Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr.
Ignacio Eugenio Lozano, Jr. (born January 15, 1927)[1] is a former United States Ambassador to El Salvador. He was appointed to the ambassadorship by President Gerald Ford in 1976.,[2][3]He resigned the post following the assumption of the presidency by Jimmy Carter.[2]
Lozano was born in San Antonio, Texas to Mexican immigrants Ignacio E. Lozano, Sr. and Alicia Elizondo Lozano.[2] He studied journalism at Notre Dame University.[2]
From 1953, he was the publisher and editor of La Opinión, a Spanish language newspaper based in Los Angeles that his father founded in 1926.,[2][4]
He married Arizona-born Marta, who was studying literature at UCLA and was also Mexican American.[2] They had four children:
- Leticia Lozano (worked for La Opinión from 1976–1984[4]
- José Ignacio Lozano (became publisher of La Opinión in 1986;[5] since 2004 vice chairman of its parent company, Impremedia LLC),[4][6]
- Monica C. Lozano (current publisher of La Opinión)
- Francisco Lozano (corporate director of magazines, Impremedia LLC)[7]
In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson appointed Lozano as a consultant to the United States Department of State.[8] He also served on the California advisory committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights.[8]
Lozano held directorships at Bank of America, Walt Disney Company, Pacific Life, and Sempra Energy, and is a member of the Council of American Ambassadors.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Amy L. Unterburger; Jane L. Delgado. Who's who among Hispanic Americans. Vol. 3. Gale Research; August 1994 [cited December 12, 2011]. ISBN 978-0-8103-8550-4. p. 463.
- ^ a b c d e f Interview of Monica Lozano by Shirley Biagi, Washington Press Club Foundation, December 13, 1993
- ^ a b "Council of American Ambassadors > Members > Ignacio E. Lozano Jr.". americanambassadors.org. 2004 [last update]. http://www.americanambassadors.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Members.view&memberid=128. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ^ a b c History of La Opinión: A Family Legacy
- ^ Ramos, George (September 17, 1986). "Los Angeles County". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1986-09-17/business/fi-10416_1_la-opinion. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ^ Ballve, Marcello: "Newspaper War: Spanish-Language Press Battles for Booming Audience", Pacific News Service via La Prensa San Diego, January 30, 2004
- ^ "ImpreMedia promotes Francisco Lozano to corporate director, Magazines," February 15, 2007
- ^ a b Meier, Matt S. and Margo Gutiérrez: The Mexican American Experience: An Encyclopedia, Greenwood Publishing Group 2003, ISBN 978-0-313-31643-2
