AKA Walter Joseph Patrick Curley, Jr. Born:17-Sep-1922
Birthplace:Pittsburgh, PA
Died:2-Jun-2016
Location of death:New York City
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business,Diplomat Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Ambassador to France, 1989-93 Military service: USMC (1943-46, Capt.) Formed the venture capital firm W. J. P. Curley in 1978. Father: Walter Joseph Patrick Curley
Mother: Marguerite Cowan
Wife: Mary Taylor Walton (m. 8-Dec-1948, three sons, one daughter)
Son: Walter Joseph Patrick Curley III
Daughter: Margaret Cowan Wiles
Son: John Walton Curley (b. 1953, d. 2003)
Son: James Mellon Curley (d.)
High School:Phillips Academy Andover (1940)
University:BA, Yale University (1944)
University:University of Oslo, Norway (1947)
University:MBA, Harvard Business School (1948)
US Ambassador to France (1989-93)
US Ambassador to Ireland (1975-77)
New York City Official Commissioner of Public Events & Chief of Protocol (1973-74)
J. H. Whitney & Company Partner (1958-75)
Caltex (1948-57)
Sotheby's Chairman, International Advisory Board
Member of the Board ofBank of Ireland
Member of the Board ofCrane
Member of the Board ofNew York Life
Member of the Board ofFiduciary Trust Company International
Member of the Board ofParibas Bank
Member of the Board ofFairchild Camera and Instrument Co.
The New Yorker Board member
New York Public Library Trustee (past)
French-American Foundation President (past)
Bush-Cheney 2000
Council of American Ambassadors
Council on Foreign Relations
George W. Bush for President
George Bush Presidential Library Trustee
French Legion of Honor
Mellon Family
Author of books:
Monarchs-in-Waiting (1973, nonfiction)
Vanishing Kingdoms: The Irish Chiefs and Their Families (2004, nonfiction)
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