President George W. Bush Profession Diplomat Education University of Utah Preceded by Mark Wylea Erwin Name John Price Political party Republican Party | President George W. Bush Role Diplomat Preceded by Mark Wylea Erwin Spouse Marcia Price (m. 1957) | |
Full Name Hans Joachim Praiss Children Three, Eight grandchildren | ||
Succeeded by Cesar Benito Cabrera | ||
John Price (born 1934 in Berlin, Germany) is an American diplomat. He served as United States Ambassador to Mauritius and the Seychelles. He is a member of the Council of American Ambassadors and CEO of JP Realty.
Biography
Price was born Hans Joachim Praiss to a Jewish family in Germany in 1933 and experienced Kristallnacht as a child. His family left Germany in April 1939, first for Panama and then the United States where they had relatives. He moved to Utah at the age of 18 and earned a B.A. at the University of Utah in 1956. In 1957, he founded J. Price Construction Co. and later, renamed JP Realty, Inc. In January 1994, the company filed an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.
He served as a trustee Administrator at the University of Utah from 1992 to 1999. He also has been an active supporter of George W. Bush. In 1957, he married Utah native Marcia Poulsen whom he met in college; they have three children.