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''. May 27, 2001. Retrieved on August 5, 2014. He is currently employed by

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, directing the McKinnon Center for Global Affairs and serving as a Chevalier Professor of Diplomacy and World Affairs.

Life and career

Shearer was born in

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on December 5, 1946. He received a

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from

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the w ...

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. Retrieved on August 5, 2014. His roommate at Yale was

Strobe Talbott Nelson Strobridge Talbott III (born April 25, 1946) is an American foreign policy analyst focused on Russia. He was associated with '' Time'' magazine, and a diplomat who served as the Deputy Secretary of State from 1994 to 2001. He was presiden ...

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''. Retrieved on August 6, 2014. Shearer received a

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from the Union Graduate School. Shearer held his ambassador post from 1994 through 1997, and before that served in the

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. He had co-written the book ''

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''. May 22, 1999. Retrieved on August 5, 2014. He is the son of gossip columnist

Lloyd Shearer Lloyd "Skip" Shearer (December 20, 1916 – May 27, 2001Wadler, Joyce." ''The New York Times''. May 27, 2001. Retrieved on August 5, 2014.) was an American celebrity gossip columnist. From 1958 to 1991, he wrote "Walter Scott's Personality Parade" ...

. He has a younger brother, Cody, and a sister,

Brooke Brooke may refer to: People * Brooke (given name) * Brooke (surname) * Brooke baronets, families of baronets with the surname Brooke Places * Brooke, Norfolk, England * Brooke, Rutland, England * Brooke, Virginia, US * Brooke's Point, Palawan ...

. The parents of his father had immigrated from

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.Woo, Elaine.
Lloyd Shearer; Leader of the 'Personality Parade'
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''. May 26, 2001. Retrieved on August 5, 2014. Also printed in:
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''. May 28, 2001. His roommate Talbott married his sister Brooke. Shearer was married to Ruth Yannatta Goldway, who had served as the mayor of

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. As of 2009, Derek Shearer lives in the Pacific Palisades community of

with his wife, Sue Toigo, a

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shearer, Derek 1946 births Living people Occidental College faculty Ambassadors of the United States to Finland Yale University alumni American people of Austrian descent Union Institute & University alumni