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Irving Salomon
1897-1979

Honored by: Robert Lerner

An industrialist, diplomat, philanthropist and rancher in Valley Center, Col. Irving Salomon served the United Nations over many years in many roles, including an appointment as a member of the U.S. Delegation to the General Assembly.  
It was in the latter capacity that Ambassador Salomon and Mrs. Cecile Salomon hosted U.N. dignitaries, motion picture celebrities and world leaders.  Among this group was Eleanor Roosevelt, Golda Meir, and Dwight Eisenhower.
     
In 1972, he was honored by Pope Paul VI for distinguished and notable achievements.  It marked the first time that a Pope had conferred Knighthood on a layman of the Jewish faith.
     
 In Valley Center, Col. Salomon bred prize-winning Herefords, Hampshires and quarter horses on his historic 2,000-acre ranch.  Until his death, he traveled worldwide as a United Nations representative and as a U.S. State Department emissary on missions to Moscow, Asia and Africa.
—Robert Lerner, Valley Center, July 21, 2005