Background
Boster, Davis Eugene was born on September 14, 1920 in Rio Grande, Ohio, United States. Son of Ernest Gordon and Nelle (Davis) Boster.
Boster, Davis Eugene was born on September 14, 1920 in Rio Grande, Ohio, United States. Son of Ernest Gordon and Nelle (Davis) Boster.
AB, Mount Union College, 1942. Doctor of Laws, Mount Union College, 1977.
Newspaper reporter Canton Repository, 1939-1942. Political officer United States Embassy, Moscow, 1947-1949. Foreign affairs specialist United States Department State, 1949-1954.
Political officer United States Embassy, Bonn, Germany, 1954-1958. Staff assistant to secretary United States Department State, Washington, 1958-1959, officer in charge Soviet Union Political Affairs, 1959—1962, assigned to State Department Senior Seminar, 1962. Political officer United States Embassy, Mexico City, 1962-1963.
Special assistant secretary inter-American affairs United States Department State, Washington, 1964-1965, special assistant to under secretary economic affairs, 1965. Political counselor United States Embassy, Moscow, 1965-1967, department chief misson Kathmandu, Nepal, 1967-1970, Warsaw, 1970-1973. Head United States Delaware European Security Conference, Geneva, 1973-1974.
United States ambassador to Bangladesh United States Department State, 1974-1976, United States ambassador to Guatemala, 1976—1979. Director Radio Liberty, Munich, 1979-1980. International relations officer United States Department State, 1980-1981.
Career minister, 1977. Active in Japanese Peace Conference, San Francisco, 1951.
With United States Navy, 1942-1947, retired Commander United States Naval Reserve.
Married Mary Elizabeth Shilts, 1942 (divorced 1977), married Constanza Helena Gamero, 1978 (divorced 1986). Children: Davis, Janis, James, Thomas, Barbara, Valerie.