Theodore Lyman Eliot Jr. (January 24, 1928 – August 8, 2019)Lorna Sheridan
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''Sonoma Index-Tribune'', August 9, 2019; Retrieved August 9, 2019 was an American diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to

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from 1973 to 1978. He was a member of the

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and Boston's Eliot family. Eliot graduated from

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in 1948 and received a

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from

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in 1956. He also served as Dean of the

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and as Secretary General for the United States of the Bilderberg Meetings from 1981 to October 1993.

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1928 births 2019 deaths 20th-century American diplomats Ambassadors of the United States to Afghanistan Eliot family (United States) Harvard College alumni Harvard Kennedy School alumni Members of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group United States Foreign Service personnel {{US-diplomat-stub