Background
Thurston, Raymond Leroy was born on February 4, 1913 in Saint Louis. Son of Charles LeRoy and Hazel May (Ruth) Thurston.
Thurston, Raymond Leroy was born on February 4, 1913 in Saint Louis. Son of Charles LeRoy and Hazel May (Ruth) Thurston.
Student Washington University, Saint Louis, 1930-1931. Bachelor of Arts with highest honors, University Texas, 1931-1934, Master of Arts, 1935. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1937.
Postgraduate Russian, Foreign Service Institute, 1948.
Graduate National War College, 1951-1952.
Married second, Gabriella Mariani, January 29, 1970. Joined United States Foreign Service, 1937. Vice consul in Canada, Italy, India, 1937-1945.
Assistant chief division Middle Eastern, later South. Asian affairs State Department, 1945-1949.
1st secretary, later counselor embassy, Moscow, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1949-1951. Deputy director, later director Office Eastern European affairs State Department, 1952-1955.
Counselor embassy, deputy chief mission, Athens, Greece, 1955-1957. Counselor embassy, Paris, France, also political adviser to Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe, 1957-1961.
Alternate representative United States delegation to North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1961.
Deputy director operations center State Department, 1961. United States ambassador to Haiti, 1961-1963. State Department adviser to Air University, 1963-1965.
Ambassador to Somali Republic, Mogadiscio, 1965-1969.
Visiting associate professor political science U. Nevada, 1969-1970, lecturer political science, 1970-1971. Visiting professor government Chapman College World Campus Afloat, Orange, California, 1971-1976, director program development, 1971-1976, associate professor international studies, dean, 1972-1974, East Coast representative, 1975-1976.
Florida representative Lifelong Learning, Incorporated., 1975-1981. Academic advisory board Institute Shipboard Education, 1976-1981.
Adviser United States delegate to United Nations Security Council and General Assembly, 1947-1950, United States delegations international conferences Bermuda, Berlin, Geneva, 1953-1954.
Attached to International Cooperation Administration, 1956-1957. Founder, Anglo-American Childrens School, Moscow, 1949.
Member American Foreign Service Association, American Political Science Association, DACOR House, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Elizabeth Sherman, November 30, 1934. Married second, Gabriella Mariani, January 29, 1970.