His Excellency
J. Richard Fredericks
United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein
In office
October 29, 1999 – July 6, 2001
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byMadeleine Kunin
Succeeded byMercer Reynolds
Personal details
Born
J. Richard Fredericks

(1945-10-23) October 23, 1945
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
SpouseStephanie Sorensen
Children3
Alma materGeorgetown University (BS)
Columbia University (MBA)
OccupationBusinessman
WebsiteDepartment of State website

J. Richard Fredericks (born October 23, 1945)[1] was the United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein from October 29, 1999 to July 6, 2001. He was appointed by President Bill Clinton.[2][3][4][5]

Life

Fredericks was born 1945 in Detroit, Michigan. He is of partial Swiss ancestry who emigrated from Röschenz to the United States in 1848.[6] He received a B.S. in Business Administration from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.[7]

Fredericks is a founding partner of Main Management, LLC.[8] On December 3, 2010, Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed Fredericks as a member of the trust fund board of the Library of Congress.[9]

References

  1. ↑ J. Richard Fredericks (1945–)
  2. ↑ "Ambassadorial Appointments - William J. Clinton".
  3. ↑ "J. Richard Fredericks - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
  4. ↑ "Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 13 - EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEE".
  5. ↑ "J Richard Fredericks, Main Management LLC: Profile and Biography".
  6. ↑ "US ambassador to Berne finds his Swiss connection". SWI swissinfo.ch. 2000-08-07. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  7. ↑ "J. Richard Fredericks Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein". State Department Archives. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "Management". Main Management LLC. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "Congressional Record" (PDF). U.S. Government Publishing Office. Retrieved 19 February 2022.


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