Daniel kurtzer biography

American diplomat

Daniel Charles Kurtzer (born June 1949) is an American former diplomat. He served as U.S. ambassador to Egypt during the term of President Bill Clinton, and was the U.S.

ambassador to Israel from 2001 to 2005 during the term of President George W Bush.

Biography

Daniel Charles Kurtzer was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey to Nathan and Sylvia Kurtzer.^[1] He received his PhD from Columbia University, and served as the dean of his alma mater, Yeshiva College.^[2]

Family

Daniel Kurtzer is married to Sheila Kurtzer and has three children and eight grandchildren.

One of his sons is the American Jewish public intellectual Yehuda Kurtzer.^[3]

Publications

Kurtzer is the co-author of Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace: American Leadership in the middle east; co-author of The Peace Puzzle: America's quest for Arab Israeli peace, 1989–2011; and editor of Pathways To Peace: America and The Arab-Israeli