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Burton Levin
Right, 1987
United States Ambassador to Burma
In office April 7, 1987 – September 30, 1990
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Daniel Anthony O'Donohue
Succeeded by	Derek Mitchell
Personal details
Born	(1930-09-28)September 28, 1930 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	October 31, 2016(2016-10-31) (aged 86) Sherborn, Massachusetts, U.S.
Spouse	Lily Lee Levin
Education	Brooklyn College (BA) Columbia University (MA)
No ambassador was appointed to replace Levin. The U.S. was represented by a succession of chargés d’affaires.

Burton Levin (September 28, 1930 – October 31, 2016) was an American diplomat.

Life

He was born in New York City. He earned his BA in 1952 from Brooklyn College, and his MA in International Affairs at Columbia University and went on to work in the Foreign Service. Levin served as Director of Mission in Thailand, Consul General in Hong Kong and was the United States Ambassador to Burma from 1987 to 1990.

Levin was a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University, and a visiting scholar at Harvard University. After retiring from the Foreign Service, he became the head of the Hong Kong office of The Asia Society.

He also sat on the board of directors for the Mansfield Foundation, the China Fund and the Noble Group.

He died in Massachusetts on October 31, 2016.

External links

• PBS interview with Levin
• "Burma". U.S. Department of State. November 17, 2002.