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.Royal Society of Arts website
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Education and early career

Streator attended

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, graduating in 1952 with a bachelor's degree. He served four years as a lieutenant in the

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. Streator served as a career

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officer, starting in 1956, with postings in

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(1958–1960),

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(1960–1962), Bureau of Intelligence and Research (1962–1964), and as staff assistant to the

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(1964–1966). Thereafter, he served at the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Paris. Returning to Washington, he was Director of NATO affairs at the Department of State, and then became Deputy United States Permanent Representative to NATO in Brussels. Afterwards, he became Deputy Chief of Mission in London from 1977-1984. Streator was a member of the Founding Council of the

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Ambassador to OECD

Streator served as the United States ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.American Enterprise Institute website New Atlantic Initiative page
Last accessed July 1, 2010. He was nominated by President Ronald Reagan for that position on July 28, 1984.

Personal life

In 1957, Streator married Priscilla Kenney, the daughter of W. John Kenney, former

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of the

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under President

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, at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, popularly known as the

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. They had three children, who in 1981 donated to St. John's Church Lafayette Square a

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in his honor.Richard F. Grimmett, ''St. John's Church, Lafayette Square: The History and Heritage of the Church of the Presidents, Washington, DC'' (Hillcrest Publishing Group, 2009) . Found a
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Accessed June 29, 2010. His daughter Elinor had a society wedding in 1986. A lifelong Episcopalian, he served as a member of the

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to St. John's Episcopal Church.

In retirement

Streator served on several prestigious civic boards after his service as a diplomat. From 1988 - 1993, he was President of the American Chamber of Commerce (U.K.) in London. He also was on the board of overseers of the Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations at

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.Seton Hall University website Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations board of overseers page
Accessed June 29, 2010. He was founding chairman of the

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, "a network of policy institutes and individuals," which is affiliated with the

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. He was a member of the Founding Council of the

and the

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. Among other boards on which he served were: the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the Royal United Services Institute, the European Council of American Chambers of Commerce, the Development Board of the National Gallery of Art in London, the International Foundation of the British Museum of Natural History, and the American Hospital in Paris. He remained President of the Train Foundation in New York that awards an annual prize for civil courage. After his diplomatic service, Streator retired to Condom, France, where, according to the ''New York Times'', he lived in "a magnificently restored country house a few miles outside town.".Craig R. Whitney, "Condom Journal: What's in a Name? Oddly, City Conceives Museum," ''New York Times'', September 7, 1996. Found a
''New York Times'' archives
Accessed June 29, 2010.

References

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Education and early career

Ambassador to OECD

Personal life

In retirement

See also

References