Donald M. Blinken

Donald M. Blinken
Donald M. Blinken
United States Ambassador to Hungary
	In office; April 1, 1994 – November 20, 1997
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Charles H. Thomas
Succeeded by	Peter Tufo
Personal details
Born	Donald Mayer Blinken; November 11, 1925; New York City, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Judith (Frehm) Blinken[1]; (m. 1961; div. 1971); Vera Evans;
Children	Antony Blinken
Relatives	Meir Blinken (grandfather); Alan Blinken (brother);
Alma mater	Harvard University

Donald Mayer Blinken[2] (born November 11, 1925) is an American politician and businessman.[3][4] He was born in New York City.

Blinken was director and one of the founders of E. M. Warburg Pincus & Company. He was the board chairman of the State University of New York from 1978 to 1990. He was the American Ambassador to Hungary from 1994 to 1998 during the Bill Clinton presidency.[1][5] He is the father of United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

References

"WEDDINGS; Evan Ryan, Antony Blinken". The New York Times. March 3, 2002. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
Harvard Alumni Directory. Harvard University. 1965. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
"Donald Blinken". Council of American Ambassadors. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
Blinken, Donald (December 1, 2017). "Art collector Donald Blinken remembers all about artists". Financial Times. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
"Donald M. Blinken". US Embassy in Hungary. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

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