William Lester Lester Eagleton

Background

Eagleton, William Lester was born on August 17, 1926 in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Son of William Lester and Mary Louise (Chandler) Eagleton.

Education

Born in Peoria, Illinois, Eagleton served in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946, and graduated from Yale University in 1948.

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.

Works

• book

  • An Introduction to Kurdish Rugs and Other Weavings

    (this book combines a comprehensive classification of Kurd...)

  • An Introduction to Kurdish Rugs and Other Weavings by William Eagleton (1988-07-03)
  • The Kurdish Republic of 1946

Connections

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.