Davis Eugene Boster (September 14, 1920 – July 7, 2005) was an American diplomat.

Early life

Boster was on September 14, 1920, in

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, United States. He graduated from

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. He served in the Navy during World War Two, both in the Atlantic and Pacific. In 1980, he retired from the Naval Reserve. He joined the foreign service in 1947.

Career

Boster was posted to the United States Embassy in Moscow in 1947. In 1951 he served as the United States liaison officer to the Soviet and Eastern European delegations at the Japanese Peace Conference in

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. He also served as the staff assistant to Secretary of State

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. From 1959 to 1962 he was the officer in charge of Soviet Union affairs in United States Embassy in Moscow. Boster was the head of U.S. Delegation to the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe that would found the

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in 1973 and 1974. It would also led to the signing of the

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. In 1974 he was appointed the first United States Ambassador to Bangladesh. He served in that position till 1976, after which he served as the United States Ambassador to

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. He retired in 1979 from the Foreign Service to work as the director of

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based radio station that used to broadcast in the

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. From 1984 to 1990 he worked as an independent consultant on diplomatic and intelligence affairs in the Washington D.C. area.

Personal life

Boster was married twice, first to Mary Shilts Boster with whom he had five children, and second to Constanza Gamero Boster with whom he had one daughter.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boster, Davis Eugene 1920 births 2005 deaths Ambassadors of the United States to Bangladesh Ambassadors of the United States to Guatemala United States Foreign Service personnel University of Mount Union alumni American expatriates in Mexico American expatriates in the Soviet Union American expatriates in Germany United States Navy personnel of World War II