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John D. Ong

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John D. Ong
United States Ambassador to Norway
In office
February 27, 2002 – November 21, 2005
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byRobin Chandler Duke
Succeeded byBenson K. Whitney
Personal details
Born
John Doyle Ong

(1933-09-25) September 25, 1933 (age 91)
NationalityAmerican
SpouseMary Lee Ong
Children3

John Doyle Ong (born September 29, 1933) is an American business executive. He served as United States Ambassador to Norway from 2002 to 2005.

He graduated from Ohio State University with a bachelor's and master's degree before studying law at Harvard University. Since then, Ong has also received honorary doctorates from Ohio State University, Kent State University, the University of Akron, and South Dakota State University. A longtime employee of the B. F. Goodrich Company, Ong served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the company from 1979 to 1996. He retired in 1997 as chairman of the Board of Directors.[1] Ong is a trustee emeritus at Western Reserve Academy where the John D. Ong Library is named in his honor.

At the end of his ambassadorship in November 2005, Ong was given the Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit.[2]

References

  1. ^ "John Doyle Ong Biography". United States Department of State. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  2. ^ "John Doyle Ong" (PDF). Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved February 8, 2016.