Richard F. Celeste
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| United States Ambassador to India | |
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In office November 28, 1997 – April 25, 2001 |
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| President |
Bill Clinton George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Frank G. Wisner |
| Succeeded by | Robert Blackwill |
| 64th Governor of Ohio | |
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In office January 10, 1983 – January 14, 1991 |
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| Lieutenant |
Myrl Shoemaker Paul Leonard |
| Preceded by | Jim Rhodes |
| Succeeded by | George Voinovich |
| Director of the Peace Corps | |
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In office April 27, 1979 – January 20, 1981 |
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| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Carolyn R. Payton |
| Succeeded by | Loret Ruppe |
| 55th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio | |
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In office January 13, 1975 – January 8, 1979 |
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| Governor | Jim Rhodes |
| Preceded by | John Brown |
| Succeeded by | George Voinovich |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 5th district |
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In office January 3, 1971 – December 31, 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Mark C. Schinnerer |
| Succeeded by | Francine Panehal |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Richard Frank Celeste November 11, 1937 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Dagmar Braun Jacqueline Lundquist |
| Children | 7 |
| Education |
Yale University (BA) Exeter College, Oxford |
Richard Frank "Dick" Celeste (born November 11, 1937) is an American politician and diplomat from Ohio, and a member of the Democratic Party. He served as the 64th Governor of Ohio from 1983 to 1991.
Celeste was born in Cleveland, Ohio and grew up in Lakewood, Ohio, graduating from Lakewood High School in 1955. In 1959 he was graduated magna cum laude from Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut), where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Celeste then received a Rhodes Scholarship to attend Exeter College at Oxford University (Oxford, England), where he is an Honorary Fellow. There he met Dagmar Ingrid Braun, whom he married in Austria in 1962. After returning to the United States, Celeste served as staff liaison office in the Peace Corps and as special assistant to Chester Bowles.
Celeste was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives from Cuyahoga County in 1970. His Ohio House District included western Cleveland and Lakewood, where his father Frank, had once served as mayor. He was subsequently elected the 55th Lieutenant Governor in 1974 (defeating Republican John W. Brown, serving under the Republican James A. Rhodes—at the time, Ohio's lieutenant governor was elected separately from the governor, so the victors could be of different parties). In 1978, Celeste ran for governor, but lost to incumbent Rhodes. President Carter appointed Celeste Director of the Peace Corps from 1979 to 1981, where he was responsible for programs in 53 countries.
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