Frank Lavin

Frank Lavin (Franklin L. Lavin) is a native of Canton, Ohio. As Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Lavin headed the International Trade Administration for the United States Department of Commerce from 2005 until 2007.cite news |url= http://www.ita.doc.gov/media/PressReleases/1005/lavin_102805.html |title= Gutierrez lauds Senate for voting to confirm Franklin L. Lavin as Under Secretary for International Trade |author= United States Department of Commerce press release |format= html |work= ITA.doc.gov |date= 28 October 2005 |quote= ] cite web |url= http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,157744.shtml |title= International Cover: Global Education: The Race is On |author= Newsweek Press Release |format= html |work= Earth Times |date= 12 August 2007 |quote= ]

Lavin served as the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore from 2001 to 2005.cite web |url= http://trade.gov/press/bios/lavin.asp |title= Franklin L. Lavin, Undersecretary for International Trade |author= Biography |format= html |work= ITA.gov |quote= ]

Under Secretary Lavin earned a B.S. from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University; a M.S. in Chinese language from Georgetown University; a M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the School of Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University; and a M.B.A. in Finance at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Frank Lavin and his wife Ann (née Wortley) have been married since 29 November 1980.cite web |url= http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=21935 |title= Remembering Rove |author= John Gizzi |format= html |work= Human Events |date= 14 August 2007 |quote= ] They have three children.

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