Derek Shearer




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]


Derek 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 Economic Democracy.[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] Derek Shearer was married 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 current wife, Sue Toigo, a financial consultant.[citation needed]



References





  1. ^ ab 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. ^ abc "Derek Shearer" (Archive). Occidental College. Retrieved on August 5, 2014.


  5. ^ abc "Brooke Shearer dies at 58; former journalist, personal aide to Hillary Clinton." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on August 6, 2014.


  6. ^ ab 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.




External links



  • Appearances on C-SPAN








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







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