Joseph Bernard Gildenhorn
Gildenhorn, c. 1989
United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein
In office
August 3, 1989 – March 1, 1993
PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush
Preceded byPhilip D. Winn
Succeeded byM. Larry Lawrence
Personal details
Born
Joseph Bernard Gildenhorn

(1929-09-17)September 17, 1929
Washington, D.C., U.S.
DiedOctober 21, 2023(2023-10-21) (aged 94)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Maryland (BS)
Yale University (LLB, JD)
OccupationBusinessman, attorney, philanthropist

Joseph Bernard Gildenhorn (/ˈɡɪldənˌhɔrn/; September 17, 1929 – October 21, 2023) was an American businessman, attorney and philanthropist who served as U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland from 1989 to 1993 during the George H.W. Bush administration.[1] He was a partner in the law firm Brown, Gildenhorn and Jacobs (Washington, DC), and founder, officer and director of JBG Smith, a since publicly quoted real estate development and management firm.[2]

Early life and education

Joseph Bernard Gildenhorn was born September 17, 1929 in Washington, D.C., to Oscar, a retail grocer, and Celia Gildenhorn. Both his parents were born in the Russian Empire (presently Poland) and immigrated to the United States in the early 20th century.[3]

Gildenhorn graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, the University of Maryland (B.S. degree in Business Administration),[4] and Yale Law School in 1954 and was a member of the Editorial Board of the Yale Law Journal and Order of the Coif.[2]

JBG Smith

JBG Smith began in what has been described as a small law firm that began in 1956 by Gildenhorn and high school friends Donald Brown and Gerald Miller. About ten years later, the principals of Miller, Brown and Gildenhorn decided to become real estate developers in the Washington, D.C., area. The company is publicly traded and known as JBG Smith Properties Inc. In November 2018, Amazon chose one of their sites in Arlington County, Virginia to become a headquarters location.[5]

Death

Gildenhorn died in Washington D.C. on October 21, 2023, at the age of 94.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Nomination of Joseph B. Gildenhorn To Be United States Ambassador to Switzerland | The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  2. 1 2 "Joseph B. Gildenhorn". The Council of American Ambassadors. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  3. ↑ United States Census, 1930
  4. ↑ "Joseph B. Gildenhorn" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  5. ↑ Arcieri, Katie (November 29, 2018). "How three men and a drive to make money turned into JBG". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "The Honorable Joseph B. Gildenhorn". Legacy. Retrieved 17 November 2023.


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