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Consulate General of the United States of America Milan, Italy |
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THE NEW U.S. AMBASSADOR VISITS MILAN AND TURIN |
MILAN, October 5, 2005 – On October 5 - 6, newly arrived U.S. Ambassador to Italy Ronald P. Spogli will carry out his first official visit to Northern Italy. Accompanied by U.S. Consul General in Milan Deborah E. Graze, the Ambassador will visit the capital cities of Lombardy and Piedmont to establish contacts with political and business leaders. During his visit, the Ambassador will meet regional government representatives, along with media and business leaders. Born in 1948 in Los Angeles, California, Ambassador Spogli received an A.B. degree in History from Stanford University in 1970, and his M.B.A. from Harvard University in 1975. In 1983, together with Bradford M. Freeman, Ambassador Spogli founded Freeman Spogli & Co., one of the leading private equity investors in the United States. Based in Los Angeles, Freeman Spogli & Co. has invested in 36 businesses. Between 1968 and 1973, Ambassador Spogli spent nearly three years in Italy working on various activities sponsored by Stanford University. In particular, from September 1968 to March 1969, he studied at Stanford's Florence campus, while from June 1970 to July 1971 he was the assistant to the Directors of the Florence program. Finally, from June 1972 until August 1973, he lived in Milan where he was lead researcher for a project studying the social impact of labor migration from Southern Italy to the Italian industrial north. Ambassador Spogli holds a great personal interest in international education and international relations and has undertaken various projects in this regard. In 2002, he was appointed to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship board by President George W. Bush. |
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