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Listen: The Bluegrass & Old-Time ProgramAmbassador Bert Fish - DeLand, Florida.
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Portrait by Underwood & Underwood, Washington.
Biographical Note
Bert Fish, born in 1875, was a DeLand lawyer who was elected Volusia County school superintendent, county solicitor and judge of Volusia County Criminal Court of Record. He was appointed minister to Egypt for eight years by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, opened diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia, and died in Portugal in 1943 while serving as U.S. Minister to that country. He was later recognized as a "Great Floridian" with a commemorative plaque for significant contributions to the history and culture of Florida.
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