Irving Florman (1892, Poland - May 9, 1981, Manhattan) was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia by President Harry Truman. His appointment was based on what was considered “unorthodox” qualifications because he “had been a Manhattan inventor (cigarette lighters, mine detectors), and a sometime Broadway lyric-writer (Chauve-Souris, 1943).”
He served as Ambassador from November 1949 until September 1951, when he resigned for health reasons.
Prior to being his ambassadorship, he worked as a research and mechanical engineer, an inventor and a Broadway producer and songwriter. It's been reported he was “an associate of ... Morris Gest ... and had a long friendship with the producer David Belasco.
A resident of Manhattan at the time of his death, he died at Roosevelt-St. Luke's Hospital.
References
- "Florman, Irving, b. 1892". Harry S. Truman Library & Museum. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Irving Florman, Envoy To Bolivia for Truman". The New York Times. May 11, 1981. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- "BOLIVIA : Idea Man Florman and Chewing Gum". No. November 6, 1950. Time Magazine. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
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