Tom Korologos
 Tom Korologos  (journalist, lobbyist, diplomat) | |
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| Born | 6 April 1933 |
| Died | 26 July 2024 (Age 91) |
| Alma mater | University of Utah, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism |
| Spouse | • Joy Goff Korologos • Ann McLaughlin Korologos |
Tom Chris Korologos was an American lobbyist, political advisor, and diplomat who was United States Ambassador to Belgium (2004-2007).[1]
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Early life, education
A second generation Greek American, Tom Korologos was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1933. He had family origins from Tyros, Arcadia, in Greece. His parents, Chris T. Korologos and Irene M. Kolendrianos, were both immigrants from Arcadia, which is located in the Peloponnese region, where they owned a tavern.
Korologos started out as a journalist with the Salt Lake Tribune, and later worked for the New York Herald Tribune, the Long Island Press, and the Associated Press. He was a US Air Force officer from 1956 to 1957. He earned his BA degree at the University of Utah] in 1956, and a Masters degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1958 where he received the Grantland Rice Fellowship and a Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship.
Political career
From 1962 to 1971 Korologos worked for US Senator Wallace F. Bennett of Utah. He served in the Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford presidential administrations from 1971 to 1975, and worked closely with Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush. He was co-founder of Timmons & Company, a Washington D.C. lobbying firm. He was involved in more than 300 US Senate confirmations including assisting Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, Vice President Gerald Ford, Supreme Court Justices: William Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, and nominee Robert Bork, as well as several cabinet secretaries, including: Henry Kissinger, Alexander Haig, and Donald Rumsfeld.[2]
Korologos had a wide and varied Washington D.C. experience. He served as a senior staff member in the US Congress, as an assistant to two presidents in the White House, was a prominent businessman, and most recently was a senior counselor with the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Baghdad. In addition, he was a long-time member of the US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy and a charter member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors that has jurisdiction over all non-military US Government radio and TV broadcasting overseas. He was a strategic advisor at DLA Piper in Washington D.C.
Board memberships
- The Choral Arts Society of Washington
- Meridian International Center
- The National Security Agency advisory board
- The Aspen Institute/Rockefeller Foundation Commission on Reform of the Appointment Process
- Layalina Broadcasting
Personal life and death
Tom Korologos was married to Joy Goff Korologos, who died from melanoma in 1997. The couple had three children, Paula, Ann, and Philip. Paula, one of their daughters, is an actress who goes professionally by Paula Cale. Korologos remarried to art collector Ann McLaughlin Korologos, who was United States Secretary of Labor in the Reagan administration and who served on the boards of several major companies. Tom Korologos was also a professional photographer who showcased his work at his second wife Ann's gallery in Basalt, Colorado.[3]
Tom C. Korologos died at his home in Washington D.C. on 26 July 2024, at the age of 91.
References
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