Lawrence S. Eagleburger, a onetime ambassador who held high-level positions under five presidents and who was the first career Foreign Service officer to become secretary of state, died June 4 of pneumonia at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville. He was 80 and had lived outside Charlottesville since 1990.
Much of Mr. Eagleburger's work took place behind closed doors as a participant in the international strategies of every president from Richard M. Nixon through George H.W. Bush. A plain-spoken, likable diplomat, Mr. Eagleburger rose to prominence as a protege of Henry Kissinger's.
He was the No. 2 State Department official under Secretary of State James A. Baker III for most of Bush's presidency and became acting secretary of state during the final five months of Bush's term. He was officially named secretary of state in December 1992, after Bush had lost the presidential election to Bill Clinton. ...
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