Dean Acheson
Former United States Secretary of State
Dean Gooderham Acheson was an American statesman and lawyer. As the 51st U.S. Secretary of State, he set the foreign policy of the Harry S. Truman administration from 1949 to 1953. He was also Truman's main foreign policy advisor from 1945 to... Wikipedia
Born: April 11, 1893, Middletown, CT
Died: October 12, 1971 (age 78 years), Sandy Spring, Ashton-Sandy Spring, MD
Education: Groton School (1911), Harvard University, Yale University, and more
Previous offices: United States Secretary of State (1949–1953) and United States Under Secretary of State (1945–1947)
Awards: Pulitzer Prize for History
Grandchildren: Eleanor D. Acheson, Carol Bundy, Michael Bundy, and more
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