Background
Eagleton, William Lester was born on August 17, 1926 in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Son of William Lester and Mary Louise (Chandler) Eagleton.
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William Lester Eagleton
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Bachelor, Yale University, 1948; postgraduate, Institute D'Etudes Politiques, Paris, 1948-1949.
Career
Joined, United States Foreign Service, 1949; 3d secretary embassy, United States Foreign Service, Madrid, 1950-1951; 3d secretary embassy, United States Foreign Service, Damascus, Syrian, 1951-1953; 3d secretary embassy, United States Foreign Service, Beirut, 1953-1954; public affairs officer, United States Foreign Service, Kirkuk, Iraq, 1954-1955; assigned, Department State, 1956-1959; consul, Tabriz, Iran, 1959-1961; charge d'affaires, United States Embassy, Nouakchott, Mauritania, 1962-1964; 1st secretary, United States Embassy, London, 1964-1966; with, Woodrow Wilson School Public and International Affairs, 1966-1967; consul general, United States Foreign Service, Aden, Democratic Yemen, 1967; charge d'affaires, United States Foreign Service, Democratic Yemen, 1967-1969; accredited to Sultanate of Muscat, Oman, 1967-1969; chief United States interests section, Algiers, Algeria, 1969-1974; assigned, Department State, 1974-1976; diplomat-in-residence, Colorado State University, 1976-1977; posted to, American embassy, Tunis, Tunisia, 1977-1978; charge d'affaires, American embassy, Tripoli, Libya, 1978-1980; chief United States interests section, Baghdad, Iraq, 1980-1984; ambassador to Syrian Arab Republic, Damascus, 1984-1988; deputy commissioner general, United Nations Relief and Works Agency, Vienna, 1988-1994; special coordinator for Sarajevo, United Nations Relief and Works Agency, Vienna, since 1994.
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Married Francoise Bosworth, October 12, 1948 (divorced 1966). Children: Diane, Marc, Richard, Robert, Philip. Married Kathleen Flannigan, March 18, 1967.
Children: Anthony Brian, John Patrick, Mary Louise.
- Father:
- William Lester Eagleton
- Mother:
- Mary Louise (Chandler) Eagleton
- Spouse:
- Francoise Bosworth
- Spouse:
- Kathleen Flannigan
- child:
- Mary Louise Eagleton
- child:
- Marc Eagleton
- child:
- John Patrick Eagleton
- child:
- Anthony Brian Eagleton
- child:
- Robert Eagleton
- child:
- Richard Eagleton
- child:
- Diane Eagleton
- child:
- Philip Eagleton
