Philip Mayer Kaiser

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Philip Mayer Kaiser (born July 12, 1913 in New York City) is a retired United States diplomat.

Contents 1 Education 2 Government service 3 Published works 4 Sources

[edit] Education

Kaiser graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1935. He was also a Rhodes Scholar in 1936 at Balliol College. During this time, he studied labor history.

[edit] Government service

Kaiser served in the United States Department of Labor as Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs, during the administration of President Harry S. Truman.He was a special assistant to Governor Averill Harriman of New York from 1955 to 1959. Later during the administration of President John Kennedy, Kaiser was ambassador to Senegal and Mauritania. Finally, during the administration of Jimmy Carter, Philip Kaiser served as ambassador to Hungary. While ambassador to Hungary, Philip Kaiser was instrumental in the return of the Crown of St. Stephen to the Hungarian government from the United States in 1978. After serving as ambassador to Austria, Philip Kaiser retired from government service in 1981.

[edit] Published works

• Kaiser, Philip, Journeying Far and Wide—A Political and Diplomatic Memoir, (1993).

[edit] Sources

• [1] Oral History