Sol Linowitz

Sol Linowitz

Sol Myron Linowitz (December 7 1913 – March 18, 2005) was an American diplomat, lawyer, and businessman who helped negotiate the return of the Panama Canal to Panama under the direction of President Jimmy Carter. Besides being a career diplomat, lawyer, and one time chairman of Xerox, he wrote two books, "The Making of a Public Man: A Memoir", and "The Betrayed Profession". He was a graduate of Hamilton College and Cornell Law School, where he served as a trustee.

He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

External links

* [http://www.medaloffreedom.com/SolLinowitz.htm Receiving the] Presidential Medal of Freedom
* [http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/resources/legends_in_the_law/linowitz.cfm Legends in the Law:Sol Linowitz]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47416-2005Mar18.html Washington Post Story on his life]


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