Dean Acheson

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(Lawyer)
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BornDean Gooderham Acheson
1893-04-11
Middletown, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedOctober 12, 1971 (Age 78)
Sandy Spring, Maryland, U.S.
NationalityUS
Alma materYale University, Harvard Law School
ReligionEpiscopalian
Children • David Campion Acheson Jane Acheson Brown
• Mary Eleanor Acheson Bundy
SpouseAlice Caroline Stanley
Founder ofCommittee to Maintain a Prudent Defence Policy
Member ofAlibi Club, Century Group, Covington & Burling, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Scroll and Key, The Georgetown Set
Interest ofJames Chace
PartyDemocratic

Dean Acheson was the 51st US Secretary of State.

Career

Acheson became private secretary to the Supreme Court Justice, Louis Brandeis (1919-21).[1]

Connections

Marshall Shulman, a member of the Cercle, was a special assistant to Dean Acheson.

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/195813 September 195815 September 1958United Kingdom
Buxton
UK
The 7th Bilderberg and the first one in the UK. 72 guests
Bilderberg/196218 May 196220 May 1962Sweden
Saltsjöbaden
The 11th Bilderberg meeting and the first one in Sweden.
Bilderberg/196420 March 196422 March 1964US
Virginia
Williamsburg
A year after this meeting, the post of GATT/Director-General was set up, and given Eric Wyndham White, who attended the '64 meeting. Several subsequent holders have been Bilderberg insiders, only 2 are not known to have attended the group.
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