Charles A. Heimbold Jr. (born May 27, 1933) is an American businessman and diplomat, who was Chairman and
CEO
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of
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
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, and as
U.S. Ambassador to Sweden
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. His son is American musician
Pete Francis Heimbold
Pete Francis Heimbold (August 1, 1975) is a founding member of the alternative roots band Dispatch. Since departing the group in 2019, he has established himself as a producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, mental health advocate, and edu ...
, of
Dispatch fame.
Biography
He is an honors graduate of
Villanova University, having graduated in 1954, and of the
University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1960, where he was a member of the ''
University of Pennsylvania Law Review''. He also received a Master of Laws degree from
New York University and completed a program at
The Hague Academy of International Law in the summer of 1959.
Heimbold served as Chairman and
CEO
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...
of
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
The Bristol Myers Squibb Company (BMS) is an American multinational pharmaceutical company. Headquartered in New York City, BMS is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies and consistently ranks on the ''Fortune'' 500 list of the lar ...
.
Heimbold was nominated by
President George W. Bush
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as
U.S. Ambassador to Sweden
The United States Ambassador to Sweden ( sv, Förenta Staternas ambassadör i Sverige) serves as the official diplomatic representative of the President of the United States, President and the Government of the United States of America to the Mona ...
on April 13, 2001. He was confirmed by the
U.S. Senate on August 1, and sworn in on September 12 in New York City. Heimbold presented his credentials to
King Carl XVI Gustaf in
Stockholm
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on September 26, 2001.
His son is American musician
Pete Francis Heimbold
Pete Francis Heimbold (August 1, 1975) is a founding member of the alternative roots band Dispatch. Since departing the group in 2019, he has established himself as a producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, mental health advocate, and edu ...
, of
Dispatch fame.
Charles ("Chuck") W. Mooney Jr. is the Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. Professor of Law at the
University of Pennsylvania Law School.
References
Sources
Charles A. Heimbold, Jr., Former U.S. Ambassador to Sweden
Ambassadors of the United States to Sweden
Villanova University alumni
New York University alumni
Living people
1933 births
University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni
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