William Robert Timken Jr. (born December 21, 1938) is an American industrialist, businessman and former diplomat. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 2005–2008. He has served at The

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(which his great-grandfather

Henry Timken Henry Timken (August 16, 1831 in Bremen, Germany – March 16, 1909 in San Diego, California) was an inventor and businessman who founded the Timken Roller Bearing Company, later called the Timken Company. His family migrated to the United ...

founded) as chairman of the board of directors, president and CEO. Timken has been chairman of

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, The Manufacturing Institute and the Ohio Business Roundtable. He also served on the advisory council of the Stanford University School of Business and the U.S.-Japan Business Council. Timken is an honorary citizen of Colmar,

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. He attended Phillips Academy and received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University, where he was captain of the swim team. He earned his MBA from Harvard Business School. He is married with 6 children. He was recipient of the Gold Medallion Award from the

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in 2009. He is of German descent and was honored by the German-American Heritage Foundation of the USA in 2009. His great-grandfather was from Tarmstedt,

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, near the city of Bremen.

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Chiefs of Mission for Germany
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Timken, William Living people 1938 births American people of German descent Stanford University alumni Harvard Business School alumni Ambassadors of the United States to Germany Phillips Academy alumni Stanford University trustees 20th-century American businesspeople Henry Laurence Gantt Medal recipients

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