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About John D. Ong
- John Doyle Ong (born September 29, 1933) is an American business executive.
- He served as United States Ambassador to Norway from 2002 to 2005. He graduated from Ohio State University with a bachelor's and master's degree before studying law at Harvard University.
- Since then, Ong has also received honorary doctorates from Ohio State University, Kent State University, the University of Akron, and South Dakota State University.
- A longtime employee of the B.
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- Goodrich Company, Ong served as chairman and chief executive officer of the company from 1979 to 1996.
- In 1984, President Reagan appointed Ong to the President’s Commission on Industrial Competitiveness, where he served as Co-Chair of its International Trade Committee.
- He retired in 1997 as chairman of the board of directors.
- Ong is a trustee emeritus at Western Reserve Academy where the John D.
- Ong Library is named in his honor. Ong has played a leadership role in a number of key organizations involved with education and business.
- He is a life Trustee of the University of Chicago and is a Trustee of Ohio State University, the Musical Arts Association of Cleveland, Ohio (Cleveland Orchestra), the Fort Ligonier Association and a Trustee Emeritus of Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio.
- Ong is a leading advocate for business involvement in civic and cultural activities, both nationally and in northeast Ohio.
- He is a former Chairman of the Business Roundtable, the National Alliance of Business, the Business Committee for the Arts, New American Schools, Inc., and the Ohio Business Roundtable.
- He was a member of The Business Council from 1989 until 2005.
- He is now a member of the Council of Retired Chief Executives and the Council of American Ambassadors.
- He has served as a Director of seven S&P 500 companies. At the end of his ambassadorship in November 2005, Ong was given the Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit.
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