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词条 Matthew Barzun
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  1. Education

  2. 2008 Obama campaign

  3. Diplomacy

  4. Personal life

  5. Board memberships

  6. References

  7. External links

{{short description|American diplomat}}{{Infobox Officeholder
|name = Matthew Barzun
|image = Matthew Winthrop Barzun.jpg
|office = United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
|president = Barack Obama
|term_start = December 4, 2013
|term_end = January 18, 2017
|predecessor = Louis Susman
|successor = Woody Johnson
|office1 = United States Ambassador to Sweden
|president1 = Barack Obama
|term_start1 = August 21, 2009
|term_end1 = May 28, 2011
|predecessor1 = Michael M. Wood
|successor1 = Mark Brzezinski
|birth_name = Matthew Winthrop Barzun
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|10|23}}
|birth_place = {{nowrap|New York City, New York, U.S.}}
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = Democratic
|spouse = Brooke Brown {{small|(1999–present)}}
|children = 3
|residence = Kentucky, United States
|education = Harvard University {{small|(A.B.)}}
}}Matthew Winthrop Barzun (born October 23, 1970) is a former United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom.[1] He is a business executive who is known for his work with CNET Networks and for his volunteer work on Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.[2][3] He served as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden from 2009 to 2011. He was selected by President Barack Obama as National Finance Chair for the president's 2012 re-election campaign.[4]

Education

Barzun was born in New York City. He grew up in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and received his Bachelor of Arts in history and literature magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1993. In his testimony to the Senate during his confirmation vetting, Barzun noted that he had served as a summer intern to Massachusetts Senator John Kerry in 1989. Prior to attending university, he was a student at St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire. After graduating from Harvard College, he began working with CNET Networks.[5][6][7]

2008 Obama campaign

Barzun's small-dollar fundraisers were supporter-driven via online event pages, and replicated throughout the country.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}

In The Audacity to Win, author and political strategist David Plouffe describes Matthew Barzun's grassroots campaign idea as "citizen fundraisers" that drove Obama's connection with supporters.[8]

Diplomacy

The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, chaired by Senator John Kerry, approved Barzun's nomination as Ambassador to Sweden during the week of August 3, 2009, and the nomination was confirmed on August 7. Barzun was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden on August 12, 2009, and presented his credentials to King Carl XVI Gustaf on August 21, 2009.[9] Barzun prioritized outreach and personal engagement, launching the U.S. Embassy Road Show that brings embassy personnel, resources, and exhibits out of Stockholm to smaller cities and towns.[10] In partnership with the Swedish government, he also created the Swedish American Green Alliance where Swedes and Americans share news and ideas toward a clean energy future.[11]

President Obama nominated Barzun to be the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom in 2013.[12][13] The Senate confirmed him by unanimous consent on August 1, 2013. He presented his credentials to Queen Elizabeth II on November 27, 2013.[14] Barzun set up the Young Leaders UK (YLUK) programme whilst in office, which allowed him to communicate and speak with young people from across the United Kingdom. YLUK met with President Obama during his visit to the UK in 2016.[15] Barzun was selected by the U.S. Department of State as the winner of the 2016 Sue M. Cobb Award for Exemplary Diplomatic Service for "his passion and commitment during his tenure in London by promoting American values and ideals, and his dedication to developing the next generation of career Foreign Service Officers."[16]

In January 2017, Barzun announced that he was to leave as Ambassador before Donald Trump took office. Barzun left the UK on 18 January 2017, moving back to Kentucky. The then Deputy Chief of Mission, Lewis Lukens, then succeeded Barzun as Chargé d'affaires pending the appointment of a new ambassador.[1][17] Upon his return to the United States, he received the Marshall Medal from the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission created by the British Parliament for his dedication to strengthening U.S. and British relations.[18]

Personal life

Matthew Barzun is a descendant of Lucretia Mott,[19] a proponent of women's rights, and John Winthrop, founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the city of Boston.[20] His grandfather was the renowned French-born American cultural historian and former Columbia University professor, Jacques Barzun. He is the second of four children. His younger sister is film producer Lucy Barzun Donnelly, Emmy and Golden Globe winner for her work producing Grey Gardens for HBO.

His younger brother, Charles Barzun, is a tenured professor of law at the University of Virginia School of Law. His eldest sister, Mariana Barzun Mensch, is director of parent giving and assistant campaign director at Vassar College.

Barzun is married (since 1999) to Brooke Brown Barzun, heiress of the Brown-Forman Corporation distilling empire, which includes the brands Jack Daniel's and Woodford Reserve. They live in Louisville, Kentucky, Brooke's hometown.[20] They have three children.

In 2018, Barzun acquired the magazine Louisville.[21]

Board memberships

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  • Gannett Co. Inc.
  • Center for Interfaith Relations
  • Louisville Public Media
  • Louisville Free Public Library Foundation
  • Louisville Urban League
  • Teach Kentucky
  • Member, Prichard Committee
  • Greater Louisville Project
  • Tortoise Media

References

1. ^1 {{Cite news|url=https://uk.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123133438/https://uk.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/ |archive-date=23 November 2016 |title=Biography of Ambassador Matthew W. Barzun |newspaper=U.S. Embassy & Consulates in the United Kingdom |language=en-US |access-date=2017-01-18 |deadurl=yes |df= }}
2. ^Gerth, Joseph "Innovator aided march to presidency" Louisville Courier-Journal December 28, 2008
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1812049-2,00.html |title=How Obama did it|publisher=TIME |date=2008-06-05 |accessdate=2012-04-13}}
4. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2011/04/mass_native_to.html |title=Mass. native to oversee Obama's fund-raising effort - Political Intelligence - A national political and campaign blog from The Boston Globe |publisher=Boston.com |date=2011-04-29 |accessdate=2012-04-13 |first=Glen |last=Johnson}}
5. ^{{cite web|last1=Bewig|first1=Matt|title=Ambassador to the United Kingdom: Who Is Matthew Barzun?|url=http://www.allgov.com/news/appointments-and-resignations/ambassador-to-the-united-kingdom-who-is-matthew-barzun-131027?news=851493|website=AllGov|accessdate=7 June 2017|date=27 October 2013}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Ambassador Matthew Barzun ’88 is Form of 2017 Baccalaureate speaker|url=https://www.sps.edu/page/news-detail?pk=937395|website=St Paul's School|accessdate=7 June 2017}}
7. ^{{cite web|title=Matthew W. Barzun|url=https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/213225.htm|website=US Department of State|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116042504/http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/213225.htm|archivedate=January 16, 2017}}
8. ^{{cite book|last=Plouffe|first=David|authorlink=David Plouffe|title=The Audacity to Win|publisher=Viking Adult|year=2009|location=New York|isbn=978-0-670-02133-8}}
9. ^  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804100005/http://stockholm.usembassy.gov/newsflash/barzun_testimony.html|date=August 4, 2009}}
10. ^{{cite news|last=Carlbom|first=Mats|title=En pannkaksvändare på Sverigeturné|url=http://www.dn.se/livsstil/reportage/en-pannkaksvandare-pa-sverigeturne|accessdate=20 October 2014|newspaper=Dagens Nyheter}}
11. ^Swedish American Green Alliance blog http://sagastory.blogspot.com
12. ^{{cite news|title=Matthew Barzun, Obama Fundraiser, Tapped As Ambassador To Britain|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/09/matthew-barzun-britain_n_3569778.html|publisher=Huffington Post|accessdate=9 July 2013|date=July 9, 2013}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/07/10/presidential-nominations-sent-senate|title=Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate|date=10 July 2013|publisher=}}
14. ^{{Cite web|url=https://uk.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/|title=Biography of Ambassador Matthew W. Barzun|website=U.S. Embassy & Consulates in the United Kingdom|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-22}}
15. ^{{Cite web|url=https://uk.usembassy.gov/yluk/|title=Young Leaders UK (YLUK)|date=2015-06-16|website=U.S. Embassy & Consulates in the United Kingdom|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-22}}
16. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/266642.pdf|title=Extraordinary performances hailed and honored|last=Hahn|first=Michael|date=January 2017|work=State Magazine|access-date=}}
17. ^{{cite news|last1=Sands|first1=Sarah|title=US Ambassador Matthew Barzun: I'd love Michelle Obama to be the next President|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/us-ambassador-matthew-barzun-i-d-love-to-be-on-michelle-obamas-ticket-she-is-incredible-a3441496.html|accessdate=18 January 2017|work=London Evening Standard|date=18 January 2016}}
18. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2017/06/06/former-us-ambassador-louisville-resident-honored-harvard/370449001/|title=Former US ambassador, Louisville resident honored at Harvard|work=The Courier-Journal|access-date=2017-06-13|language=en}}
19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dn.se/nyheter/chattar/chatt-med-usas-ambassador-1.936940 |title=Dagens Nyheter chat with public as newly appointed Ambassador to Sweden |publisher=Dn.se |date=2009-08-24 |accessdate=2012-04-13}}
20. ^1 {{cite news|title=New U.S. Ambassador Matthew Barzun Arrives|url=http://london.usembassy.gov/ukpapress137.html|accessdate=20 November 2013|date=23 August 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131119055738/http://london.usembassy.gov/ukpapress137.html|archivedate=19 November 2013|df=}}
21. ^{{Cite web| title = Former U.S. Ambassador and CNET Exec Buys Louisville Magazine| work = Folio:| accessdate = 2018-09-03| date = 2018-08-28| url = https://www.foliomag.com/former-u-s-ambassador-buys-louisville-magazine/}}

External links

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