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Burton Yost Berry (August 31 1901–August 22 1985 ) was an American diplomat and art collector.Born in Fowler Indiana Berry studied at Indiana University. In 1928 he joined the United States Foreign Service. Berry served as Vice-Consul to Istanbul from 1929 to 1931 Consul to Athens in 1938 Istanbul 1943 Bucharest in 1944 Director of the State Department’s Office of African South Asian and Near East Affairs in 1947 Budapest in 1948 and as Ambassador to Iraq from 1952 to 1954.