Background
CURLEY, Walter Joseph Patrick was born on September 17, 1922 in Pittsburgh. Son of Walter Joseph Curley and Marguerite Inez (nee Cowan) Curley.
CURLEY, Walter Joseph Patrick was born on September 17, 1922 in Pittsburgh. Son of Walter Joseph Curley and Marguerite Inez (nee Cowan) Curley.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1944. Certified, University Oslo, 1948. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1948.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1976.
Manager Caltex Oil Corporation, India, 1948-1952, Italy, 1952-1955, New York City, 1955-1957. Vice president San Jacinto Petroleum, 1957-1960. Partner J.H. Whitney Company, 1961-1975.
Commissioner public events, chief protocol City of New York, 1973-1974. Ambassador to Ireland, 1975-1977, ambassador to France, 1989-1993. Principal W.J.P. Curley, since 1978.
President Curley Land Company, Pittsburgh, since 1993. Chairman international advisory board Sotheby's, since 1999.
(Book by Miller, Walter James, Nelson, B.)
(2004, 1st,inscribed by auth, in dj)
(From Tyler to Tokyo)
Author: Letters From The Pacific, 1965, Monarchs in Waiting, 1974, Vanishing Kingdoms, 2004.
Trustee Buckley School, 1960-1975, Miss Porter's School, Farmington, Massachusetts, 1965-1974, Barnard College, 1966-1975, New York Public Library., 1972-1975, The Frick Collection, 1993-2004. Honorary chairman French-American Foundation, New York, since 1993. Member Council Foreign Relations, Yale Club, Knickerbocker Club, Links Club, Racquet and Tennis Club, Rolling Rock Club (Ligonier, Pennsylvania), Kildare St. Club (Dublin), Bedford Golf and Tennis Club, Traveller's Club (Paris).
Married Mary Walton, December 18, 1948. Children: Margaret Cowan, Walter Joseph, Patrick III, John Walton (deceased 2003), James Mellon (deceased 1994).