Ronald P. Spogli

Ronald P. Spogli is the current United States Ambassador to Italy. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 30, 2005, [cite web |url= http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/nominations/1442.html |title= Presidential Nomination |publisher= whitehouse.gov |accessdate=2007-10-18] after being nominated by President George W. Bush on June 9. He was preceded by Mel Sembler. [ Winner, Christopher: [http://www.theamericanmag.com/article.php?show_article_id=266 Area 51: Spogli’s Promise] , Retrieved on October 18, 2007]

Education

Spogli was born in Los Angeles, California in 1948.cite web |url= http://milan.usconsulate.gov/pressreleases/PR_ENG_100505_Amb_Spogli_Milan.htm |title= THE NEW U.S. AMBASSADOR VISITS MLAN AND TURIN |publisher= milan.usconsulate.gov |accessdate=2007-10-18] He received an A.B. in history from Stanford University in 1970, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year. [cite web |url=http://italy.usembassy.gov/ambassador/bio-en.asp |title=Ambassador Ronald P. Spogli - Biography |accessdate=2008-01-15 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=U.S. Department of State] He earned an M.B.A. in 1975 from Harvard Business School, where he was future President George Bush's roommate. He lived abroad in Florence and Milan for two years during his time at Stanford, and became fluent in the language. He is married and has a daughter as well as a stepson.

Career

Spogli is a co-founder of Freeman Spogli & Co., a private equity investment firm. [cite web |url= http://exchanges.state.gov/education/fulbright/ffsb/annualreport/2004/board.pdf |title= J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT FOREIGN SCHOLARSHIP BOARD 2004•2005 |publisher= exchanges.state.gov |accessdate=2007-10-18] Before that he was a Managing Director in the Investment Banking Division of Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. [cite web |url= http://www.penningtonpc.com/bio.html |title= Managing Principal |publisher= penningtonpc.com |accessdate=2007-10-18] In 2002, President Bush appointed Spogli to a three-year term with the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship board. [cite web |url= http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/10/20021009-4.html |title= Nominations and Appointments |publisher= whitehouse.gov |accessdate=2007-10-18] Spogli quit working at Freeman Spogli & Co. on July 31, 2005, and was sworn in as the U.S. Ambassador to Italy on August 10, 2005. [cite web |url= http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/51342.htm |title= BIOGRAPHY |publisher= state.gov |accessdate=2007-10-18]

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