Aldona Wos
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Aldona Zofia Wos was the United States
Ambassador
to Estonia
until early December 2006. She was the fifth ambassador to Estonia since that country regained independence in 1991. She is a member of the American College of Physicians
, the American Women's Medical Association, the American College of Chest Physicians
, the Medical Society of the State of New York, the North Carolina Medical Society, and the Greater Greensboro Society of Medicine. She is an avid Republican
fund-raiser, she was appointed to the North Carolina State Chair of Women for Senator Elizabeth Dole
, and the North Carolina Finance Co-Chair for the 2004 Bush-Cheney
presidential campaign.
She was born in Warsaw
, Poland
. Wos has a medical degree from Warsaw Medical Academy. She is the daughter of Paul Zenon Wos, a Flossenbürg concentration camp
survivor.
On December 1, 2006 the online site of the local Estonian daily "Postimees" proclaimed that Wos would on December 4 with great probability announce her leaving her post as ambassador,
which she did. The very next day, the U.S. Embassy in Estonia announced that her successor would become Stanley Davis Phillips. He was sworn in on April 16, 2007.
As a physician, Wos prided herself on her work in the field of informing and preventing HIV and AIDS. Though, her largest accomplishment as ambassador to Estonia was being part in organizing the state visit of president George W. Bush to Estonia, which took place on 27th and 28 November 2006.
United States
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Ambassador
Ambassadors from the United States
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to Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
until early December 2006. She was the fifth ambassador to Estonia since that country regained independence in 1991. She is a member of the American College of Physicians
American College of Physicians
The American College of Physicians is a national organization of doctors of internal medicine —physicians who specialize in the prevention, detection, and treatment of illnesses in adults. With 130,000 members, ACP is the largest medical-specialty organization and second-largest physician group in...
, the American Women's Medical Association, the American College of Chest Physicians
American College of Chest Physicians
The American College of Chest Physicians is a medical organization in the United States consisting of physicians and non-physician specialists in the field of chest medicine, which includes pulmonology, thoracic surgery, and critical care medicine....
, the Medical Society of the State of New York, the North Carolina Medical Society, and the Greater Greensboro Society of Medicine. She is an avid Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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fund-raiser, she was appointed to the North Carolina State Chair of Women for Senator Elizabeth Dole
Elizabeth Dole
Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford "Liddy" Dole is an American politician who served in both the Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush presidential administrations, as well as a United States Senator....
, and the North Carolina Finance Co-Chair for the 2004 Bush-Cheney
George W. Bush presidential campaign, 2004
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presidential campaign.
She was born in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. Wos has a medical degree from Warsaw Medical Academy. She is the daughter of Paul Zenon Wos, a Flossenbürg concentration camp
Flossenbürg concentration camp
Konzentrationslager Flossenbürg was a Nazi concentration camp built in May 1938 by the Schutzstaffel Economic-Administrative Main Office at Flossenbürg, in the Oberpfalz region of Bavaria, Germany, near the border with Czechoslovakia. Until its liberation in April 1945, more than 96,000 prisoners...
survivor.
On December 1, 2006 the online site of the local Estonian daily "Postimees" proclaimed that Wos would on December 4 with great probability announce her leaving her post as ambassador,
which she did. The very next day, the U.S. Embassy in Estonia announced that her successor would become Stanley Davis Phillips. He was sworn in on April 16, 2007.
As a physician, Wos prided herself on her work in the field of informing and preventing HIV and AIDS. Though, her largest accomplishment as ambassador to Estonia was being part in organizing the state visit of president George W. Bush to Estonia, which took place on 27th and 28 November 2006.
External links
- Ambassador Wos – US Embassy in Estonia bio on Wos