- Alfred H. Moses
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name = Alfred H. Moses
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ambassador_from = United States
country = Romania
term_start = 1994
term_end = 1997
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president =Bill Clinton
birth_date = birth year and age|1929|
birth_place =Baltimore, Maryland
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nationality = United States
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alma_mater =Dartmouth College ,Princeton University ,Georgetown University
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religion =Jewish
website =Alfred H. Moses (born 1929) is an American
attorney anddiplomat who served as the U.S.Ambassador toRomania .Alfred Moses was born and raised in
Baltimore, Maryland . After graduating fromBaltimore City College , a high School, he attendedDartmouth College from which he received his B.A. degree in 1951. He attendedPrinceton University 's Woodrow Wilson School in 1951-52, served in the U.S. Navy, and received hislaw degree fromGeorgetown University in 1956, where he was an editor of the Georgetown Law Review.Moses joined the
Washington, D.C. law firm ofCovington & Burling practicing in the areas of litigation, corporate and securities matters, and arbitration. During his career, he represented clients in important litigation as trial and appellant counsel and has structured major corporate, financial and real estate transactions in this country and abroad. Except for his public service, he has remained withCovington & Burling .Alfred Moses was lead counsel to President
Jimmy Carter in the "Billygate" hearings in the U.S. Senate. He served as Special Advisor and Special Counsel to President Carter, 1980-81. Under PresidentBill Clinton , Moses was U.S. Ambassador to Romania, 1994-97, and Special Presidential Emissary for theCyprus problem 1999-2001. In 2002 he was awarded Romania's Marc Cruce Medal by the President of Romania, the highest category awarded by Romania and the only American to have been so honored.Moses has published numerous articles on Central European and Middle East issues in "
The New York Times ", "International Herald Tribune ", "The Washington Post ", "Christian Science Monitor " and other publications.Alfred Moses has been active in religious life and has served as President of the
American Jewish Committee .External links
* [http://www.cov.com/lawyers/amoses/biography.html Biography of Alfred H. Moses] on
Covington & Burling site.
* [http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nl/content3.asp?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=873557&ct=1126715 What Being Jewish Means to Me] by Alfred Moses, reprinted from New York Times by the American Jewish Committee.
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