Richard L. Baltimore III
| Residing In: | Al Azaiba Oman |
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| Spouse/Partner: | Eszter |
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| Occupation: | Former US Ambassador to Oman |
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| Children: | Krisztina, born 1995, Josephine, born 1997 Natalie, born 2000 and Vanessa, born 2007 |
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Richard L.'s Latest Interactions
Don, Happy Birthday from Oman. Thanks for helping keep us in touch with each other. Rick
Posted on: Dec 28, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Arlene,
Seasons Greetings and all my best on your special day. Richard
Posted on: Dec 22, 2024 at 3:15 AM
Andy,
Please accept my deepest condolences over your loss. Rick
Posted on: Aug 02, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Thank you, everyone, for your kind words. My efforts pale in comparison to what others have and continue to do. Unfortunately, Siversk, the front-line town whose population was reduced from 11,000 to around 160 during rocket and drone attacks, was seized by Russian troops on July 30, 2024. We have no news about the fate of the remaining inhabitants. We distributed aid there last November and this past June. A few of my Siversk photos are attached, along with a picture of a sea of flags in Kyiv's Maidan Square. Each flag represents a soldier who has given his life in defense of the country.
I have been working with ADRA (Seventh Day Adventist) relief services. Anyone wishing to help can make an online tax-deductible contribution to ADRA International's US office, requesting in the "comment" section that the funds be forwarded to their ADRA Hungary branch for the purpose of supporting their efforts in Ukraine.
Posted on: Jul 23, 2024 at 10:53 AM
God Bless you! Keep hugging the kids.
Posted on: Jul 22, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Last month at the end of June, I returned to Ukraine with some Hungarian and Ukrainian friends to distribute an additional four tons of humanitarian supplies. We drove a total of over 2700 miles from Budapest to a destroyed town within 2km of the front. The apartment building in the photo was still smoldering from a drone bombing the previous day. A highlight was playing with children in an orphanage in the western part of the country that President Zelensky’s wife helped establish.
Happy Birthday Dave, Hope we can get together again next time I am in Los Angeles. We are long overdue. Rick
Posted on: Dec 31, 2023 at 4:33 AM
Posted on: Dec 02, 2023 at 8:27 AM
Before celebrating 2023 Thanksgiving with a daughter in Budapest, I spent a week engaged in humanitarian work in the Ukraine, from Munkachevo in the west to Siversk in the east, a few miles from the front. (Siversk, once a town of 11,000 is now inhabited by around 200 townspeople who refused to evacuate when their town was obliterated by rockets and now rely on NGOs for support.) We distributed more than five tons of supplies throughout the country, including heaters for a center for handicapped children.
Following graduation from George Washington University and Harvard Law School, I entered the Foreign Service of the Department of State to begin a diplomatic career that included Portugal, South Africa, Zambia, Egypt, Hungary , Costa Rica, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. In DC, I was as a Special Assistant to Secretaries of State Cyrus Vance, Edmund Muskie, and Al Haig and later served as a senior political adviser to Ambassador Dick Holbrooke focussing on Bosnia-Herzegovina.
In October of 2002, Secretary of State Colin Powell swore me in as the U.S. Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman. Following the completion of my tour in Muscat, I established a Rule of Law Office within the U.S. Embassy in Kabul before returning to Oman as a private citizen.
My wife, Eszter, teaches at the Sultan Qaboos University. Our oldest daughter received her Doctorate at SUNY/Buffalo and now works at the Boston Medical Center, our second oldest graduated from Princeton and is working for a financial firm in Budapest, our third graduated from UCLA, got a Masters in Nonprofit leadership from Columbia and is working for Doctors Without Borders in NY.
Our youngest is in high school in Muscat.
Posted on: Dec 02, 2023 at 8:09 AM
Posted on: Dec 02, 2023 at 8:08 AM
Posted on: Dec 02, 2023 at 8:07 AM
Don, Happy Birthday from Oman. Thank you for everything you’ve done for the class.
Richard
Posted on: Jan 01, 2023 at 11:34 AM
Happy Birthday Richard. You always made me laugh in homeroom. ??
Posted on: Dec 31, 2022 at 4:33 AM
Hey Bernie, Hope you and your loved ones have a great time today, and every day. Warmest regards from the eastern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. Rick
Posted on: Jun 27, 2022 at 4:22 AM
Natalie, our third oldest daughter of four, graduated magna cum laude from UCLA in June and will start on a Masters at Columbia in the fall. To the right of me are Vanessza (who will start high school in August) Josephine (Princeton 19, working in Budapest), my wife Eszter, Natalie, and Krisztina (working on her doctorate in Buffalo)
Many happy returns of the day Dave. Hope your medical practice continues to flourish.
Rick
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