Derek Shearer (born December 5, 1946) is an American former diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Finland.Wadler, Joyce. "Lloyd Shearer, Longtime Celebrity Columnist, Dies at 84." The New York Times. May 27, 2001. Retrieved on August 5, 2014. He is currently employed by Occidental College,"Talk by Ambassador Derek Shearer on the Obama-Romney Presidential Campaign" (Archive). Pembroke College, Cambridge University. Retrieved on August 5, 2014. directing the McKinnon Center for Global Affairs and serving as a Chevalier Professor of Diplomacy and World Affairs."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.
Life and career Shearer was born in Los Angeles on December 5, 1946. He received a bachelor's degree from Yale University."Derek Shearer" (Archive). Occidental College. Retrieved on August 5, 2014. His roommate at Yale was Strobe Talbott."Brooke Shearer dies at 58; former journalist, personal aide to Hillary Clinton." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on August 6, 2014. Shearer received a doctoral degree from the Union Graduate School.
Shearer co-authored the 1981 book Economic Democracy: The Challenge of the 1980's with Martin Carnoy.Scott, A. O. "Cody Shearer" (Archive). Slate. May 22, 1999. Retrieved on August 5, 2014.
Shearer held his ambassador post from 1994 through 1997, and before that served in the United States Department of Commerce.
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.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. 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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