Background
Streator, Edward was born on December 12, 1930 in New York City. Son of Edward James and Ella (Stout) Streator.
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Streator, Edward was born on December 12, 1930 in New York City. Son of Edward James and Ella (Stout) Streator.
Streator attended Princeton University, graduating from there in 1952 with a bachelor"s degree.
The Royal Society of Arts called him "a global ‘big thinker’."
He served four years as a lieutenant in the United States Navy. Streator served as a career United States Foreign Service officer, starting in 1956, with postings in Addis Ababa (1958–1960), Lomé (1960–1962), Bureau of Intelligence and Research (1962–1964), and as a staff assistant to the Secretary of State (1964–1966). He was an adviser to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization for over ten years: in Paris (1966–1968), in Brussels (1968–1969), in Washington (1969 to 1975), and finally as deputy chief of mission and Deputy United States Permanent Representative to North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Brussels (1975 to 1977).
He was deputy chief of mission in London from 1977 to 1984.
Streator served as the United States ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. He was nominated by President Ronald Reagan for that position on July 28, 1984.
He succeeded Abraham Katz. Streator served on several prestigious civic boards after his service as a diplomat.
Streator is on the board of overseers of the Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University.
He is chairman of the New Atlantic Initiative, "a network of policy institutes and individuals," which is affiliated with the American Enterprise Institute. As part of his work for New Atlantic Initiative, he attended a conference in Prague in 1996 about the Atlantic alliance. 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.".
United States delegations North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Organization of European Cooperation and Development Ministerial Meetings, 1964, 66, 69-75, 85-87. Member 10th Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Council Minister Meeting, 1965. 2d special Inter-American Conference, 1965, Conference Security and Cooperative, Europe, 1973.
Member Council, Royal United Services Institute, 1987-1992, vice patron, since 1991. Executive committee The Pilgrims, United Kingdom, 1988-1990, International Institute Strategic Studies, 1988-1999. Governor Ditchley Foundation, since 1988, English Speaking Union, 1988-1994.
President American Chamber of Commerce, United Kingdom, 1988-1994. Chairman European Council American Chamber of Commerce, 1992-1994. Board directors Brit-American Arts Association, 1987-1999.
Director British Museum Natural History International Foundation. Development committee National Gallery, United Kingdom, 1991-1995. Advisory board Institute United States Studies-U. London, 1993-1999.
Member founding council Oxford Institute American Studies, 1989-2001. Advisory committee Fulbright Commission, 1995-2001. President, trustee Northcoate Parkinson Fund, 2004-2007, Train Foundation, since 2007, member board overseers John C. Whitehead School Diplomacy & International Relations, 2009.
Member Knickerbocker Club New York, Pilgrims New York, Metropolitan Club Washington, Beefsteak Club, White's Club London, Mill Reef Club Antigua, Century Association New York.
Married Priscilla Craig Kenney, February 16, 1957. Children: Edward James, III, Elinor Craig Garcia-Garcia, Abigail Merrill Squance.