Larry Cox (Amnesty International)

Larry Cox

Larry Cox at a Miami AIUSA protest in 2008.
Born 1945 (age 66–67)
Lakewood, Ohio
Nationality American
Occupation Executive director,
Amnesty International USA

Larry Cox (born 1945)[1] is the executive director of Amnesty International USA (AIUSA).

Cox was born in Lakewood, Ohio. He graduated from Mount Union College with a B.A. in history.[1] He first joined AIUSA in 1976 as a press officer, going on to become communications director and deputy executive director,[2] and director of AIUSA's program campaigning against the death penalty. In 1985 he became deputy secretary general at the Amnesty International General Secretariat based in London.[1]

In 1990 he left Amnesty to become executive director of the Rainforest Foundation,[2][3] a position he held until 1995 when he was appointed senior program officer at the Ford Foundation.[1] He returned to AIUSA as executive director in 2006.[4]

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  1. ^ a b c d Savitt Tennen, Jane (April 26, 2006). "Broadening Support for Human Rights". Philanthropy Journal. http://www.philanthropyjournal.org/archive/112418. Retrieved 2011-04-07. 
  2. ^ a b "The MB Interview: Larry Cox, Exec. Dir. of Amnesty International USA". Media Bloodhound. November 21, 2006. http://mediabloodhound.typepad.com/weblog/2006/11/the_mb_intervie.html. Retrieved 2011-04-07. 
  3. ^ Shaw, Dan (April 17, 1994). "The Night; Right as the Rain Forest". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/17/style/the-night-right-as-the-rain-forest.html?src=pm. Retrieved 2011-04-07. 
  4. ^ Strom, Stephanie (January 25, 2006). "New Leader for Amnesty International USA". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/25/national/25brfs.html. Retrieved 2011-04-07. 

Larry graduated from Avon Lake High School, Avon Lake, Ohio in 1963. (Principal, Avon Lake High School, Ms. Walker, 440 933-6290)

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