Richard Holbrooke fact box

Jan. 23, 2009 12 AM PT

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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