Ambassador to Denmark, John L. Loeb, Jr.
Ambassador Loeb earned his B.A. cum laude in 1952 from Harvard College and, in 1954, received his M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. He then served as 1st Lt. in the United States Air Force from 1954 to 1956.
He was a senior partner in Loeb, Rhoades & Co. from 1956 to 1976, and chairman of the Board of Holly Sugar from 1969 to 1971. He has served as a director of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Rio Grande Industries and John Morrell & Co., among other corporations. He currently owns the Russian Riverbend Vineyards Ltd., which grows wine varietal grapes.
His public career includes his service as U.S. Ambassador to Denmark from 1981 to 1983 and delegate to the 38th Session of the UN General Assembly. An advisor to Governor Nelson Rockefeller on Environmental and Economic Affairs from 1967 to 1970, he served as chairman of the Governor’s New York State Council of Environmental Advisors from 1970 to 1975.
John Langeloth. Loeb, Jr.
He is the founder and chairman of the Institute and chairman of Loeb, Rhoades Trust. He was trustee of the American University and served on numerous Harvard visiting committees including John F. Kennedy School of Government and the Harvard Business School.
Ambassador serves as chairman of the Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States and the John L. Loeb, Jr. Foundation. Ambassador Loeb is a vice chairman of the Council of American Ambassadors. He is an executive trustee of the American Scandinavian Foundation and a member of its investment committee. He served for almost forty years as a trustee, and five years as chairman, of the Langeloth Foundation.
John L. Loeb, Jr. with wife, Sharon Handler
Among his numerous awards and recognitions are the Justice Louis D. Brandeis Award, the Distinguished Patriot Award of the Sons of the American Revolution, and the John Clarke Laureate of the John Clarke Society. He received the designation of C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) bestowed by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994 for his work with the Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States. Ambassador Loeb is also a Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of Dannebrog, received from Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. He holds an honorary Doctorate of Laws from Georgetown University. He is a member of the Society of Colonial Wars and the Sons of the American Revolution.
A recent book about the Loeb family, An American Experience: Adeline Moses Loeb and Her Early American Jewish Ancestors, was launched in May, 2009 to great acclaim. This biography of Ambassador Loeb’s grandmother traces his ancestors back three centuries in America, including the Touros of Newport, Rhode Island.