Richard Holbrooke fact box
Age: 67
Birthplace: New York
Education: B.A., Brown University, 1962; graduate study at Princeton University
Career highlights: U.N. ambassador, 1999-2001; chief U.S. negotiator for 1995 Dayton peace accord for Bosnia-Herzegovina
Sources: Tribune archives; U.S. government
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