Robert A. Lovett

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Person.png Robert A. Lovett  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(Businessman, Deep state operative)
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BornRobert Abercrombie Lovett
1895-09-14
Huntsville, Texas, U.S.
Died1986-05-07 (Age 90)
Locust Valley, New York, U.S.
Alma materYale University, Harvard University
Parents • Robert Scott Lovett
• Lavinia Chilton Abercrombie Lovett
Children • Evelyn Springer Lovett Brown
• Robert Scott Lovett
• II
SpouseAdele Quartley Brown Lovett
Member ofAlibi Club, Council on Foreign Relations/Historical Members, Psi Upsilon, Skull and Bones
PartyRepublican Party

Employment.png United States Secretary of Defense

In office
September 17, 1951 - January 20, 1953
Succeeded byCharles E. Wilson

Employment.png United States Deputy Secretary of Defense

In office
October 4, 1950 - September 16, 1951

Employment.png Under Secretary of State

In office
July 1, 1947 - January 20, 1949
Preceded byDean Acheson

Activities

Lovett was a core member of the group of foreign policy elders known as "The Wise Men", and was deemed an "architect of the cold war" by social scientist G. William Domhoff, in his 1970 book, The Higher Circles: The Governing Class in America.[1]


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References

  1. Domhoff, G.W. The Higher Circles: The Governing Class in America; Random House; New York; 1970, page 252.


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