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Derek Shearer (born December 5, 1946) is an American former diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Finland. He is currently employed by Occidental College, directing the McKinnon Center for Global Affairs and serving as a Chevalier Professor of Diplomacy and World Affairs.
Life and career
Shearer was born in Los Angeles on December 5, 1946. He received a bachelor's degree from Yale University. His roommate at Yale was Strobe Talbott. Shearer received a doctoral degree from the Union Graduate School.
Shearer held his ambassador post from 1994 through 1997, and before that served in the United States Department of Commerce. He had co-written the book Economic Democracy.
He is the son of gossip columnist Lloyd Shearer. He has a younger brother, Cody, and a sister, Brooke. The parents of his father had immigrated from Austria. His roommate Talbott married his sister Brooke. Shearer was married to Ruth Yannatta Goldway, who had served as the mayor of Santa Monica, California.
As of 2009, Derek Shearer lives in the Pacific Palisades community of Los Angeles with his wife, Sue Toigo, a financial consultant.
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Appearances on C-SPAN
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- Daftar Duta Besar Amerika Serikat untuk Finlandia
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- Daftar VJ MTV
- Blackburn Rovers F.C.
- Daftar juara sepak bola Inggris
- Rangers F.C.
- Academy Award untuk Tata Suara Terbaik
- James Clerk Maxwell
- Skuad Piala Dunia FIFA 1998
- Aaron Rochin
- Derek Shearer
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- Harry Shearer
- Derek Smalls
- Alan Shearer
- Brooke Shearer
- Spinal Tap (band)
- List of Occidental College people
- List of Yale University people
- UC Davis School of Law
