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|name = Richard Frank "Dick" Celeste
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|order = 64th [[Governor of Ohio]]
|term_start = [[January 10]], [[1983]]
|term_end = [[January 14]], [[1991]]
|lieutenant = [[Myrl Shoemaker]] (1983-1985)<br>''Vacant'' (1985-1987)<br>[[Paul Leonard]] (1987-1991)
|predecessor = [[Jim Rhodes]]
|successor = [[George Voinovich]]
|order2 = 9th [[Peace Corps|Director of the Peace Corps]]
|term_start2 = 1979
|term_end2 = 1981
|president2 = [[Jimmy Carter]]
|predecessor2 = [[Carolyn R. Payton]]
|successor2 = [[Loret Miller Ruppe]]
|order3 = 55th [[Lieutenant Governor of Ohio]]
|term_start3 = [[January 11]], [[1975]]
|term_end3 = January 1979
|governor3 = [[Jim Rhodes]]
|predecessor3 = [[John W. Brown]]
|successor3 = [[George Voinovich]]
|order4=19th
|ambassador_from4=United States
|country4=India
|term_start4=[[November 10]], [[1968]]
|term_end4=[[April 25]], [[2001]]
|predecessor4=[[Frank G. Wisner]]
|successor4=[[Robert Blackwill]]
|president4=[[Bill Clinton]]<br>[[George W. Bush]]
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|11|11}}
|birth_place = [[Cleveland, Ohio]]
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|party = [[U.S. Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|spouse = [[Dagmar Braun Celeste]]<br>Jacqueline Lundquist
|children = 6
|profession = Teacher, public servant
|education = [[Yale University]]<br>[[Oxford University]]
|religion = [[Methodist]]
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'''Richard Frank "Dick" Celeste''' (born [[November 11]], [[1937]], in [[Cleveland, Ohio]]) is an [[United States|American]] politician from [[Ohio]], and a member of the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]]. He served as the Governor of Ohio from 1983 to 1991.
==Early life and career==
In 1959, Celeste was graduated [[magna cum laude]] from [[Yale University]] ([[New Haven, Connecticut]]). He was a member of [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. Celeste then received a [[Rhodes Scholarship]] to attend [[Oxford University]] ([[Oxford, England]]). There he met [[Dagmar Braun Celeste|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 [[John Kenneth Galbraith]], then [[United States Ambassador to India]].
Celeste was elected to the [[Ohio House of Representatives]] in 1970, and was subsequently elected lieutenant governor in 1974 (defeating Republican [[John W. Brown (Ohio politician)|John W. Brown]], serving under the [[U.S. Republican Party|Republican]] [[Jim Rhodes|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 [[Jim Rhodes|Rhodes]]. President [[Jimmy Carter|Carter]] appointed Celeste Director of the [[Peace Corps]] from 1979 to 1981, where he was responsible for programs in 53 countries.
==Governor of Ohio==
In 1982 Celeste defeated Republican nominee [[Clarence J. "Bud" Brown Jr.]] and became [[List of Governors of Ohio|governor of Ohio]]. Rhodes could not run in 1982 since Ohio law barred him from seeking a third consecutive term. In 1986, Rhodes returned to contest the governorship, but this time Celeste, now the incumbent, won. Celeste served as governor of Ohio from 1983 to 1991.
Despite his popularity and personal charisma, his tenure in office was not without criticism. The Ohio Bureau of Worker's Compensation became highly disorganized and the ability to compensate workers became problematic. Celeste's wife, Dagmar, ruffled many operatives in Ohio upsetting many Democratic lawyers who wanted to be appointed judge by creating an informal litmus test that all judicial appointees had to be pro-choice. Investigations of several Celeste executive appointees resulted in criminal charges levied.
==Later career==
Celeste then established the consulting firm Celeste & Sabety Ltd. in [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]. After he served as the director of the [[DNC]]'s healthcare campaign in 1993, President [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] appointed him as [[United States Ambassador to India]], a position he served in from 1997 to 2001.
His brother, [[Ted Celeste|Theodore S. Celeste]], successfully ran as a Democratic Party candidate for the Ohio House in 2006.
Celeste was inaugurated as the 12th President of [[Colorado College]] in 2002. Celeste is a member of the advisory board of the [http://rooseveltinstitution.org Roosevelt Institution], a student think tank. He is a member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]. Celeste, along with [[Thomas Kean]] who co-chaired the [[9/11 Commission]], co-chairs the [http://homelandsec.org/about.asp Homeland Security Project] for [http://www.tcf.org The Century Foundation]. He also sits on the board of the Independent Strategic Assessment Group, [[United States Northern Command]] (NORTHCOM), which is the military command over the USA established in the wake of the attacks of September 11th. Celeste joined board of Directors of Glimcher Realty Trust in September 2007.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2007/09/10/daily8.html Bizjournals. "Glimcher elects Celeste to board, promotes VP" by Matt Burns. September 11, 2007.]</ref>
Celeste had six children (now grown) with his first wife, Dagmar. The couple divorced in 1995. Celeste is currently married to Jacqueline Lundquist. Celeste and Lundquist have one child, Samuel.
==References==
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==See also==
* [[Election Results, Ohio Governor]]
* [[Election Results, Ohio Governor (Democratic Primaries)]]
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[[Category:American Rhodes scholars]]
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