during the administration of President John Kennedy, Kaiser was ambassador to Senegal and Mauritania. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, he persuaded the President of Senegal, Léopold Sédar Senghor, to deny the Soviet Union landing rights to refuel its planes. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1155AP_Obit_Kaiser.html]

Finally, during the administration of Jimmy Carter, Philip Kaiser served as ambassador to Hungary. While ambassador to Hungary, Philip Kaiser was instrumental in the return of the Crown of St. Stephen to the Hungarian government from the United States in 1978. After serving as ambassador to Austria, Philip Kaiser retired from government service in 1981.

Published works

*Kaiser, Philip, "Journeying Far and Wide—A Political and Diplomatic Memoir", (1993).

Notes

References

* [http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/kaiserp.htm Oral History]
* [http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007May24/0,4670,ObitKaiser,00.html Fox News Obituary]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402429.html Washington Post obituary]