Linowitz, Sol (Myron) (1913–2005)

US lawyer and diplomat. He was the general counsel and chair of the board for Xerox Corporation (1958–66) and chief executive officer of Xerox International from 1966. He was the US ambassador to the Organization of American States (1966–69), then became a senior partner with the international law firm of Coudert Brothers (1969–77). He was a conegotiator for the Panama Canal Treaties (1977–78) and President Jimmy Carter's personal ambassador during the Middle East negotiations (1979–81). He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998.

Linowitz was born in Trenton, New Jersey. He graduated from Cornell Law School in 1938 and worked for the Office of Price Administration (1942–44) before entering private practice. He wrote a memoir, The Making of a Public Man (1985).