Walter Curley
Walter Curley | |
|---|---|
 Curley in 1973 | |
| 57th United States Ambassador to France | |
| In office July 6, 1989 – February 11, 1993 | |
| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Joe M. Rodgers |
| Succeeded by | Pamela Harriman |
| United States Ambassador to Ireland | |
| In office September 18, 1975 – May 2, 1977 | |
| President | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | John D. J. Moore |
| Succeeded by | William V. Shannon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 17, 1922 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | June 2, 2016 (aged 93) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse | Mary Taylor Walton |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Yale University Harvard University |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States |
| Branch/service | File:Flag of the United States Marine Corps.svg United States Marine Corps |
| Rank | File:US Marine O3 shoulderboard.svg Captain |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
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Walter Joseph Patrick Curley Jr. (September 17, 1922 – June 2, 2016) was the 57th United States Ambassador to France from 1989 to 1993, and the United States Ambassador to Ireland from 1975 to 1977.[1][2] Curley was New York City's Commissioner of Public Events and Chief of Protocol from 1973 to 1974, during the administrations of John Lindsay and Abraham Beame.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]He wrote two books on royalty, Vanishing Kingdoms, and Monarchs in Waiting, as well as two memoirs, Letters from the Pacific: 1943–1946, and Almost a Century: An American Life East and West of Suez. Curley was a graduate of Phillips Academy, Yale University and Harvard Business School. Curley was in the Marine Corps during World War II, serving from 1943 to 1946, seeing combat on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He was a captain and was decorated with a Bronze star. Curley died in New York City.[4][5]
His nomination as United States Ambassador to France was controversial as he was one of several made by Bush of long-time financial backers and financial supporters including Peter F. Secchia (Ambassador of Italy), Joseph Zappala (Ambassador of Spain), Mel Sembler (Ambassador of Australia), Frederic Bush Morris (Ambassador of Luxembourg), and Joy Silverman (Ambassador of Barbados).[6]
Works
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References
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External links
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- Walter J. P. Curley Papers (MS 2009). Manuscripts and Archives. Yale University Library.
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- 1922 births
- 2016 deaths
- Writers from Pittsburgh
- Writers from New York City
- Yale University alumni
- Ambassadors of the United States to France
- Ambassadors of the United States to Ireland
- American male writers
- Harvard Business School alumni
- Phillips Academy alumni
- United States Marine Corps officers
- United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II
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