Davis Eugene Boster

Davis Eugene Boster (September 14, 1920 – July 7, 2005) was an American diplomat.

Early life Boster was born on September 14, 1920, in Rio Grande, Ohio, United States. He graduated from Mount Union College. He served in the Navy during World War Two, both in the Atlantic and Pacific. In 1980, he retired from the Naval Reserve. He joined the foreign service in 1947.

Career Boster was posted to the United States Embassy in Moscow in 1947. In 1951 he served as the United States liaison officer to the Soviet and Eastern European delegations at the Japanese Peace Conference in San Francisco. He also served as the staff assistant to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. From 1959 to 1962 he was the officer in charge of Soviet Union affairs in United States Embassy in Moscow.

Personal life Boster was married twice, first to Mary Shilts Boster with whom he had five children, and second to Constanza Gamero Boster with whom he had one daughter.