Tom C. Korologos

Tom Chris Korologos (April 6, 1933 – July 26, 2024) was an American lobbyist, political advisor, and diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to Belgium.

Early life, education A second generation Greek American, Korologos was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1933. He had family origins from Tyros, Arcadia, in Greece. His parents, Chris T. Korologos and Irene M. Kolendrianos, are both immigrants from Arcadia, which is located in the Peloponnese region. They owned a tavern. Later he worked for the New York Herald Tribune, the Long Island Press, and the Associated Press. He was a U.S. Air Force officer from 1956 to 1957. He earned his B.A. degree at the University of Utah in 1956, and a M.S. degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism He was involved in more than 300 U.S. Senate confirmations including assisting Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, Vice President Gerald Ford, Supreme Court justices: William Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, and nominee Robert Bork, as well as several cabinet secretaries, including: Henry Kissinger, Alexander Haig, and Donald Rumsfeld. He served as a chief sherpa for numerous nominations. In addition, he was a long-time member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy and a charter member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors that has jurisdiction over all non-military U.S. government radio and TV broadcasting overseas. He was a strategic advisor at DLA Piper in Washington, D.C. Meridian International Center The National Security Agency advisory board The Aspen Institute/Rockefeller Foundation Commission on Reform of the Appointment Process Layalina Broadcasting

Personal life and death Korologos was married to Joy Goff Korologos, who died from melanoma in 1997.

Tom C. Korologos died at his home in Washington, D.C., on July 26, 2024, at the age of 91.