Derek Shearer

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Derek Shearer
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Shearer speaks at in 2016
United States Ambassador to Finland
In office
July 1, 1994 – October 31, 1997
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byJohn Hubert Kelly
Succeeded byEric S. Edelman
Personal details
Born
Derek Shearer
Spouse(s)Sue Toigo
ResidencePacific Palisades, Los Angeles
EducationYale University (BA)
Union Graduate School (Ph.D)

Derek Shearer is the former United States Ambassador to Finland.[1] He is currently employed by Occidental College,[2] directing the McKinnon Center for Global Affairs and serving as a Chevalier Professor of Diplomacy and World Affairs.[3]

Life[]

He received a bachelor's degree from Yale University.[4] His roommate at Yale was Strobe Talbott.[5] Shearer received a doctoral degree from the Union Graduate School.[4]

Shearer held his ambassador post from 1994 through 1997, and before that served in the United States Department of Commerce.[4] He had co-written the book .[6]

He is the son of gossip columnist Lloyd Shearer. He has a younger brother, Cody, and a sister, Brooke.[1] The parents of his father had immigrated from Austria.[7] His roommate Talbott married his sister Brooke.[5] Shearer was married to Ruth Yannatta Goldway, who had served as the mayor of Santa Monica, California.[6]

As of 2009, Derek Shearer lives in the Pacific Palisades community of Los Angeles[5] with his wife, Sue Toigo, a financial consultant.[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Wadler, Joyce. "Lloyd Shearer, Longtime Celebrity Columnist, Dies at 84." The New York Times. May 27, 2001. Retrieved on August 5, 2014.
  2. ^ "Talk by Ambassador Derek Shearer on the Obama-Romney Presidential Campaign" (Archive). Pembroke College, Cambridge University. Retrieved on August 5, 2014.
  3. ^ "Ambassador Derek Shearer: Sports, Diplomacy and Soft Power - A Framework for Analysis" (Archive). John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Wednesday April 30, 2014.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Derek Shearer" (Archive). Occidental College. Retrieved on August 5, 2014.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Brooke Shearer dies at 58; former journalist, personal aide to Hillary Clinton." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on August 6, 2014.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Scott, A. O. "Cody Shearer" (Archive). Slate. May 22, 1999. Retrieved on August 5, 2014.
  7. ^ Woo, Elaine. "Lloyd Shearer; Leader of the 'Personality Parade'" (Obituaries). Los Angeles Times. May 26, 2001. Retrieved on August 5, 2014. Also printed in: "Lloyd Shearer, Wrote `Personality Parade'" In: Sun Sentinel. May 28, 2001.

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
John Hubert Kelly 		United States Ambassador to Finland
1994–1997 		Succeeded by
Eric S. Edelman
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