Alan Larson

Alan Larson
Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs
In office November 24, 1999 – February 25, 2005
President	Bill Clinton and George W. Bush
Preceded by	Stuart E. Eizenstat
Succeeded by	Josette Sheeran
10th United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
In office June 28, 1990 – June 23, 1993
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Denis Lamb
Succeeded by	David L. Aaron
Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
In office 1996–1999
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Daniel Tarullo
Succeeded by	Earl Anthony Wayne
Personal details
Born	(1949-07-19) July 19, 1949 (age 74) Osage, Iowa
Spouse	Nancy Naden Larson
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Iowa (BA, political science, '71; MA, economics, '78; Ph.D., economics, '82) Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Awards	United States Career Ambassador (2004) Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award, Department of State (2005)

Alan Philip Larson (born July 19, 1949) is a diplomat and a former United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 1990–93.^[1] From 1996 to 1999, he served as U.S. Department of State Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs. In 1999 to 2005, he also served as US Undersecretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs, OECD. He is a United States Career Ambassador, and a recipient of the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award.

Larson currently serves as the Senior International Policy Advisor for Covington & Burling.