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{{Infobox person
| name        = Sol Linowitz
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| birth_date  = December 7, 1913
| birth_place = Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
| death_date  =  {{Death date and age|2005|03|18|1913|12|07}} 
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| nationality = United States
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| known_for   = Negotiating the Panama Canal Treaty
| occupation  = Diplomat and patent lawyer
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'''Sol Myron Linowitz''' (December 7, 1913 – March 18, 2005) was an American [[diplomat]], [[lawyer]],<ref>[http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/resources/legends_in_the_law/linowitz.cfm Legends in the Law: Sol Linowitz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204090304/http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/resources/legends_in_the_law/linowitz.cfm |date=2012-02-04 }}.</ref> and [[businessman]] born in [[Trenton, NJ]].<ref>Joe Holley, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47416-2005Mar18.html Former Diplomat Sol Linowitz, 91, Dies], ''[[Washington Post]]'', 18 March 2005.</ref>

He was a graduate of [[Trenton Central High School]], [[Hamilton College (New York)|Hamilton College]] and [[Cornell Law School]]. Early in his law career, he helped [[Xerox]] get [[patent]]s on [[office copier]] [[invention]]s.

Linowitz helped negotiate the return of the [[Panama Canal]] to [[Panama]] under the direction of President [[Jimmy Carter]].  Besides being a career diplomat, lawyer, and one time chairman of [[Xerox]], he wrote two books, "The Making of a Public Man: A Memoir", and "The Betrayed Profession".
 
He received the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]. He served on the [[Cornell University]] Board of Trustees.
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