Wat Tyler Cluverius IV (December 4, 1934 – February 14, 2010) was an American diplomat with a focus on the

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. Cluverius was born in

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and grew up in

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

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. Cluverius married the former Leah Konstabler. Cluverius was a veteran of the

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, serving from 1957 to 1962. He received a master's degree from

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in 1967. He was a fourth-generation member of the navy, and his daughter, Charlotte Cluverius, is a naval officer. Cluverius joined the

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in the 1967. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain from 1976 to 1978. He also served as a deputy assistant secretary of state during the

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. According to then U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz, Cluverius was "a man to whom

King Hussein Hussein bin Talal ( ar, الحسين بن طلال, ''Al-Ḥusayn ibn Ṭalāl''; 14 November 1935 – 7 February 1999) was King of Jordan from 11 August 1952 until his death in 1999. As a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family o ...

talked easily and whom we therefore sent to

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at critical times." He also served as Consul General in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

from 1983 to 1985. From 1988 to 1998, he served as Director-General of the

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. From 2002 to 2007, he was the president and chief executive officer of the Cleveland Council on World Affairs. Cluverius was survived by his wife, Leah, son, Wat T. Cluverius V, daughter Charlotte, and two stepsons.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cluverius, Wat T. 1934 births 2010 deaths Ambassadors of the United States to Bahrain People from Chicago People from Arlington, Massachusetts People from Shaker Heights, Ohio Indiana University Bloomington alumni Military personnel from Massachusetts United States Foreign Service personnel 20th-century American diplomats