Leo R. Sack
United States Minister to Costa Rica
In office
October 16, 1933 – January 10, 1937
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byCharles C. Eberhardt
Succeeded byWilliam H. Hornibrook
Personal details
Born(1889-07-09)July 9, 1889
Tupelo, Mississippi
DiedApril 16, 1956(1956-04-16) (aged 66)
Los Angeles, California
SpouseRegina
Children1
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/serviceUnited States Army Air Service
Rank Major
Battles/warsWorld War I

Leo R. Sack (July 9, 1889 – April 15, 1956) was an American journalist and diplomat who served as ambassador to Costa Rica from 1933 to 1937.[1][2]

Sack, from Mississippi, attended the University of Missouri, and later served in World War I in the United States Army Air Service.[3] He was a journalist, both in the South and in Washington, D.C.[4]

Sack served in the United States Diplomatic Service from September 1933 until he resigned his post in order to associate with Schenley.[5][3] In 1934, during Costa Rica's Great Banana Strike, the United Fruit Company attempted to secure Sack's help in requesting United States intervention in Costa Rica to end the strike. Sack refused as he was not in favour of meddling in the affairs of other sovereign nations, and also didn't believe President Roosevelt would be in favour of such action, citing the Good Neighbor Policy.[6] After his resignation, Edward Albright was appointed to replace him;[7] but after Albright's death, William H. Hornibrook ultimately became the new minister. Later, he started a public relations firm.[1]

He died in 1956 from a kidney ailment; his wife and his daughter survived him.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "LEO R. SACK, SERVED AS U.S. MINISTER, 66". The New York Times. April 17, 1956. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  2. ↑ "1933 - Principals and Chiefs Chronological Listing - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  3. 1 2 "WITH DISTILLING FIRM". The New York Times. March 19, 1937. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Envoy to Costa Rica in Colon". The New York Times. October 7, 1933. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  5. ↑ American Hebrew and Jewish Tribune. American Hebrew. 1937. p. 1061.
  6. ↑ Molina, Iván; Palmer, Steven (2004). The Costa Rica Reader. Duke University Press. pp. 128–131. ISBN 978-0-8223-3372-2.
  7. ↑ "PRESIDENT SHIFTS FIVE U. S. ENVOYS; Announces First of Series of Transfers in Nominations to Senate for Confirmation". The New York Times. March 30, 1937. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
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