American diplomat
Shearer (c. 1994 )
Derek Shearer (born December 5, 1946) is an American former diplomat who served as the 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 and career
Shearer was born in Los Angeles on December 5, 1946.[ 4] He received a bachelor's degree from Yale University .[ 5] His roommate at Yale was Strobe Talbott .[ 6] Shearer received a doctoral degree from the Union Graduate School .[ 5]
Shearer held his ambassador post from 1994 through 1997, and before that served in the United States Department of Commerce .[ 5] He had co-written the book Economic Democracy .[ 7]
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 .[ 8] His roommate Talbott married his sister Brooke.[ 6] Shearer was married to Ruth Yannatta Goldway, who had served as the mayor of Santa Monica, California .[ 7]
As of 2009, Derek Shearer lives in the Pacific Palisades community of Los Angeles [ 6] with his wife, Sue Toigo, a financial consultant .[citation needed ]
References
^ a b Wadler, Joyce. "Lloyd Shearer, Longtime Celebrity Columnist, Dies at 84 ." The New York Times . May 27, 2001. Retrieved on August 5, 2014.
^ "Talk by Ambassador Derek Shearer on the Obama-Romney Presidential Campaign " (Archive ). Pembroke College , Cambridge University . Retrieved on August 5, 2014.
^ "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.
^ "President Clinton Names Derek Shearer to be Ambassador to Finland" . Clinton White House . Retrieved 22 September 2022 .
^ a b c "Derek Shearer " (Archive ). Occidental College . Retrieved on August 5, 2014.
^ a b c "Brooke Shearer dies at 58; former journalist, personal aide to Hillary Clinton ." Los Angeles Times . Retrieved on August 6, 2014.
^ a b Scott, A. O. "Cody Shearer " (Archive ). Slate . May 22, 1999. Retrieved on August 5, 2014.
^ 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' Archived 2014-08-11 at the Wayback Machine " In: Sun Sentinel . May 28, 2001.
External links
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