John Florian Kordek
American diplomat
About John Florian Kordek
Lived 1938 – 2021 (aged 82–83).
John Florian Kordek (1938 – February 16, 2021) was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Botswana (1988–1989).
Kordek has also been Associate Vice President for External Relations at DePaul University in Chicago. Kordek was also an alumnus of DePaul University (1964, geography major) as well as the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced Studies (M.A, 1967). He was also a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. In 2000, Bill Clinton appointed him to the Holocaust Memorial Council.
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Who was John Florian Kordek?
American diplomat (1938–2021)
When was John Florian Kordek born?
John Florian Kordek was born in 1938.
When did John Florian Kordek die?
John Florian Kordek died on 16 February 2021.
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