Jean daniel amstutz biography
Daniel Gordon Amstutz (November 8, – March 20, ) was an American government official and business executive who played a prominent role during....
Dan Amstutz
American government official and business executive
Daniel Gordon Amstutz (November 8, 1932 – March 20, 2006) was an American government official and business executive who played a prominent role during negotiation of the Uruguay Round of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade rules on agriculture, and in the U.S.
occupation of Iraq.
He was born in Orrville on April 22, , the son of Arlin G. and Norma Jean (Pollock) Amstutz, and graduated from Orrville High School in
Early life and education
Amstutz was born November 8, 1932, in Cleveland, Ohio. Amstutz was raised in Pennsylvania before the family relocated to Columbus, Ohio in 1946, where he graduated from Columbus North High School in 1950 and the Ohio State University in 1954.
At Ohio State, Amstutz was president of the Student Senate and on the Student court, as well as being President of the Iota Chapter of the Chi Phi Fraternity.[1]
Career
After graduating from Ohio State University in 1954, Amstutz joined Cargill, where he began in grain trading, eventually heading the wheat desk.
He played a lead role in establishing Car