Herbert Eugene Horowitz (born July 10, 1930 – March 2, 2019)[1][2] was a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, American Ambassador to The Gambia from 1986 to 1989,[3][4] consul general in Sydney, Australia from 1981 to 1984,[5] and deputy chief of mission at the Embassy in Beijing, China from 1984 to 1986.

[1] Horowitz grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn and graduated from Boys High School (Brooklyn).

He attended Alfred University for two years before transferring to Brooklyn College[1] (B.A., 1952).

[3] Horowitz joined the Foreign Service in 1956 and was assigned as economic officer at the Embassy in Taipei, Taiwan.

[5] A resident of Washington, DC, Horowitz was visiting his son in California when he died of a stroke in California.