Alfred H. Moses

Alfred H. Moses

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country = Romania
term_start = 1994
term_end = 1997
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alma_mater = Dartmouth College,
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Alfred H. Moses (born 1929) is an American attorney and diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Romania.

Alfred Moses was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. After graduating from Baltimore City College, a high School, he attended Dartmouth College from which he received his B.A. degree in 1951. He attended Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School in 1951-52, served in the U.S. Navy, and received his law degree from Georgetown University in 1956, where he was an editor of the Georgetown Law Review.

Moses joined the Washington, D.C. law firm of Covington & Burling practicing in the areas of litigation, corporate and securities matters, and arbitration. During his career, he represented clients in important litigation as trial and appellant counsel and has structured major corporate, financial and real estate transactions in this country and abroad. Except for his public service, he has remained with Covington & Burling.

Alfred Moses was lead counsel to President Jimmy Carter in the "Billygate" hearings in the U.S. Senate. He served as Special Advisor and Special Counsel to President Carter, 1980-81. Under President Bill Clinton, Moses was U.S. Ambassador to Romania, 1994-97, and Special Presidential Emissary for the Cyprus problem 1999-2001. In 2002 he was awarded Romania's Marc Cruce Medal by the President of Romania, the highest category awarded by Romania and the only American to have been so honored.

Moses has published numerous articles on Central European and Middle East issues in "The New York Times", "International Herald Tribune", "The Washington Post", "Christian Science Monitor" and other publications.

Alfred Moses has been active in religious life and has served as President of the American Jewish Committee.

External links

* [http://www.cov.com/lawyers/amoses/biography.html Biography of Alfred H. Moses] on Covington & Burling site.
* [http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nl/content3.asp?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=873557&ct=1126715 What Being Jewish Means to Me] by Alfred Moses, reprinted from New York Times by the American Jewish Committee.


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