Gordon Zacks

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American businessman, author and presidential adviser, an expert on the Middle East and staunch advocate of Israel, who served as an adviser to George H. W. Bush in several capacities. From 1987 to 1988, he served as National Chairman of the Bush for President National Jewish Campaign Committee and Co-Chairman of the Bush for President National Finance Committee, he was Vice-Chairman of the Bush/Quayle National Finance Committee and Co-Chairman of the Middle East Policy Task Force, from 1991 to 1992 he served as Chairman of the US and Foreign Commercial Service Advisory Committee, he served on the President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiation for thirteen years, and he served on the George Bush Presidential Library Board of Trustees. Zacks is the author of Defining Moments: Stories of Character, Courage, and Leadership, a collection of essays on leadership, published in 2006 by Beaufort Books. During the last month of his life, Gordon Zacks authored a second book, Redefining Moments, which was scheduled to be published in 2014. In December 2013, doctors discovered that the prostate cancer that Zacks had suffered from for five years had spread to his liver. Zacks died at his home on 1 February 2014, aged 80. Link to Wikipedia biography