Sam Fox

Sam Fox, chairman and chief executive of the St. Louis-based equity management company Harbour Group Ltd., headed George W. Bush's re- election campaign in Missouri. He donated $50,000 to a group that questioned the combat heroism of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry in the 2004 election and was appointed ambassador to Belgium in a recess appointment in 2007. The appointment was announced a week after Bush withdrew Fox's nomination in the face of opposition organized by Kerry, who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.