Jay Katzen
| Jay K. Katzen | |
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| President of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation | |
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Assumed office June 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Lee Edwards |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 31st district |
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In office January 12, 1994 – January 9, 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Jerry Wood |
| Succeeded by | Scott Lingamfelter |
| Personal details | |
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Jay Kenneth Katzen August 23, 1936 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Patricia Ann Morse |
| Alma mater |
Princeton University (B.A.) Yale University (M.A.) |
Jay Kenneth Katzen (born August 23, 1936) is a retired diplomat, business consultant, state legislator, and government agency administrator, and the current President of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. He is a graduate of Princeton University (1958) and Yale University (1959) and served presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower through George H.W. Bush. His positions have included White House translator and U.S. representative to the United Nations. He became active in Virginia politics when elected in 1993 to represent the 31st legislative district of the Virginia House of Delegates.
He received his B.A. (magna cum laude) in Political Science from Princeton University in 1958 and his M.A. in International Relations from Yale University the following year. He attended the National War College in 1977, was a visiting Professor at the Boston College Graduate School of Management 1978-79, and was a member of advisory boards at the Duke University Primate Center in 1986 and the University of Kentucky’s Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce in 1989.
From 1959 to 1979, Jay Katzen served as a career Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State. His posts included Australia, Burundi, Congo (Kinshasa), communist Romania, Mali, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York, and Congo (Brazzaville). He also was assigned to Washington D.C. – at the State Department and the White House. His responsibilities included consular affairs, promoting American business, political and economic reporting, labor affairs, multilateral negotiation and management. He served as Chargé d'Affaires at two posts, in one instance, opening an embassy and assuring its sustainability.
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