| William H. Gleysteen  AKA William Henry Gleysteen, Jr.
Born: 8-May-1926
Birthplace: Peking, China
Died: 6-Dec-2002
Location of death: Washington, DC
Cause of death: Cancer - Leukemia
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Ambassador to South Korea, 1978-81 Military service: US Navy (1944-46) Father: William H. Gleysteen, Sr. (missionary)
Mother: Theodora Culver Gleysteen (missionary)
Wife: Zoe (wife #1, three children)
Son: Guy Gleysteen (m. Mary Louise Hogue)
Wife: Marilyn Wong (art professor at Columbia, until his death, one daughter)
University: BA, Yale University (1949)
University: MA, Yale University (1951)
US Ambassador to South Korea (1978-81)
US State Department Director, Office of Research Analysis for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1969-71)
US State Department Deputy Director of UN Political Affairs (1966-69)
Council on Foreign Relations Vice President for Studies (1987-89)
Japan Society President (1989-95)
Brookings Institution
Author of books:
Massive Entanglement, Marginal Influence: Carter and Korea in Crisis (1999)
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